- Enabling consumers to donate to planet health organizations through its Give One initiative and matching all donations made through the Klarna app during Earth Week;
- Earth Day Edit - shoppable collections showcasing brands that contribute to climate action and adding 100+ Good on You rated brands to the Conscious Collections;
- Rolling out globally, with US coming soon: enhancing its in-app CO2 emissions tracker that provides consumers with a breakdown of the emissions released along every step of the product life cycle
New York, April 19, 2022 - Klarna, a leading global retail bank, payments, and shopping service that helps consumers save time and money, be informed and in control, today announced a series of initiatives dedicated to supporting our planet’s health. During this year's Earth Week, Klarna pledges to match all consumer donations made towards its planet health initiatives. Klarna is also expanding its shoppable Conscious Collections in the Klarna App to bring greater awareness to environmentally and ethically friendly apparel to all consumers. And coming soon to the US, Klarna plans to upgrade its CO2 emissions tracker to allow consumers to gain even more granular insights into their environmental footprint.
Matching donations towards planet health initiatives
Since the launch of Give One, Klarna’s planet health initiative, the company has allocated $9M to locally rooted organizations protecting nature and fighting climate change. The funding has been distributed to 9 organizations in order to scale their impact. Among these are UK-based Buglife, a non-profit combating the loss of pollinating insects like bees and butterflies, and Accion Andina, a large-scale effort to protect and restore one million hectares of Andean forest ecosystems.
The selection of organizations has been guided by the Give One impact framework, together with Milkywire, which prioritizes initiatives that bring benefits to climate, biodiversity and local communities. During Earth Week, Klarna consumers can donate to four planet health causes - wildlife, ocean, planet and forest in the Klarna App, and Klarna will match the consumer donations made during Earth Week.
Enabling consumers to make more sustainable choices
Klarna is introducing enhancements to its popular CO2 emissions tracker. Rolling out globally with plans to launch in the US soon, in addition to showcasing the estimated carbon footprint of each purchase in the Klarna App, the tracker will provide consumers shopping fashion products with a rich breakdown of the emissions released along every step of the product lifecycle and offer educational tips to help consumers use and recycle the purchased products in a more sustainable way.
The CO2 emissions tracker will additionally offer consumers the opportunity to donate to the Klarna and Milkywire Climate Transformation Fund, focusing on supporting high-impact solutions to mitigate climate change. All donations to the Climate Transformation Fund will be doubled by Klarna during Earth Week. Among the innovators receiving funds are Heirloom, on a mission to develop novel direct air capture technology to extract CO₂ directly from the ambient air using common minerals and store it underground, and Husk, creating biochar, a form of charcoal that is produced from rice husks, that is then used as fertilizer by organic farmers, restoring soil health and increasing yields.
As a further initiative, Klarna will release a new shoppable Conscious Collection “the Earth Day Edit,” building on its recently launched partnership with Good On You, the world's leading sustainability rating platform for fashion brands. Curated specially for Earth Week, the collection features products from brands that excel resource use and waste management, and their policies to address energy use and carbon emissions, impacts on water, microfibre pollution and chemical use and disposal.
David Sandström, Chief Marketing Officer at Klarna: “Our vision is to empower consumers to vote with their wallets to enact change. With the help of our enhanced CO2 Emissions Tracker, consumers can now gain detailed insights into the environmental impact of their shopping. Combined with our donation features and Conscious Collections, we’re excited to give consumers powerful tools to act on this knowledge and inform their shopping choices”.
Klarna continues to grow globally, now present in 45 markets, reaching over 147M consumers and partnering with 400,000+ retail partners globally. This scale enables the company to significantly contribute to a more sustainable future and be a force for good in society and our planet.
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For additional information, please contact:
Shira Rimini
Press.us@klarna.com
614-962-4605
Donations during Earth Week
Klarna is matching consumer donations made to the Give One project portfolio and the Climate Transformation Fund through the Milkywire platform during Earth Week 18th - 24th of April 2022.
About Klarna
Since 2005 Klarna has been on a mission to revolutionize the retail banking industry. With over 147 million global active users and 2 million transactions per day, Klarna is meeting the changing demands of consumers by saving them time and money while helping them be informed and in control of their personal finances. Over 400,000 global retail partners, including H&M, Saks, Sephora, Macys, IKEA, Expedia Group, and Nike have integrated Klarna's innovative technology to deliver a seamless shopping experience online and in-store. With over 5,000 employees, Klarna is active in 45 markets and is one of the most highly-valued private fintechs globally, with a valuation of $45.6 billion. For more information, visit Klarna.com
The company became the first fintech to join The Climate Pledge and Race to Zero campaign, and makes annual financial contributions to high-impact climate projects, including carbon removal, reforestation and forest protection, and emission reduction projects.