Makers of Truvia calorie-free stevia-based sweetener have announced that they have been awarded product carbon footprint certification.
The certification arm of the UK-based Carbon Trust has certified the total greenhouse gas emissions at every stage of the supply chain, including cultivation, processing, packaging, transport and use and disposal.
The company worked with the Carbon Trust to certify its carbon footprint and verify its waste and water footprints throughout its supply chain. The certified metrics are part of an action plan to manage the carbon footprint of the Truvia stevia leaf extract, in order to become carbon-neutral by 2020.
Since the baseline assessment was conducted in 2011, the business has already reduced the CO2-equivalent per metric ton of “sweet” by 35% during the second recorded period ending December 2012, resulting primarily from improvements made to the leaf extraction process. These findings indicate the business is on track to deliver on its interim 2015 milestone goals.
"We're delighted to be taking this major step with the Carbon Trust,” commented Mark Brooks, global consumer products director, Truvia brand. “The certification is a visible reflection of the Truvia brand’s commitment to meeting our ambitious sustainability goals.”
Darran Messem, MD of certification, the Carbon Trust, said: "We are excited to work with the Truvia business to help them to understand and reduce the carbon impacts of their sweetener product. The Truvia brand’s commitment to certify its product’s carbon footprint and reduce the carbon footprint is an important milestone. The Carbon Trust also recognised that carbon emissions are closely linked to water use and waste, so we are also working together to improve these areas."
