environmental footprint
Raise a glass of our nutritious, plant-based, and oh-so-tasty beverages, and you’re also avoiding the environmental burdens associated with dairy milk.
comparative carbon footprint
That’s because to make every carton of dairy milk you first need cows to produce that milk, and cattle are responsible for enormous environmental burdens caused by the energy demands to produce cattle feed, the tons of fresh water required, methane release from belching, and things we’ll leave to your imagination like “manure management.” These are things you simply don’t need to make plant-based beverages like our So Delicious Dairy Free Coconut Milk and Almond Plus Almond Milk.
Comparing the Environmental Impact of Leading Non-dairy Beverages
Did you know that among the leading non-dairy beverages our coconut milk has one of the lowest environmental footprints around? According to a recent critically reviewed Life Cycle Assessment, So Delicious Coconut Milk greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are six times less than conventional soymilk and energy demands are 60 percent less. That’s because our coconuts get abundant rainfall, and they’re organically grown and harvested with minimal mechanical inputs. Check out the chart below and see for yourself!
environmental impact category definitions
- energy demand
- Energy requirements of a process/product, including energy from renewable and non-renewable resources.
- global warming
- A relative measure of how much heat a greenhouse gas traps in the atmosphere.
- ozone depletion
- Measures the potential contribution of emissions to stratospheric ozone depletion.
- water consumption
- Includes water withdrawn from one source and returned to another source, water that is evaporated in the process, or water in the product.
- acidification
- Measures the potential impact of emissions’ acidifying effect on the environment (e.g. acid rain).
- eutrophication
- Measures the potential impact of adding nutrients to the environment (e.g. algal bloom).
- smog
- Measures the potential impact of emissions on the formation of ground level ozone (smog).
- solid waste
- Any wastes resulting from fuel extraction and combustion, processing, or post-consumer disposal.
*Results are extracted from a 2012 Cradle-to-Gate Life Cycle Assessment conducted by a third-party LCA contractor. The results have been peer reviewed to ensure compliance with ISO 14000 international standards.
