Today's announcement represents a significant next step towards the brand's long-term sustainability goals of leading the food service industry in the boldest, most comprehensive waste and GHG emissions reduction movement.
This year, the company focused efforts to reduce GHG emissions across four key areas: coffee sourcing, electricity, dairy, and waste. The company also committed to help scale regenerative agriculture as part of its 2024 carbon neutrality target. Blue Bottle made a multi-year commitment to purchase the first available high-quality, registry-certified agricultural carbon credits. Produced by Carbon by Indigo, these credits support
In 2022 the company will publish its accelerated roadmap to achieving carbon neutrality by 2024.
'Since our founding in 2002, sustainability has been a core value at Blue Bottle. Sustainability for us means caring for people and planet,' said
In 2020, Blue Bottle held true to the commitment of compensating for the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with its e-commerce business on orders shipped throughout
This next major milestone of carbon neutrality by 2024 will involve fundamental changes to Blue Bottle's business operations and partnerships with suppliers. During the past year, Blue Bottle has taken the following actions:
Coffee Sourcing: Blue Bottle is completing its first round of sustainability audits across the majority of its coffee purchasing. Audit reports will assist Blue Bottle in integrating climate targets into its work with coffee suppliers.
Electricity: Blue Bottle reduced GHG emissions associated with its electricity usage first in
Dairy: Blue Bottle led the change to introduce oat milk in its
Waste: Blue Bottle is on track to achieve zero waste operations for half its
In 2022, Blue Bottle will scale zero waste operations to its
'We invite guests to join us in forging positive change-from wasting less and reusing more to adopting new product offerings with lower environmental footprints-we are committed to accelerating progress but cannot do this alone,' said Strovink. 'We hope our guests will join us in taking bold steps on climate action, one cup of coffee and one day at a time.'
For more information on Blue Bottle's sustainability efforts, please visit www.blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/sustainability.
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