{"id":15816,"date":"2021-04-22T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prose.com\/?p=15816"},"modified":"2021-04-21T19:01:19","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T23:01:19","slug":"prose-carbon-neutral-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prose.com\/blog\/prose-carbon-neutral-announcement","title":{"rendered":"What Prose Did to Become Carbon Neutral"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n

What does it mean to be carbon neutral?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As a refresher, let\u2019s define what being carbon neutral means, \u201cEssentially, it means that we are removing the same amount of CO2 emissions from the atmosphere as we are producing. This not only means reducing our own emissions, but also offsetting the ones we, as a business, can\u2019t do without,\u201d Prose\u2019s Product Innovation Manager, Anja Stefanovi\u0107, explains. To determine what efforts are needed to reach carbon neutrality a company\u2019s carbon footprint must be calculated. The footprint is the sum of all carbon emissions tied to company activities such as electricity use, product sourcing, shipping, etc. Once we know how much carbon we\u2019re emitting, we know how much to remove so that our overall carbon output has a sum of zero, rendering us carbon neutral. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How has Prose offset its carbon emissions?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Typically, once a company\u2019s carbon footprint is calculated the offsetting process can begin. But, Prose\u2019s VP of Finance and Operations, Cyrille Deschamp, explains how Prose has had sustainability on the mind since inception, \u201cSomething important to note is that Prose\u2019s very existence as a company is an impactful industrial shift when it comes to the reduction of carbon emissions. Why? Simply because we are made-to-order. Instead of guessing how much product our consumers will demand, our consumers tell us exactly how much product to produce. This means nothing goes to waste at Prose, unlike at a traditional beauty brand where 10 to 30 percent of their production goes to waste.\u201d So, by just existing Prose has made an impact, but of course we had no plans of stopping there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To become carbon neutral we localized our manufacturing and supplier network in the US to ensure our transport of raw material (ingredients, packaging, etc.) is as short as possible, which has contributed to a 15-20 percent reduction in carbon to produce each of our products. We also implemented changes such as:<\/p>