Our mission drives us to leave as little of a trace as on the environment as possible. The one thing that is completely out of our control, and somewhat of a necessary evil, is the carbon it takes to get your order to you, via fossil fuel burning delivery trucks. Carbon offsetting is the closest thing available to us at this time attempt a net zero emission goal for the last mile of Populace Coffee's journey to your mailbox.
Starting in the middle of January, we integrated an app called Cloverly onto the backend of our site that purchases carbon offsets for every order made.
These Carbon offsets are automatically purchased by Populace Coffee after every new order is created. In February we purchased offsets that are equal to offsetting 634 total pounds of carbon.
We're planning making a progress report that will show our carbon offsetting numbers, and where those offsets are being used in the world every month.
Carbon offset allocation is automatically chosen by Cloverly. This month’s carbon offsets were distributed as follows:
South Kent Landfill Gas to Energy Project | Byron Center, Michigan
336.47 lbs. carbon
Toronto School District Energy Efficiency | Toronto, Ontario
3.31 lbs. carbon
Soma III Wind Farm | Soma, Manisa
33.07 lbs. carbon
Prairie Pothole Avoided Grasslands and Shrublands Conversion | Missouri Coteau, North Dakota
51.86 lbs. carbon
Methane Recovery Project Princepeel Wilbertoord | Wilbertoord, North Brabant
5.03 lbs. carbon
McCloud River Conservation Based Forest Management Project | Mount Shasta, California
32.24 lbs. carbon
Hudson Farm | Andover, New Jersey
16.88 lbs. carbon
HFC Emissions Reduction in Spray Foam - Ontario | Brantford, Ontario
13.18 lbs. carbon
Hawk Mountain Improved Forest Management Project | Drehersville, Pennsylvania
13.61 lbs. carbon
Greater New Bedford LFG (Landfill Gas) Utilization Project | Dartmouth, Massachusetts
3.34 lbs. carbon
Doe Mountain Improved Forest Management Project | Johnson County, Tennessee
31.38 lbs. carbon
Buena Vista Heights Urban Forestry Conservation Area | Elizabeth Township, Pennsylvania
16.74 lbs. carbon
Bandirma Wind Power Plant Project | Bandirma, Balikesir
55.12 lbs. carbon
Alligator River Avoided Forest Conversion | Hyde County, North Carolina
14.56 lbs. carbon