Cool Beans

This company is a Climate Neutral Supporting Brand. They have provided a charitable donation to support Climate Neutral's work. (This donation does not change the requirements of their verification).

Brand

Cool Beans

Cool Beans

Industry

Food + Beverage

First Certified

2020

Current Certification Year

2020

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Sustainability Story

Cool Beans was built around sustainability and wellness. Our burritos are 100% plant-based and carry about 92% less GHGs (249 gCO2e) than the leading steak and cheese burrito (2,362 gCO2e). Our products revolve around the mighty bean which sequesters carbon into the soil and also provides a lot of great fiber for gut health. Finally we built plant diversity into our products to foster a regenerative agricultural system. We have 24 different plants in our first 5 burrito flavors. Plant diversity is great for our gut, great for the soil, and great for planetary biodiversity.

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What is Climate Neutrality

A state in which human activities result in no net effect on the climate system. Requires balancing of residual greenhouse gas emissions with reductions or removals. All Climate Neutral Certified brands must meet climate neutrality standards for measuring, offsetting, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions from making and delivering products and services.

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Cool Beans achieved Climate Neutral Certification as part of 's certification process. 's measurement, offsetting and reduction plans fully account for Cool Beans's 2021 emissions

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01 Measure

Cool Beans measured Scope 1, 2 and 3 cradle-to-customer emissions following categories and approaches established in the Climate Neutral standards.

GHG Scope 1 ?
GHG Protocol Scope 1

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

tCO2e

GHG Scope 2 ?

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GHG Scope 3 ?
GHG Protocol Scope 3

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

tCO2e

Total Emissions ?
Total Carbon Emissions

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

456 tCO2e

02 Offset

Cool Beans invested in projects outside of their value chain to compensate for all of their measured carbon emissions. This step supports their climate neutrality designation, and enables Cool Beans to take responsibility for historical emissions that can’t be reduced.

Total Investment in Carbon Credits

$2,466.96

Cool Beans's credits came from:

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Forestry ?

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Cookstoves ?

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Renewable Energy ?

Emissions Offset ?
Offset equivalency

For reference, reducing a footprint by 1000 tonnes is roughly equal to removing 230 passenger vehicles from the road for a year.

456 tCO2e

03 Reduce

Cool Beans has set targets and identified actions to reduce their emissions from operations and their supply chain. These actions will enable Cool Beans to emit fewer emissions in the future.

Mid Term Targets

Cool Beans has committed to reducing emissions by .

This target is aligned with global trajectories to limit climate warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

Mid Term Targets

This target is aligned with global trajectories to limit climate warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

Reduction Actions

Cool Beans is implementing a Reduction Action Plan to reduce emissions from within its own operations and supply chain.

Current Year Reduction Actions

01

What We’re Reducing

We plan to limit future employee travel to necessary travel only.

How We'll Reduce It

Since we are a small startup, our travel would normally expect to increase exponentially during the next year, but we are going to minimize that travel and continue to do more virtually using zoom and other tele-networking apps.

02

What We’re Reducing

We plan to transition to a sustainable web hosting service.

How We'll Reduce It

We will transition to a sustainable web hosting service.

03

What We’re Reducing

How We'll Reduce It

04

What We’re Reducing

How We'll Reduce It

In Progress Reductions

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Completed Reductions

01 Measure

Cool Beans measured Scope 1, 2 and 3 cradle-to-customer emissions following categories and approaches established in the Climate Neutral standards.

02 Offset

Cool Beans invested in projects outside of their value chain to compensate for all of their measured carbon emissions. This step supports their climate neutrality designation, and enables Cool Beans to take responsibility for historical emissions that can’t be reduced.

03 Reduce

Cool Beans is implementing a Reduction Action Plan to reduce emissions from within its own operations and supply chain.

Cool Beans
Industry

Food + Beverage

First Certified

2020

2019 Carbon Footprint

456

Total Carbon Footprint

01 Measure

Cool Beans used 2019 operational data to estimate its carbon footprint for the year:

Direct Emissions Ⓘ

Direct Emissions

Emissions from fossil fuels and refrigerants used in company buildings, fleets, and equipment.

tCO2e

Indirect Emissions Ⓘ

Indirect Emissions

Emissions from the electricity, and sometimes steam and cold water, used in company facilities.

tCO2e

Supply Chain Emissions Ⓘ

Supply Chain Emissions

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

tCO2e

Direct Emissions Ⓘ

456 tCO2e

02 Offset

The entire carbon footprint was offset using verified carbon credits.
Carbon Credits for 2019

456 tCO2e

Total 2019 Investment in Carbon Credits

$2,466.96

Cool Beans's credits came from:

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Forestry
Icon of a stove
Cookstoves
Icon of a wind turbine
Renewable Energy
2019 Emissions Offsets

456 tCO2e

Lifetime Emissions Offsets

tCO2e

03 Reduce

Cool Beans is implementing a Reduction Action Plan to reduce emissions from within its own operations and supply chain.

  • We plan to limit future employee travel to necessary travel only.

  • We plan to transition to a sustainable web hosting service.

Other Sustainability Notes

Cool Beans was built around sustainability and wellness. Our burritos are 100% plant-based and carry about 92% less GHGs (249 gCO2e) than the leading steak and cheese burrito (2,362 gCO2e). Our products revolve around the mighty bean which sequesters carbon into the soil and also provides a lot of great fiber for gut health. Finally we built plant diversity into our products to foster a regenerative agricultural system. We have 24 different plants in our first 5 burrito flavors. Plant diversity is great for our gut, great for the soil, and great for planetary biodiversity.