Path Zero Benchmark

Why Path Zero benchmark (Release date: June 2nd, 2025)

Shop! Path Zero benchmark is an In-store industry-specific ranking tool that helps you compare your organization’s sustainability to others.

It includes 129 datapoints focused on policy, buildings, operations and products.

There are two benchmark options: a 1.executive statement, intended for reporting back to your customers or 2. a report, intended for both reporting to your customers and improving your organization’s sustainability.

Benefits Shop! Path Zero benchmark

• Ranks your organization from bronze to platinum, providing a comparison for organizations in in-store environments.
• Provides recognition as a benchmarked sustainability member of Shop!
• All encompassing:
  • Includes manufacturing, warehouse, office and retail spaces
  • Includes all In-store elements: POP, Signage, Temporary Display, Permanent Display, Perimeter wall, In-store accessories
• Assesses your organization and products from both a qualitative (policies, procedures, tracking/audits) and quantitative (typically as a % of total) sustainability perspective across the following categories:
  • Environmental management
  • Energy use optimization (equipment-focused)
  • Energy efficient buildings (lighting, heat islands, thermal controls, reducing dependence on fossil fuels)
  • Waste reduction
  • Indoor Air Quality
  • Resilience (renewable energy, battery-back up, safety drills, climate-related shutdowns, building management tracking)
  • Vehicles (owned/leased) and upstream and downstream transportation
  • Water (use, discharge, efficiencies)
  • Societal impacts (reporting and external audits)
  • Capital goods (locally sourced, recyclable materials, recycled materials)
  • Supply chain (labor and human rights and sustainability requirements)
  • Products – Waste reduction
  • Products – Local sources
  • Products – VOCs
  • Products – Responsible forestry
  • Products – Life cycle
  • Products – End of life
  • Products – Emissions
• Easy-to-use: Most questions are yes/no or reported as a % of total (ex. What percent of your paved areas are light/white concrete, reducing your heat gain? 50% minimum, 80% minimum, 100%)
• Supporting data submitted through Dropbox into a secure folder for your organization.
• Accounts for all typical scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions for the industry
• Shows opportunities for improvement, customized to your organization. Sustainability and emissions reductions start with leadership buy-in and is followed by the policies, procedures and tracking needed to improve.
• Provides insight into setting or maintaining an Environmental Management System (EMS) and integrating sustainability into operations at all levels.
• Results backed by licensed assurance provider for the AA1000AS standard.
• (Option 1) Final statement provides a concise executive summary for the purposes of reporting back to your customers
• (Option 2) Final report provides expanded information tailored for improving your organization’s sustainability performance.

Pricing

• Option 1: Executive Statement: $2,930
• Option 2: Report: $6,050