Emissions and Climate Change
Reducing our carbon footprint meant taking a hard look at our value chain — and ways we can meet our new climate goal. As a result, we’ve committed to set a climate goal to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 in line with the Science Based Targets initiative’s (SBTi) Net-Zero Standard.
Science Based Targets
Our ambition is to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, aligned with SBTi’s Net-Zero Standard. Net-zero means balancing the emissions we produce with emissions we remove from the atmosphere. We’ve set near-term science-based targets of reducing scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions 42% from a FY2021 baseline and reducing absolute Scope 3 emissions 25% within the same timeframe. We are taking concrete actions including improving operational sustainability, optimizing transportation, and engaging with our suppliers and growers to help us achieve our goals. While we believe this goal is achievable based on current trends and emerging technologies, getting to net-zero will require ongoing innovation, working closely with our partners, and depends on factors we don’t fully control. We’ll report our progress transparently each year and adjust our approach as we learn.
Climate Roadmap
Empowered with an informed plan, we’re working toward our interim goal to achieve a 42% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 2030 through changes at our facilities. We aim to reduce our Scope 3, or indirect emissions, by 25% by 2030 through actions in our transportation, packaging and agricultural supply chains.
We worked with third-party consultants to develop our science-based approach and have identified strategies to improve our overall carbon footprint and help us reach our goals. While we believe our journey to net zero emissions is achievable, we have a roadmap – not a GPS. Reaching our goals entails unknown future contingencies and will require perseverance, commitment, and continued collaboration across our customers and partners. Below are more details on the five areas we’re accelerating to reduce our emissions.
By investing in building efficiency improvements, we aim to reduce electricity consumption. Our engineering teams are also identifying ways to make our production process more efficient and reduce the natural gas needed to run our facilities.
By evaluating and consolidating our operational footprint, we will be able to more efficiently produce our products while using less energy resources.
Our logistics team is constantly evaluating routes to increase the efficiency of our transportation routes. By locating suppliers who are closer to our facilities, we are reducing emissions from upstream transportation. By optimizing our warehouse locations, we’re eliminating miles in downstream transportation as well. We’re focused on making sure our products don’t travel further than they need to reduce our supply chain emissions.
While steel is a widely recycled material, it is also very carbon intensive. Decreasing weight of steel use and other decarbonization efforts within the steel industry are the lever with greatest reduction potential.
Most of the ingredients that we source are relatively low-carbon intensive products like fruits and vegetables. We’re partnering with our network of growers to accurately capture the carbon savings associated with their regenerative soil practices such as cover cropping and low-till agriculture.