# Cairnspring Mills

**Certification:** The Climate Label Certified — Completed, 2025
**Certified since:** 2025
**Industry:** Food + Beverage
**Website:** https://cairnspring.com/blogs/news/sustainability
**Sustainability page:** https://cairnspring.com/blogs/news/sustainability

## Sustainability story

We grow and source all our Certified Organic and regenerative wheat on local farms in the Pacific Northwest. They're helping us start a food revolution built on sustainable regenerative growing methods that conserve soils and boost the long term viability of family farms. It's how to produce grain—and flour—that's as clean as nature meant it to be.

## Emissions (2025)

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

- Scope 1: 23 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (location-based): 163 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (market-based): 163 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (location-based): 18,814 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (market-based): 18,814 tCO2e
- **Total (location-based): 19,000 tCO2e**
- **Total (market-based): 19,000 tCO2e**

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

### Emissions history (tCO2e, intensity as disclosed)
| Year | Scope 1 | Scope 2 | Scope 3 | Intensity |
|-|-|-|-|-|
| 2024 | 23 | 163 | 18,814 | 2.75 |

## Reduction plans

### Reduction action plans
- **Scope 3** — Provide expert support and invest in Regenerative Certification from A Greener World (AGW) with 7 farms growing wheat for the Blue Mountain mill in Pendleton, OR, covering 100% of the mill’s wheat suppliers Hard Red Winter Wheat supplies. (source: Raw materials, target: 2026, completion: 0%)
- **Scope 3** — Implement the Cool Farm tool with 33% of our farmers to measure & manage the carbon footprint of our agricultural supply chain, identify on-farm GHG reduction opportunities, and support farmer engagement strategies. (source: Raw materials, target: 2027, completion: 0%)

## Climate funding (2025)

**Total funding:** $345,752

**Carbon fee:** $15/tCO2e

**Spend by category:**
- VCA (Voluntary Carbon / Reductions): $345,752
- OC (Organizational Commitments): $0
- BVC (Beyond Value Chain): n/a

### Projects
- [VCA] Regenerative Organic Certified Wheat (Low-carbon material purchase, Materials & Manufacturing): $345,752

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Source: https://explore.changeclimate.org/brand/cairnspring-mills
API documentation: https://api-docs.changeclimate.org/certified-brands.html