Sustainability Report
Our Commitment to Sustainability
At Scosche we design our products to help people live, work, travel and enjoy their lives by staying connected, powered, entertained and safe. We seek to keep our planet safe, viable and vibrant. Inspired by our naturally beautiful location in coastal California, we’re committed to protect, preserve and celebrate the blessings of the earth through our people, processes and products.
We believe it is not only possible, but desirable, to conduct business in an ethical, legal, and thoughtful manner. From maintaining an ethical supply chain, reducing our carbon footprint, reducing e-waste, facilitating recycling, eliminating plastic packaging, and supporting global reforestation, Scosche strives to be a responsible, and kind, global citizen.
Recent Results
Over The Past 12 Months
By using 100% renewable energy we saved
159.5 MT of CO2
By separating, recycling, and refurbishing our waste we saved
330.7 MT of CO2
By donating over 6,000 trees we saved over
60 MT of CO2
By reducing our packaging weight and including more recycled material we saved
27 MT of CO2
In total for 2023 we saved over
500 MT of CO2
Product Lifecycle
Our home chargers, from 30W to 150W, are now made with
75% Post-Consumer Recycled Plastic
By reducing our use of raw plastics and increasing demand for recycled plastics, we hope to aid in the movement towards a circular economy by decreasing the amount of materials going in and out
of our product lifespan as much as possible.
Packaging
Scosche is committed to actively removing plastic from our packaging. This includes removing PET-Blister trays and replacing them with paper inserts as well as making the packaging smaller altogether to reduce waste. This is seen in all packaging for newly developed Phone Mounts, Car Chargers, Home Chargers, Charging Cables, and Earbuds.
This switch is expected to divert up to 12 tons of PET plastic annually from the waste stream across all of our retailers.
End of Life Management
We operate an in-house product take-back and refurbishment program, converting B-stock items and reducing unnecessary waste. By using materials from products that can’t be shipped to consumers, we reduce our raw material consumption and reduce our emissions by 60 MT of CO2 annually.
To responsibly handle batteries at end of life, we participate in a battery stewardship program. We also provide our customers with information on how to properly dispose of batteries.
Waste Management
Scosche partners with Call2Recycle, a 3rd party e-waste collection and recycling organization with a large emphasis on responsible waste sorting.
Sorting Impact for 2023
99.79 tons of Cardboard sorted and recycle, equivalent to 138.5 metric tons of diverted CO2
1.17 tons of e-waste sorted and properly discarded or recycled, equivalent to 3 metric tons
of diverted CO2
1.2 tons of Copper wire recycled, equivalent to 5.4 metric tons of diverted CO2
0.78 tons of Battery products sorted and properly discarded
Renewable Energy
To responsibly power our main domestic facility, Scosche partners with Southern California Edison and Clean Power Alliance to obtain 100% of its electrical power only from renewable energy sources. The renewable energy we purchase is generated from 70% Solar power and 30% Wind power.
In 2023 we reached 100% renewable energy AND reduced energy consumption by almost 20%
Our Goal for 2025 is to have all of our domestic facilities run on 100% renewable energy, as well as have all our overseas factories purchase at least 20% of their electricity from renewable energy sources.
Reforestation and Greenhouse Gases (GHGs)
Eden Reforestation Projects
Eden Reforestation Projects works to restore landscapes around the world with the goal of protecting ecosystems, mitigating climate change, and creating jobs.
Our partnership with Eden aligns with Walmart’s new Deforestation Free Products policy. As part of Walmart’s initiative to become a regenerative company, this policy highlights the importance of sustainably sourcing materials without placing excess stress on the environment.
We limit the amount of GHGs we produce by using 100% renewable energy sources, but we want to do all we can to help fight against climate change, including fighting deforestation.
- In 2023 our donations funded the planting of over 6,000 trees, that at maturity will absorb over 60 metric tons of CO2 each year.
- In2024we plan to donate at least an additional30,0000 trees,that at maturity will absorb over300 metric tons of CO2each year.
Project Gigaton
We work to aid Walmart in their goal to reduce or avoid one billion metric tons of greenhouse gases from the global value chain. For the past 6 years, we have used theWalmart Sustainability Hubto report our energy usage, CO2emissions, packaging data, and waste management data.
In 2023 we not only reported Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions, but also ourScope 3 emissions,in order to see our full impact, and will continue to do so.
For the 3rd year in a row we have achieved Giga-Guru status
Our Future Goals
2025
We will:
- Increase energy productivity in Scope 1 in relation to our sqft business outlet
- Have 10% waste diverted from landfill, incineration and environment
- Use 10% certified PCR in our packaging
- Reduce the use of Plastic in our packaging by 25%
- Reduce our total Paper/Paperboard/Pulp packaging mass by 10%
- Align 10% of our products’ primary packaging to the Consumer Goods Forum Golden Design Rule to Remove Problematic Elements from Packaging
2026
We will:
- Design 70% of our packaging to be fully recyclable
- Decrease our Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 15%
- Increase the range of our Refurbishment program
2028
- Our products will contain at least 15% recycled material
- Our packaging will contain at least 15% recycled material
- We will source 40% of our Timber products from FSC, SFI or PEFC certified mills
- We will reduce the average energy consumption of our products by 15%
2030
We will:
- Achieve Energy Neutral status in own operations
2050
We will:
- Achieve Net Zero Status in our Scope 1 and 2 emissions
