# Schilling Cider

**Certification:** The Climate Label Certified — Completed, 2026
**Certified since:** 2026
**Industry:** Food + Beverage
**Website:** https://schillingcider.com/
**Sustainability page:** https://schillingcider.com/sustainability/

## Sustainability story

Schilling Cider is a Seattle-founded (2013) leader in fresh pressed U.S. cider, celebrated for bold, flavor forward releases made with 100% Pacific Northwest apples—no artificial ingredients and no corn-based sugars. Sustainability is built in: Climate Neutral certified 12 oz ciders, recyclable/reusable packaging with printed cans (no plastic wraps), a 100% EV sales fleet, and energy smart production using a high efficiency canning line, heat recovery pasteurization (85–90% more efficient), and fermentation heat exchange. It also funds durable carbon reduction projects and donates 5% of select sales through “Keep It Wild,” contributing $250k+ to conservation.

## Emissions (2026)

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

- Scope 1: 714 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (location-based): 365 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (market-based): 365 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (location-based): 3,512 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (market-based): 3,512 tCO2e
- **Total (location-based): 4,591 tCO2e**
- **Total (market-based): 4,591 tCO2e**

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

### Emissions history (tCO2e, intensity as disclosed)
| Year | Scope 1 | Scope 2 | Scope 3 | Intensity |
|-|-|-|-|-|
| 2025 | 714 | 365 | 3,512 | 0.19 |

## Reduction plans

### Science-aligned targets
- Schilling Cider commits to reduce Scope 3 emissions 66.33% per Grams of CO2 per 12oz can by 2035 from a 2025 base year. (completion: 0%)
- Schilling Cider commits to reduce Scope 1+2 emissions 42.00% by 2030 from a 2025 base year. (completion: 0%)

### Reduction action plans
- **Scope 3** — Implement a policy to extend the lifespan of manufacturing equipment that has at least 50 pounds of refrigerant in our production facility (source: Capital expenditures, target: 2026, completion: 0%)
- **Scope 1** — Purchase and install equipment to harvest the CO2 produced by our fermentation and replace the hydrocarbon based CO2 that we purchase.  We estimate that this will save in excess of 500k lbs of CO2 from being purchased. (source: Carbon Capture, target: 2028, completion: 0%)
- **Scope 1** — Replace 10% of our traditional vehicle fleet with zero-emission electric vehicles (source: Vehicle fleet, target: 2026, completion: 0%)

## Climate funding (2026)

**Total funding:** $111,474.68

**Carbon fee:** $15/tCO2e

**Spend by category:**
- VCA (Voluntary Carbon / Reductions): $73,928.93
- OC (Organizational Commitments): $10,329.75
- BVC (Beyond Value Chain): n/a

### Projects
- [VCA] Electrification of fleet vehicles (Electrification, Efficiency & Electrification): $30,725.7
- [OC] External consultant for greenhouse gas measurement (Net-zero consulting services, Planning, Research & Development): $10,329.75
- [VCA] Additional electrification of fleet vehicles (Electrification, Efficiency & Electrification): $43,203.23
- [BVC] Plugging  Orphaned Oil  and Gas Wells (Carbon credit, Voluntary Carbon Market): $7,728 — type: Industrial, registry: American Carbon Registry, vintage: 2023, location: USA, provider: Tradewater
- [BVC] Tradewater OOG 2 (Carbon credit, Voluntary Carbon Market): $19,488 — type: Industrial, registry: American Carbon Registry, vintage: 2024, location: USA, provider: Tradewater

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