Our Journey Towards a Lighter Footprint

At Esska, we know that every business leaves a footprint, and we’ve taken our first important steps to understand and reduce ours.

Measuring Our Carbon Impact:

In May 2025, we calculated our approximate annual carbon footprint for the previous 12 months.
This was an essential starting point in our sustainability journey, helping us understand where our emissions come from and how we can begin to reduce them. Here’s how our footprint breaks down:

  • Scope 1 (Direct emissions): 59.5 kg CO₂
  • Scope 2 (Indirect energy emissions): 226.1 kg CO₂
  • Scope 3 (All other indirect emissions, such as supply chain and transport): 2,094.4 kg CO₂

That is a total of 240.8 tonnes of carbon.  You can learn more about scope 1, 2 and 3 here

Our First Steps:

Offset and Action

As part of a commitment to balancing our impact, we partnered with Switch2Zero to offset 107 tonnes of CO₂ against the 240.8 tonnes we generated. We also planted an initial 1,157 trees - these will create 1,157 tonnes of oxygen and capture more than the remaining 133.8 tonnes of carbon throughout their life.

Planting trees also contributes to reforestation that has benefits beyond carbon compensation. We hold full certification for all our offsetting and planting activities and will share these with our community—transparency is really important to us.

One Order, One Tree

In May 2025, we took our commitment a step further. For every order placed on our website, we now plant one tree.
Each sapling will absorb an average of 2.5kg of CO₂ per year as it grows from years 1 -5.
The CO₂ absorption increases as the trees mature to approximately 10kg per year by year 10 and approximately 20kg per year by year 20.

We hope this a small action adds up to big change over time.

Carlota Blue Mid Sandal by Esska

Why Do This?

We believe fashion and sustainability can, and must, coexist. Taking responsibility for our carbon footprint is not a marketing exercise; it’s a natural extension of our values. By being honest about our impact and taking meaningful steps to reduce it, we aim to be part of the change we want to see in our industry.

This is just the beginning of our journey. We’re continuing to learn, to do better, and to grow more consciously every day. Watch this space