Knowledge Bank

The goal of this project was to reduce the emissions factors for eight of amika’s high-impact ingredients. These ingredients include: (1) fatty alcohol from coconut oil, (2) denatured alcohol, (3) isododecane, (4) hydrofluorocarbon 152a, (5) cetearyl and cetyl alcohol, (6) glycerin, (7) cyclopentasiloxane, and (8) disiloxane. To achieve this goal, our team explored three approaches to reducing ingredient emissions factors: (1) find a more accurate emissions factor match, (2) recommend a low-emission supplier of the same ingredient, or (3) recommend a new ingredient altogether. We are confident the insights from our research will help the amika sustainability team reduce ingredient emissions and make notable progress toward their 2035 net zero goal.