Bread Alone Bakery | A Climate Neutral Certified Brand

01 Measure

Bread Alone Bakery used operational data to estimate its carbon footprint for the year.

GHG Scope 1 Ⓘ

GHG Protocol Scope 1

Emissions from energy used in buildings, fleets, and equipment.

163 tCO2e

GHG Scope 2 Ⓘ

GHG Protocol Scope 2

Emissions from electricity.

639 tCO2e

GHG Scope 3 Ⓘ

GHG Protocol Scope 3

Emissions from raw materials, manufacturing, shipping, air travel, and other activities in the supply chain.

1642 tCO2e

Total Emissions Ⓘ

Total Carbon Emissions

The sum of Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions.

2444 tCO2e

02 Offset

The entire carbon footprint was offset using verified carbon credits.

Carbon Credits

2444 tCO2e

Total Investment in Carbon Credits

$12,586.00

Bread Alone Bakery's credits came from:

Landfills

Renewables

Cookstoves

Emissions Offset

2444 tCO2e

Lifetime Emissions Offsets

tCO2e

03 Reduce

Bread Alone Bakery is implementing a Reduction Action Plan to reduce emissions from within its own operations and supply chain.

Current Year Reduction Actions

What We’re Reducing

How We'll Reduce It

We are installing on-site solar at our Boiceville facility

What We’re Reducing

We will track the reduction in kWhs purchased (we expect there to be zero!)

How We'll Reduce It

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

What We’re Reducing

We will install baking equipment that runs on electricity, eliminating all fossil-fuel based equipment and needs

How We'll Reduce It

Install ground-mount parking lot awning solar array for Kingston facility

What We’re Reducing

Non-renewable energy use at Woodstock and Rhinebeck cafes

How We'll Reduce It

We will track the reduction in kWhs purchased (we expect there to be zero!)
We will install baking equipment that runs on electricity, eliminating all fossil-fuel based equipment and needs
Non-renewable energy use at Woodstock and Rhinebeck cafes

Prior Year Reduction Actions

65%

What We’re Reducing

Non-renewable energy use at Boiceville facility

How We'll Reduce It

Install ground-mount solar array

55%

What We’re Reducing

Non- renewable energy use at Boiceville facility

How We'll Reduce It

Electrification retrofit (e.g., no propane or natural gas) of Boiceville kitchen and baking facility

What We’re Reducing

Non-renewable energy use at Kingston facility

How We'll Reduce It

Install ground-mount parking lot awning solar array for Kingston facility

15%

What We’re Reducing

Non-renewable energy use at Woodstock and Rhinebeck cafes

How We'll Reduce It

Owned solar, community solar or PPA

Other Sustainability Notes

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.

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