We publish our first climate report 2023/2024

As part of our sustainability efforts, we have this year prepared our very first climate report. It marks an important step for us toward understanding – and ultimately reducing – our climate footprint.

We developed the report in collaboration with an external partner who assisted us in collecting and analyzing data from our internal systems and throughout our value chain. It has been a complex process through which we have gained valuable insights – both about our business and about where our largest emissions occur.

As an organically certified company, we are approved to handle and sell organic products. We prioritize organic sourcing whenever it aligns with our high standards for quality, and we continuously work to ensure that our procurement practices are carried out responsibly.

Our assortment includes both organically and conventionally grown teas, and all of our teas are thoroughly tested to ensure they comply with the EU’s strict food safety regulations.
We maintain high standards for purity and quality, so you can enjoy a cup of Perch’s tea with complete confidence.

Our data – what is activity-based and spend-based?

When preparing a climate report, you must choose how to calculate the company’s CO₂e emissions. There are two types of data that can be used:

• Activity-based data means that we have concrete figures to work with – for example, the number of kilos of tea we have purchased, the number of kilometers driven by our company vehicle, or the amount of electricity we have consumed. This approach provides the most accurate results.
• Spend-based data means that we use the cost of what we have purchased as the basis for calculation – for example, “we spent DKK 10,000 on packaging,” and then convert that into CO₂ emissions based on average emission factors. This method is less precise but serves as a good interim solution when more detailed information is not available.

We are proud that the majority of the data in our report is activity-based, as it reflects our targeted efforts to collect specific and actionable data.
This makes our climate calculations more accurate – and our initiatives more effective.

We are continuously working to further improve our data quality, and our goal is for an even larger share to be activity-based in the future.
As we gain access to more detailed information, for example from suppliers, the distribution of data types may change – but we remain committed to ensuring the highest possible data quality.

The diagram below shows the distribution of data types used in our climate report.

Our total climate footprint

Our total CO₂ footprint for this reporting period is 3,025.5 tons of CO₂e.

The emissions are distributed across three so-called scopes:

• Scope 1: Direct emissions from our own operations – for example, our company vehicle.

• Scope 2: Indirect emissions from our electricity and heating consumption.

• Scope 3: Other indirect emissions – primarily from the procurement of goods and services, including tea and packaging.

As the figure opposite illustrates, Scope 3 accounts for the vast majority of our climate footprint. This is where we see the greatest opportunity to make a difference – and where we will focus our efforts going forward.

At this stage, we primarily view the report as an internal tool – a foundation for monitoring and understanding our emissions and using that knowledge to make better decisions in the future.

Nonetheless, we have chosen to publish the report.
We do so because we want to be transparent about where we stand today and how we are working to address our climate footprint – even though we are still at the beginning of our journey.

We hope that our openness will inspire others, and we look forward to sharing our progress with you year after year.

Read the full report here.