Taking action, today.

Actions

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Greenhouse Gas Accounting

• In 2024, our most recent year with a completed estimate*, Scope 1, 2, & 3 emissions totaled 71 metric tons CO2-e (~150,528 lbs). We did not complete emissions accounting for 2025.
  *Includes an overestimate of 15%. Based on an economic input-output model.

Carbon Offsetting

• From 2021 to 2024, we purchased Verified Carbon Offsets to balance greenhouse gas emissions associated with our Scopes 1, 2, and 3. We did not purchase offsets for 2025. We'll work to resume this practice when we're able.
  
  Credits we have purchased in the past:
  • Southern Cardamom REDD+ (Cambodia, via Sea Trees)
  • Maine 100-Mile Wilderness Improved Forest Management
  • Ohio 18 Reserves Improved Forest Management
  • Blandin Native American Hardwoods Conservation
  • Bluesource - Blue Ridge Escarpment Improved Forest Management Project
  • Borneo Peatlands (Katingan Peatland Restoration and Conservation)

Raw Materials

• Most of our tarps use Recycled Silpoly. We also offer a lower-denier silpoly option on several tarps for a lighter carry; this fabric is currently only available to us from virgin yarn. We've also transitioned the floors of our 1P Bug Shelter and Y-zip Bug Bivy to recycled polyester, joining our Cirriform Tarps and our tapered and flat tarps. We've increased our use of recycled thread and webbing as well.

Life Cycle Assessments

• We're developing life cycle assessments (LCAs) for some of our products to better understand and communicate their full carbon footprints. More details to come.

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.

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!

Past Actions

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The Climate Label Certified

• YAMA was certified by The Climate Label for reporting years 2021 through 2024. After three certifications, we're proud of what that work represented. For 2025, we are not seeking recertification. Certification costs, combined with tariffs and limited time, made it impossible to continue. We hope to return to this work in the future.

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 purchased Green-e Energy Certified Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) to ensure that our electricity came from renewable resources. Our energy use data became unavailable to us in 2022, and we relied on our carbon offsets to account for our estimated energy emissions through 2024.

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. We discontinued our membership in 2022. While we learned much from our participation, it was not a practical fit for a small business of our size.