Our commitment to reduce our footprint

By 2030, we pledge to reduce our carbon footprint by 42%. And by the end of 2025, we are committed to Zero waste to Landfill. Without a thriving planet, nothing is possible. Our commitment to sustainability isn’t just a statement, it’s a multi-step strategy to reduce carbon emissions and waste sent to landfill.

How will we get there?

We set our reduction target in 2020, in collaboration with the Science Based Target Initiative (SBTi), and we designed a 3-step approach to meet this target.

Step 1: Measuring our emissions  

Since setting our baseline, we have been collecting emissions data on an annual basis. Collecting this data allows us to see how our direct and indirect emissions change as our business grows and our supply chain evolves 

Step 2: Reducing our emissions 

Our goal is to find reduction opportunities through electrifying our manufacturing and operations as much as possible, and then to power it with renewable energy. 

Lower Carbon Options 

With each product we make, we share the carbon footprint of each product. This information gives pet parents the opportunity to filter our product offerings for Lower Carbon Options that emit 1kg of CO2e or less per lb product. 

Step 3: Offsetting emissions

And to have an immediate impact, we are actively offsetting emissions driven by our direct operations and product manufacturing by strategically selecting high-impact programs that provide verified carbon offsets.

Georgia Avoided Forest Conversion, USA

Georgia Avoided Forest Conversion, USA

This project averts the conversion of over 7,350 acres of forestland to agriculture, helping to curtail greenhouse gas emissions by avoiding associated agricultural emissions. The conservation of forest quality and structure maintains necessary habitats for key species that inhabit the area, preserves water quality, and further enhances the existing biodiversity of many species of flora and fauna in the forest.

Blandin Native Hardwoods Conservation, USA

Blandin Native Hardwoods Conservation, USA

This project supports sustainable forestry practices on 187,876 acres of native, mixed hardwood forests in Minnesota, an area close to several of our supply chain operations. UPM Blandin Forestry employs an innovative management technique centered around ecological principles that protect forest diversity and enhance forest resilience. By supporting this project, we’re helping to regenerate forests, increase carbon sequestration, support diverse wildlife habitat, and provide forest access and resources to local communities.

Wind Renewable Energy Credits

Wind Renewable Energy Credits

Open Farm is supporting wind farm facilities that produce renewable energy in the MRO West (MROW) e-grid region in the northern central US. The purchase of this renewable energy covers 100% of our manufacturing electricity (location-based emissions) for 2021. This was an important project for us because some of our key supply chain activities are located in this grid, and we are showing support for renewable energy in a region that is coal dominated.

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