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Bread Alone Bakery

category

Food + Beverage

first certified

2020

current certification year

2024

About The Climate Label

Companies with The Climate Label provide products and services that are better for the climate, because they account for the greenhouse gas emissions from operating their business.

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01

Emissions

Bread Alone Bakery measured its GHG emissions in order to understand its impact on the climate and inform its plans to reduce GHGs over time.

Total 2024 GHG Emissions

2,367.9 tCO2e

Roughly equal to driving 513 gas-powered cars for one year

Bread Alone Bakery's emissions inventory uses a mix of spending and activity-based data. Bread Alone Bakery attests to the accuracy of their data inputs and the Change Climate team reviews the submission for compliance with the Standard.

02

Funding for Climate Solutions

Bread Alone Bakery is funding a portfolio of projects to support the climate transition. This portfolio includes specific actions within their operations, as well as projects elsewhere around the world.

Total climate funding

$31,877

03

Reduction Plans

As part of its climate transition planning, Bread Alone Bakery has established near-term actions to reduce GHG emissions within the next 12-24 months.

Active

Source of emissions

Operational waste

Action

We plan to reduce Food Waste company wide by 25%.

Status

In progress

Complete By

Q1 2023

Scope

Scope 3

Source of emissions

Packaging

Action

We plan to reduce paper waste by 80%.

Status

In progress

Complete By

Q1 2023

Scope

Scope 3

Source of emissions

Electricity

Action

We will reduce our electric usage.

Status

In progress

Complete By

Q4 2022

Scope

Scope 2

Source of emissions

Energy at offices or controlled facilities

Action

Reduce non-renewable energy use at Kingston facility.

Status

In progress

Complete By

Q2 2021

Scope

Scope 2

Source of emissions

Energy at offices or controlled facilities

Action

Reduce non-renewable energy use at Woodstock and Rhinebeck cafes.

Status

In progress

Complete By

Q4 2021

Scope

Scope 2

Source of emissions

Packaging

Action

Replace bread bags made from LDPE plastic with compostable film.

Status

In progress

Complete By

Q3 2020

Scope

Scope 3

Source of emissions

Vehicle fleet

Action

We plan to reduce emissions from delivery vehicles.

Status

In progress

Complete By

Q1 2022

Scope

Scope 1

Source of emissions

Energy at offices or controlled facilities

Action

Replace natural gas burner with electric burner in Wholesale Bakery deck ovens

Status

Newly set

Complete By

Q4 2024

Scope

Scope 1

Source of emissions

Energy at offices or controlled facilities

Action

Replace propane grills and cooktops with electric versions

Status

Newly set

Complete By

Q4 2023

Scope

Scope 1

Source of emissions

Energy at offices or controlled facilities

Action

Replace all gas-powered cooking equipment with electric

Status

In progress

Complete By

Q3 2023

Scope

Scope 1

Source of emissions

Supply chain energy use

Action

We will influence the reduction of cradle to gate emissions by leveraging our relationship with our millers, encouraging them to adopt alter ...read more

Status

In progress

Complete By

Q4 2024

Scope

Scope 3

Source of emissions

Energy at offices or controlled facilities

Action

Reduce Scope 1 emissions by 50% by installing onsite Geothermal Wells to power the energy use in Lake Katrine HQ by end of Q4 2025.

Status

Newly set

Complete By

Q4 2025

Scope

Scope 1

Completed

Source of emissions

Electricity

Action

We will reduce emissions from purchased electricity and from fossil-fuel based equipment such as stoves, HVAC, etc.

Status

Completed

Complete By

Q3 2021

Scope

Scope 2

Source of emissions

Energy at offices or controlled facilities

Action

Reduce non- renewable energy use at Boiceville facility.

Status

Completed

Complete By

Q2 2021

Scope

Scope 2

Source of emissions

Energy at offices or controlled facilities

Action

Reduce non-renewable energy use at Boiceville facility.

Status

Completed

Complete By

Q2 2021

Scope

Scope 1

Source of emissions

Energy at offices or controlled facilities

Action

We are installing on-site solar at our Boiceville facility.

Status

Completed

Complete By

Q3 2021

Scope

Scope 2

Bread Alone Bakery is a certified organic, values-driven bakery. We?ve been baking with organic grains since our first loaf in 1983, and we continue to do so today. Care for the planet is part of our past. Action against climate change must be in our future. Bread Alone committed to Certified Climate Neutral because the planet is warming at an alarming rate, with terrifying consequences, and we must collectively take faster and more aggressive action. Certified Climate Neutral will give customers the information needed to make the right decision for the planet, and for our collective future. In 2022 we opened the very first carbon neutral bakery at our original location in the Catskill Mountains town of Boiceville, New York. Baking by the power of the sun every day!

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