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Numi Sustainability Actions

Created carbon footprint labels

Numi conducted a complete inventory of our greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from farm to cup. This includes: raw materials, packaging, transportation and water for steeping. We used this data to create the tea industry’s first product-level Carbon Footprint Label for consumers — a single number measured in kg CO2e (carbon dioxide equivalent) — that represents the emissions required to produce one bag of tea.

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Worked with Planet FWD

Numi worked with Planet FWD, the leading carbon management platform for consumer brands, to estimate an average product carbon footprint for all our teas and botanical products. Each Carbon Footprint Label includes a footprint number and a breakdown of four emissions categories, representing the primary sources of GHGs throughout our supply chain.

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Measured emissions by category

Each Carbon Footprint Label includes a footprint number and a breakdown of four emissions categories: Ingredients, Packaging, Transport, and Boiling Water. The average carbon footprint of a cup of Numi tea, assuming a serving of 2.26g and 8oz of water, is 0.038 kg CO2e.

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Used recycled paperboard packaging

Packaging includes our plant-based tea wrappers, cardboard tea boxes, which are made from 90% recycled paperboard, as well as the corrugated cardboard cases we use in shipping.

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Became Climate Neutral Certified

As a Climate Neutral Certified business, we’re on a journey to reduce our annual carbon impact. We hold ourselves accountable by measuring and reporting on our carbon footprint. We offset 100% of our annual emissions with high-quality carbon offsets that support biodiversity and community resilience in the Amazon Rainforest.

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Launched compostable wrappers

We also launched the first compostable plant-based compostable wrapper last year. That had been our Achilles heel for 20 years because there was just no supply chain for it — to keep something fresh, ensure shelf life, and make sure the consumer is getting the highest-quality product.

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Worked with small-scale farmers

From the beginning we have worked with small-scale farmers. We had to find those farmers that were already committed to organic or were willing to transition their farming practices to organic. Then, if they weren’t already Fair Trade certified or they weren’t doing good work with their farmers and taking care of them, we would dive deep into what we can do to support their community.

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Supported farmer communities

We’ve gone out of our way to take care of the farmers, whether it’s through clean water practices, rebuilding their factories when they’ve had floods, helping farmers with education programs. Now we’re looking at furthering that with education and health care.

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Planted trees for ecosystems

A lot of our farming communities have been affected by COVID. There are issues beyond COVID — drought, floods — the climate challenges are really the bigger issue. Global warming is affecting the cultivation of these herbs and spices and teas. So we’ve tried to help farmers with planting trees and other things to help build stronger ecosystems.

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What do our labels mean?

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About Numi

  • Status
  • Unverified
  • Employees
  • 5 - 25
  • Country
  • United States