Coracao Confections

Sustainability Story

Our sustainability story goes from soil to packaging! From the beginning, Coracao & CACOCO have prioritized sourcing the purest ingredients from regenerative farms that go above and beyond Organic and Fair-Trade practices. Farms that support soil health, land health and farmer welfare. We are also sponsorship partners with the Pachamama Alliance, who work with indigenous communities in the Amazon, and support them in the fight to preserve the rainforest. Most of our product lines are packaged in compostable, sustainably sourced materials, and we are currently testing out new, environmentally-friendly materials for products that still contain plastic.

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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.

This certification covers business activities and operations for the following brands :

Cacoco Drinking Chocolate

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

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01 Measure

Coracao Confections 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.

7 tCO2e

205 tCO2e

GHG Scope 3

GHG Protocol Scope 3

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

662 tCO2e

Total Emissions

Total Carbon Emissions

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

874 tCO2e

02 Offset

Coracao Confections 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 Coracao Confections to take responsibility for historical emissions that can’t be reduced.

Total Investment in Carbon Credits

$11,799

Coracao Confections's credits came from:

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.

874 tCO2e

Lifetime Emissions Offsets

tCO2e

03 Reduce

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

Mid Term Targets

Coracao Confections 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

Coracao Confections 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

We plan to reduce emissions from employee commuting.

How We'll Reduce It

We will implement a mileage-based cash incentive program for bicycle and carpool commuting.

What We’re Reducing

We plan to reduce emissions and material usage caused by purchasing inefficiencies.

How We'll Reduce It

We will implement a green purchasing policy for all office and kitchen supplies with order consolidation and materials guidelines.

What We’re Reducing

How We'll Reduce It

What We’re Reducing

How We'll Reduce It

We plan to reduce emissions from employee commuting.
We plan to reduce emissions and material usage caused by purchasing inefficiencies.

In Progress Reductions

40%

What We’re Reducing

We plan to switch to fully biodegradable single pouch packaging for one of our most popular product lines, the 2 oz solid bar, which is currently packaged in a kraft/foil pouch and paperboard box.

How We'll Reduce It

We will redesign, test, and implement new biodegradable packaging for this six-flavor product line.

50%

What We’re Reducing

We plan to reduce waste and excess in our shipping & fulfillment materials, including shipping insulation, gift box ribbon & wrapping, paper void fill and more.

How We'll Reduce It

We plan to conduct an extensive audit of all fulfillment materials to see where we can cut back and/or switch to biodegradable & recyclable materials.

What We’re Reducing

How We'll Reduce It

What We’re Reducing

How We'll Reduce It

We plan to reduce emissions from employee commuting.
We plan to reduce emissions and material usage caused by purchasing inefficiencies.

Completed Reductions