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Summit Coffee Roasting Co.

Climate Neutral Certified Label

category

Food + Beverage

first certified

2022

current certification year

2024

About Climate Neutral Certification

Wherever you see the Climate Neutral Certified label, it means the company is accountable for its greenhouse gas emissions. To earn the label, a company must annually measure cradle-to-customer emissions, implement specific action plans to reduce emissions, and invest in high quality, verified carbon credits.

The certification requirements are detailed in the rigorous, peer-reviewed Climate Neutral Certified Standard. Each company’s application is reviewed for compliance by Change Climate’s certification team.

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Emissions

Summit Coffee Roasting Co.'s emissions inventory uses financial estimates based on spending data. Summit Coffee Roasting Co. attests to the accuracy of their data inputs and the Change Climate team reviews the submission for compliance with our Standard.

698 tCO2e

Roughly equal to driving 156 gas-powered cars for one year

5.13 kgCO2e per unit of product

Emissions intensity

Emissions over time

Emissions year

Emissions Intensity (kgCO2e per unit of product)

02

Reduction Plans

Summit Coffee Roasting Co. has adopted near-term action plans to reduce GHG emissions within the next 12-24 months.

Active

Source of emissions

Packaging

Action

Roll out a reusable/refillable "tin" option for local cafe and ecomm customers to purchase coffee instead of using a single use plastic base ...read more

Status

Newly set

Complete By

Q4 2024

Scope

Scope 3

Source of emissions

Vehicle fleet

Action

We will swap our ICE delivery van for an EV and install at least one EV charger at our office location.

Status

Newly set

Complete By

Q4 2025

Scope

Scope 1

Completed

Source of emissions

Electricity

Action

We plan on purchasing renewable energy credits (RECS) for at least 25% of total electricity at our roasting facility.

Status

Completed

Complete By

Q1 2024

Scope

Scope 2

Source of emissions

Raw materials

Action

We will work with our current coffee bag supplier ahead of our next (and future) bag redesign and order to reduce emissions associated with ...read more

Status

Completed

Complete By

Q1 2024

Scope

Scope 3

Source of emissions

Packaging

Action

Transition all cardboard boxes for coffee deliveries to reusable plastic totes across at least one of our cafés.

Status

Completed

Complete By

Q4 2023

Scope

Scope 3

Source of emissions

Packaging

Action

Transition all internal plastic/poly-based 5lb coffee bags to internal compostable 5lb coffee bags across at at least one of our cafés.

Status

Completed

Complete By

Q2 2023

Scope

Scope 3

03

Compensation

Summit Coffee Roasting Co. addressed last year’s emissions by buying and retiring an equal amount of high quality, verified carbon and clean energy credits.

Emissions accounted for

698 tCO2e

Roughly equal to keeping 781,760 pounds of carbon in the ground

Total investment

$3,839

Project types

Wind

Type

Wind

Description

Projects that support wind energy generation in order to reduce dependence on fossil fuels.

At Summit Coffee, sustainability is an all encompassing idea spanning everything from relationship building to environmental concerns. As such, we strive to make responsible, creative, and sustainable decisions within every realm of the business. Focusing on our climate and carbon impact with this certification process is one example of the work we are prioritizing. Summit Coffee is part of a long chain of hands that starts with the farmer and ends with that cup of coffee in the consumer's hands. Every stop along the coffee journey contains the potential for sustainable choices, and helps bring to life our purpose of creating moments of joy.

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