Taking action, today.

Actions

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Climate Neutral Certified

• We are Climate Neutral Certified. We measured and offset all of our brand’s annual cradle-to-customer emissions, and we are taking immediate action on our reduction plans.

Greenhouse Gas Accounting

• In 2022, our estimated* emissions for Scope 1, 2, & 3 totaled 35 metric tons CO2-e (~78,000 lbs).
  *Includes an overestimate of 15%. Based on an economic input-output model.

Carbon Offsetting

• Since 2021, we've purchased Verified Carbon Offsets to balance the estimated greenhouse gas emissions associated with our Scopes 1, 2, and 3. For 2022, the offsets benefit projects that:
  • Reduce the risk of deforestation in important forest ecosystems.
  • Support wind energy generation.
  • Capture methane gas from landfills to reduce emissions and power local homes.
  • Certificate 1, Certificate 2, Certificate 3, Certificate 4

Volunteerism

• We've created a policy to incentivize volunteerism with environmentally focused non-profits. When an employee uses their PTO to do volunteer work, they receive 150% of their applied PTO.

Raw Material

• We have transitioned all of our [non-DCF] tarps to Recycled Silpoly.

Waste

• We try to provide waste specs for our products. This spec shows you about how much in-house waste is produced for a given product, on average. Look for it in the product specifications.
• Waste audits help us stay aware of how much trash we make.

Shipping

• We REUSE packaging materials when it makes sense. Thanks for your understanding if you receive your order in a box that has a history!
• We use recycled content and paper tapes in our packaging materials as much as possible. Most of our unused padded mailers are 32.6% post consumer waste and designed for multiple uses. YOU can recycle these mailers and padded Priority Mail envelopes wherever grocery bags are accepted.

Past Actions

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Donated 1% of our revenue

• YAMA was a member of 1% for the Planet from 2019 to 2022, donating over 1% of our revenue to environmental efforts in our local community. We're proud to have supported the Great Burn Conservation Alliance and the Clark Fork Coalition in 2022. Past organizations that we've supported include Wild Montana and the Montana Natural History Center.

Energy

• In the past, we've purchased Green-e Energy Certified Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) to ensure that our electricity came from renewable resources. Unfortunately, our energy use data became unavailable to us in 2022, however, the carbon offsets that we've purchased still account for the emissions from our estimated usage.

Climate Action Corps

• YAMA Mountain Gear is proud to have been a founding member of the Climate Action Corps, a group of collaborating companies taking the lead on climate action in the outdoor industry. Unfortunately, we discontinued our membership in 2022. While we learned much from our participation, we found that it was not a practical fit for a small business of our size.