WE ARE CLIMATE NEUTRAL
OUR MISSION
is to preserve traditional craftsmanship in a modern world. We can't support Mexican artisans socially and at the same time ignore the environmental issues that lead to extreme droughts, crop losses and ultimately makes their country a unlivable.
Science says we have just nine years to make the changes needed to tackle climate change. So we need to make a change now.
As a Climate Neutral Certified brand, CANO hopes to inspire other brands to do the same and take action.
We measure our emissions across the supply chain while actively working to reduce them. The emissions we can't reduce, we offset by investing in climate projects. So in the end the amount of CANO's emissions are reduced somewhere else in the world, creating a balance.
HOW IT WORKS
1 MEASURE
We measured out our CO2 emissions for 2020 and the total was 77 tones. This includes the impact of our whole supply chain and all transportation.
2. REDUCE
We already have a low CO2 footprint compared to other brands. But we believe that we can always do better.
Now that we know where the CO2 hotspots of our supply chain are, we committed to two reduction measures for the next 24 months to reduce our environmental footprint. These include switching to green energy providers for our headquarters in Düsseldorf and shipping our products by boat instead of airplane.
3. OFFSET
We try to get as close as possible, but no brand can have zero emissions. For those unavoidable emissions, we work together with Climate Neutral to support projects to offset our emissions.
Our projects include forest conservation in Cambodia, clean cookstoves in Mali, renewable energy in China, and more sustainable initiatives from all over the world.