# Alter Eco LLC

**Certification:** The Climate Label Certified — Completed, 2026
**Certified since:** 2020 (most recent: 2026)
**Industry:** Food + Beverage
**Website:** https://www.alterecofoods.com/
**Sustainability page:** https://www.alterecofoods.com/pages/sustainability-report

## Sustainability story

Alter Eco makes clean snacks for your body and the planet. Recognized as a top certified registered Public B Corporation, Alter Eco is dedicated to pioneering a better way of doing business. With a full-circle approach to sustainability throughout its operations/supply chain using regenerative farming practices, recyclable, compostable, post-consumer recycled packaging, sourcing using Fair Trade principles, and in-setting carbon emissions by means of reforestation/conservation programs in the cooperatives we use. Alter Eco is committed to the highest quality ingredients and taste. All Alter Eco products are USDA Certified Organic,Change Climate Certified, non-GMO, made with Fair Trade ingredients; many products are certified gluten-free.

## Emissions (2026)

**Methodology:** Alter Eco LLC's emissions inventory uses a mix of spending and activity-based data. Alter Eco LLC attests to the accuracy of their data inputs and the Change Climate team reviews the submission for compliance with the Standard.

- Scope 1: 0 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (location-based): 0 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (market-based): 0 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (location-based): 5,847 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (market-based): 5,847 tCO2e
- **Total (location-based): 5,847 tCO2e**
- **Total (market-based): 5,847 tCO2e**

**Emissions intensity:** Per unit of product — unit of product

### Emissions history (tCO2e, intensity as disclosed)
| Year | Scope 1 | Scope 2 (loc) | Scope 2 (mkt) | Scope 3 (loc) | Scope 3 (mkt) | Intensity |
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3,952 | 20.26 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4,003 | 19.96 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,130 | 21.52 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5,781 | 22.26 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3,834 | 15.47 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,269 | 5,269 | 18.81 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,847 | 5,847 | 19.66 |

## Reduction plans

### Reduction action plans
- **Scope 3** — We plan to reduce missions from growing cocoa as an ingredient. (source: Raw materials, target: Q4 2022, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — We plan to reduce emissions from packaging end of life. (source: Packaging, target: Q4 2021, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — We plan to reduce emissions from growing cocoa beans, representing 33% of our total emissions. We will transition more of our cocoa farming partners to dynamic agroforestry, a model of regenerative agriculture, that captures carbon above and below ground. (source: Raw materials, target: Q1 2024, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — We plan to reduce emissions from packaging, that represents 11% of our total emissions. (source: Packaging, target: Q4 2022, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Reduce emissions from shipping and logistics (source: Downstream shipping, target: Q4 2020, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Reduce emissions from air freight shipping. (source: Upstream shipping, target: Q4 2020, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Implement a low carbon sourcing/purchasing policy to transition the sugar, coconut, and vanilla used in our chocolate to regenerative agriculture practices. (source: Raw materials, target: Q1 2025, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Transition from fossil fuel powered trucks to a lower-carbon shipment method across all customer shipments in the USA. (source: Downstream shipping, target: Q1 2025, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Use at least 50% regenerative almonds in our Almond Granola by the end of 2024. (source: Raw Materials, target: Q4 2025, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Redesign 100% of 60ct. corrugated cardboard boxes across packaging for finished consumer goods to be replaced with FSC Mix packaging from responsible sources (and redesign this packaging to be thinner). (source: Packaging, target: Q4 2024, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Eliminate the use of regular gel packs across e-commerce deliveries by 100% and replace with eco-friendly gel packs (source: Packaging, target: Q4 2024, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Introduce regenerative quinoa to our quinoa line and use 30% regenerative quinoa by the end of 2025. (source: Raw Materials, target: Q4 2025, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — All the oats in our granola line will be at least 50% sourced from regenerative farms. (source: Raw materials, target: 2027, completion: 50%)
- **Scope 3** — Alter Eco will invest in our farmers' cooperative to expand regenerative agriculture by an additional 13 hectares. (source: Raw materials, target: 2027, completion: 65%)
- **Scope 3** — Agroforestry Project Partnership: Dominican Republic (Phase 2)
This part 2 will cover 10 ha of pasture, 8 ha of pruning (34 producers) (source: Agroforestry expension, target: 2028, completion: 0%)
- **Scope 3** — Partner with farmers, manufacturers, and carbon software to measure agroforestry benefits and share our ingredient data as open source, making it accessible and helping scale regenerative agroforestry. (source: Measure agroforestry impact to increase use of low carbon ingredients, target: 2026, completion: 0%)

## Climate funding (2026)

**Total funding:** $87,725

**Carbon fee:** $15/tCO2e

**Spend by category:**
- VCA (Voluntary Carbon / Reductions): $74,933
- OC (Organizational Commitments): $12,792
- BVC (Beyond Value Chain): n/a

### Projects
- [OC] Partner with farmers, manufacturers, and carbon software to measure agroforestry benefits (Software, Planning, Research & Development): $12,792
- [VCA] Increase regenerative farmland for cocoa bean cultivation in the Dominican Republic. (Natural climate solutions, Materials & Manufacturing): $74,933

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