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Xocolatl Chocolate

Climate Neutral Certified Label

category

Food + Beverage

first certified

2023

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

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

376 tCO2e

Roughly equal to driving 84 gas-powered cars for one year

0.5 kgCO2e per dollar of revenue

Emissions intensity

Emissions over time

Emissions year

Absolute Emissions (tCO2e)

Emissions Intensity (kgCO2e per dollar of revenue)

02

Reduction Plans

Xocolatl Chocolate has adopted near-term action plans to reduce GHG emissions within the next 12-24 months.

Active

Source of emissions

Packaging

Action

Transition our warm weather shipping insulation to compostable or recyclable material across all consumer and wholesale packaging.

Status

Newly set

Complete By

Q2 2025

Scope

Scope 3

Source of emissions

Electricity

Action

Transition 100% electric power to solar through our electric utility in our retail store.

Status

Newly set

Complete By

Q4 2024

Scope

Scope 2

Completed

Source of emissions

Operational waste

Action

Xocolatl Chocolate will create and implement a system to measure all waste from our factory, office and retail shop and set a waste reductio ...read more

Status

Completed

Complete By

Q2 2024

Scope

Scope 3

Source of emissions

Packaging

Action

Transition 100% single use plastic to fully compostable packages across all product lines currently using plastic pouches by January 2024.

Status

Completed

Complete By

Q2 2024

Scope

Scope 3

03

Compensation

Xocolatl Chocolate addressed last year’s emissions by buying and retiring an equal amount of high quality, verified carbon and clean energy credits.

Emissions accounted for

400 tCO2e

Roughly equal to keeping 448,000 pounds of carbon in the ground

Total investment

$1,545

Project types

Improved forest management

Type

Improved forest management

Description

Projects focused on developing sustainable management and harvesting practices in forest ecosystems.

Wind

Type

Wind

Description

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

Environmental concerns drove our passion for starting Xocolatl Chocolate. We recognized ethically and sustainably shade-grown cacao was preferable to practices like pineapple or cattle ranching in the rainforest. In 2021, we conducted a Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) with the help of one of our former chocolate makers who was pursuing environmental studies at Georgia Tech. Armed with insights from the LCA, we have been dedicated to decreasing and offsetting our footprint through various measures. These include purchasing carbon credits and carbon capture, utilizing renewable energy credits, and implementing composting. We’re committed to continuing to build a chocolate company that makes as small an impact on the environment as possible.

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