website
xocolatlchocolate.com/
category
Food + Beverage
first certified
2023
current certification year
2023
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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Xocolatl Chocolate's emissions inventory uses a mix of spend- and activity-based data. Xocolatl Chocolate attests to the accuracy of their data inputs and the Change Climate team reviews the submission for compliance with our Standard.
84 tCO₂e
Roughly equal to using 3,856 propane cylinders for home BBQs
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Xocolatl Chocolate has adopted near-term action plans to reduce GHG emissions within the next 12-24 months.
Active
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
Newly set
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
Newly set
Complete By
Q2 2024
Scope
Scope 3
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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
100 tCO₂e
Roughly equal to keeping 112,000 pounds of carbon in the ground
Total investment
$886
Project types
Type
Avoid deforestation
Description
Projects that reduce the risk of deforestation in important forest ecosystems.
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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