Green Means Green... Our Climate Pledge progress
We have talked a lot about our Climate pledge… Our pledge is to become a Net Zero company by 2025.
We all have a part to play in protecting the Earth, and taking Greens Stack must not have a negative impact. After all, there is no sense in treating our bodies like temples if the environment in which we live is not a healthy one too.
Healthy mind. Healthy body. Healthy planet.
Which is why we are forever repeating our Greens Stack philosophy;
It’s not a greens powder, it’s a mindset.
The knock-on effect in everything we do day to day is always in the forefront of our minds. Every tweak to packaging, every ingredient sourced, every product line we add or promotion we run. It all has to fit into our overall plan;
Products that encourage growth.
Whether that’s your goal. Your mental health. Your concentration. Your strength. Protecting our planet. It must all fit within our ethos.
We started around 6 months ago… So what have we done so far?
Accountability
Carbon footprint baselining - calculations to show the carbon cost of the business in general as well as each delivery, including the water we all mix our greens with. (More explanation on this soon.) This show’s the levels of carbon embedded in our product and business. We can then use this to offset and reduce our footprint in a known and calculated way. This isn’t just blindly planting trees.
Research
We need partners, manufacturers and offset providers for implementing these steps. It needs to be meaningfully impactful, but equally Hence is a business, not a hobby. We are currently discussing with a number of partners, new and old, shortlisting and understanding costs vs service to find balance.
Changes
We are changing packaging completely to reduce both carbon footprint impact from material use, but also delivery footprint (watch this space for new packaging launch)
Existing
Our Delivery service has no plastic, no unnecessary paperwork and packaging is reduced to a minimum. They are making steps to run completely on renewable energy and move to recycled cardboard and paper 100%, currently this is at around 70%.
Next Steps
This is simply a start and we will be updating more as progress is continued to be made. Some of the areas we have highlighted next:
Calculation carbon for each delivery into marketing and providing an associated offset option
Gather service providers carbon goals and include them in plan. We are naturally reliant on our service partners to reach net zero without offsets, but clearly we need to reduce our offsetting with a direct reduction in carbon footprint. Therefore we must add to our plan, beyond 2025.
Offset all core business Carbon.
Raw material sourcing must be addressed.
At Hence, we take pride in the steps we are taking to offset our carbon footprint, so that you can rest assured that while you are protecting your mind and body, we are doing our utmost to protect our planet.
More soon, but worth saying, if anyone has comments, feedback or is involved in any businesses that can help us, please do get in touch!