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Carbon footprint
WHY WE PREFER REDUCING
OVER OFFSETTING
Our household and natural cosmetic products generate significantly less packaging waste and environmental impact. In this way, we are already doing a lot to make the world a little cleaner every day. But the global problem of climate change has to do primarily with the emission of CO₂ and other greenhouse gases. So what about our carbon footprint? After all, we also want to ensure an improvement on the status quo in terms of CO₂ emissions when it comes to our products.
One thing is certain: from the extraction of raw materials, through production and transport, to consumption by customers, every product emits CO₂ and other greenhouse gases. Likewise, every company contributes to this, even if it’s just by operating an office. There are two particularly important indicators for mapping a company's carbon footprint. On the one hand, there is the Product Carbon Footprint (PCF), which reflects the CO₂ balance for a specific product. On the other hand, the Corporate Carbon Footprint (CCF), which represents the CO₂ footprint of the entire company. Calculating these values as accurately as possible is a very costly and time-consuming process. For a young, fast-growing start-up like us, it's an insanely complex task. We are therefore also a bit happy that we were able to determine a CCF for 2021, the second full year of our company's history.
But why is it important at all for a company to determine and disclose its CO₂ emissions?
If a company can assign its CO₂ emissions to different categories as accurately as possible, it can see where its potential for improvement lies and where there is an urgent need for action to reduce its own footprint.
On the other hand, communicating CO₂ emission values, especially of products, raises awareness in our society that all of our lives – and our everyday consumer behavior – have a carbon footprint and thus an impact on our planet's atmosphere. The most accurate figures possible that quantify these impacts and put them into perspective can help consumers make informed consumption decisions and thus contribute to climate protection in their own lives.
In addition, a company can offset its emissions if it has calculated them accurately. In the amount of these emissions, the company can then buy CO₂ certificates – the price for which is determined by supply and demand – and thus finance certified offset projects (usually in the global South) that ensure that greenhouse gas emissions are prevented (e.g. by installing solar panels) or directly sequestered (e.g. through reforestation). When companies have offset all their emissions in this way, they often call themselves "carbon neutral." If they offset even more than their emissions, they even call themselves "climate positive".
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Is everdrop
"climate neutral"?
Is everdrop
Spoiler alert: We are not "climate neutral" and don't even want to call ourselves that in the future. Because this term suggests that a company could have zero CO₂ emissions – and thus no negative impact at all on the climate.
In the worst case scenario, a label such as "climate neutral" could motivate company managements to simply "make up" for their environmental sins with money. But climate protection is not a sale of indulgences. It is much more important for our planet that unnecessary emissions are prevented in the first place.
That's why offsetting is not a real solution – it should only be used for those emissions that absolutely cannot be avoided. We already offset some such emissions too – for example, for our Pamela Reif x everdrop sports detergent (see chapter below on PCF) or indirectly through our partners like DHL Go Green, who offset all national shipments for us – and we will continue to work to offset our unavoidable emissions with offsets. However, our focus is not on that.
Instead of offsetting, we want to invest even more in tracking and reducing CO₂ emissions. Our actions, whether in our supply chain or in our office, should become as environmentally compatible as possible. So instead of buying the "climate neutral" label, we'd rather be.... let's call it "climate-active". We are taking the somewhat more arduous, but, in our eyes, right path: we want to measure, analyze, avoid and reduce emissions, again and again.
Here we want to share all our findings about our carbon footprint with you.
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OUR CORPORATE
CARBON FOOTPRINT (CCF)
Update on 1 November 2025
Since 2021, we have been calculating the CO₂ equivalent (CO₂e) emissions resulting from our business activities.
To measure our emissions, we followed the methodology and classification of the GHG Protocol. This involves measuring emissions in three different areas, known as scopes:
Scope 1 includes all direct emissions whose origin is under the direct control of the company, such as company-owned production facilities or vehicle fleets.
Scope 2 includes all indirect emissions resulting from the purchase of energy. This includes electricity and heating in particular.
Scope 3 includes all other indirect emissions in 15 different categories – those emissions that would not exist without the company, but which are nevertheless not completely within its control. In addition to emissions in the supply chain, Scope 3 also includes, for example, business travel and employee commuting.
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In 2024, our carbon footprint was 4,974.23 t CO₂e.
Under ‘Emissions in detail’, we explain in more detail how this total figure is made up.
What does CO₂e mean? CO₂e stands for ‘carbon dioxide equivalents’. If we sometimes use just “CO₂” – for example, in the title of this page – it’s because, in everyday language, people always talk about “CO₂ emissions” or a “CO₂ footprint”; however, this usually refers to the emissions of various climate-damaging greenhouse gases – and that’s what we mean too. Whenever we discuss specific figures, we also try to use the correct unit, CO₂e.
So what are these climate-damaging greenhouse gases apart from carbon dioxide (CO₂)? They include methane (CH₄), nitrous oxide (N₂O), various hydrofluorocarbons, sulphur hexafluoride (SF₆) and nitrogen trifluoride (NF₃) – all these gases are converted into CO₂ equivalents, or CO₂e, according to their Global Warming Potential (GWP).
Our emissions
in Detail
Our emissions
Here we explain the exact results in the three scopes. (click arrow right)
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OUR CLIMATE
ACTION PLAN
OUR CLIMATE
As we are a young, growing company, it cannot be assumed – despite our focus on CO₂e efficiency – that our emissions will decrease linearly year on year. That would simply be unrealistic. We therefore measure not only our total company carbon footprint but also our CO₂e intensity per turnover (tonnes of CO₂e per million euros). This is intended to reflect the fact that, whilst our productivity and turnover will (hopefully) increase in the coming years, our CO₂e emissions will not simply rise in parallel – but will ideally remain at a broadly consistent level overall.
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Our aim is to reduce CO₂ intensity per turnover by at least 10 per cent by 2030 compared with our 2021 baseline. We have set interim targets to measure our progress towards this goal:
2025: −5 per cent compared with the 2021 baseline
2027: −7% compared with the 2021 baseline
2030: −10% compared with the 2021 baseline
How we intend to achieve our targets
To achieve these targets, we are focusing on the following measures:
our range of refill products (including, for example, Concentrated Refills) to reduce packaging-related emissions
continuous optimisation of logistics and transport throughout our entire supply chain
sourcing and using ingredients with a lower carbon footprint
continuous optimisation of packaging design and recyclability
Progress in implementing our plan is reviewed annually as part of our Company Carbon Footprint calculation and published transparently on our website.
As of 1 July 2026
YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? PROPOSALS? CRITICISM?
Reports/Whistleblowing: If you wish to report a serious concern or an instance of misconduct, you can do so confidentially at hint@everdrop.de. Here you can find out how the grievance process works.