
2021 Impact Report
In 2021, we made progress with respect to both our social and environmental impacts. We made a formal commitment to increasing our charitable giving to a minimum of 2% of revenue and centered our giving on local non-profits committed to social and environmental justice. We had great fun volunteering for Habitat for Humanity Metro Richmond. We were named Best for the World: Community by the non-profit B Lab. We added a SIMPLE IRA program for all coworkers (full-time and part-time) with a mandatory 2% company contribution and selected a plan that includes a socially-responsible investing option. In addition to our 15 days/yr of Personal Time Off and 10 company holidays, we added six days of sick leave and made Juneteenth a paid company holiday.
We made good progress on our measuring and tracking our environmental impacts. We celebrated our 10th year as a Dominion Energy Green Power partner. We monitored and recorded emissions and met our specific reduction targets during this reporting period. We calculated our Carbon Intensity for Scopes 1 and 2 emissions (less than 150 metric tonnes of CO2/$million of revenue). Through our recycling program, we diverted 3.45 metric tonnes of non-hazardous waste.

Our mission is to design and build beautiful products that celebrate excellence, in an inclusive, supportive workplace that values diversity, fosters resilience, respects our planet, and brings value to all our stakeholders.
Rivanna Natural Designs, Inc. offers elegant, planet-friendly alternatives to traditional trophies and plaques.
We started in 2001 with a simple objective: to create green jobs for refugees and others in our community who needed safe, meaningful, and rewarding employment. Today, we are an award-winning B Corp, an award-winning leader in responsible forestry, and one of the most respected award companies in America.
Our Values
- Integrity
- Accountability
- Humanity
Our Social Impact
We believe products that express gratitude, reward performance, and celebrate excellence should harm neither the planet nor the people who create, purchase, or receive them. Over the past twenty years, we've done our best to introduce fresh thinking about recognition products and awards, all the while upholding our commitment to our planet and community. As we look ahead, we plan to create more elegant, innovative products and to deliver the best service imaginable. With the help of our extraordinary and inspiring customers, suppliers, fellow B Corps, friends and fans, we will do our utmost to create more green jobs, address our climate impacts, and find better ways to give back to our community.








To our valued stakeholders,
2021 was a year of transition and rebuilding for Rivanna Natural Designs. For the most part, our team recovered well from the disruptions of 2020. Despite supply chain delays and health-related challenges, we rallied to achieve record annual revenue and meet previously set environmental targets. We also established a “company best” record for annual charitable giving.
As our business grows and our production output increases, the challenges of reducing environmental impacts also increases. We are pleased to report that we were able to measure and offset our Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions for 2021, and began work on managing our Scope 3 emissions. We acknowledge that we have much work ahead to get to Net Zero and few resources to accomplish the task. Our goal in 2022 is to create greater efficiencies in our day-to-day operations to reduce costs and free up the energy and resources we required to meet our Net Zero goal by 2025.
For the better part of 2021, concerns about COVID-19 kept us from in-person volunteer and community events. We look forward in 2022 to more community outreach, more pizza parties with our entire team, and finding better ways to give back.


Goals
Minimizing our greenhouse gas emissions has been a priority for our Rivanna since we opened our doors over twenty years ago. In many respects we have been ahead of the curve when it comes to trimming climate impacts, but achieving and maintaining climate neutrality in as we grow is, frankly, not that simple. We’re on our way, with established baselines for Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions and targets set for the future. However, we still have a great deal of work to do. Our entire team will be involved in this effort in 2022 and beyond.