While we’re working to reduce the amount of waste that comes from our products, we also want to make sure we’re walking the talk at home. That’s why we’re striving for zero waste at our Berkeley office. This year, we’ve made significant progress to improve …
Topic: “Environmental Stewardship”
2012
We’re pleased to release Growing Goodness, our FY2012 Sustainability Report. This is our second year of reporting on how we strive to live our values. In this report, you’ll find details on our commitment to support organic farming practices, how we’re …
The importance of avoiding toxic, persistent chemicals cannot be overstated, as it’s not only about ensuring that we’re not polluting people’s bodies and our environment, but it’s also about a philosophical difference in how farmers work within an ecological …
In 2011, we moved offices and built a new space with an express intent to achieve LEED certification and thereby reduce our greenhouse gas emissions.
As part of our efforts, we chose the following:
Central location – Our office location is centrally located and within …
Our customers don’t just love our products — they love our packaging, too! If you’re an Annie’s fan, you’ve seen the fun games, Bernie’s “push tail to open” and tuggable ears. We are working hard to ensure the planet loves our packaging, …
While we diligently work to better understand our company’s impacts and make changes in our supply chain, we’re also simultaneously looking for ways to inspire change in the food system at large. We know we cannot do this in isolation and that we must support others who …
Tracking, measuring and reducing our carbon impact is important. Likewise, supporting a momentous shift at an industry level is also important. That’s why we’re partnering with like-minded companies and organizations to encourage renewable energy growth, enact …
One of the more interesting points to come out of the LCA (life cycle assessment) research was a deeper dive on the carbon impact of specific organic ingredients. We were disappointed to learn that little third-party research has been conducted in this area. Of the studies …
As a company that uses energy to produce, manufacture and deliver our foods, we want to do our part to combat climate change. The carbon LCA (life cycle assessment) that we conducted gave us perspective on our overall carbon hotspots and demonstrated the importance of …
Annie’s started as a company committed to making a difference and to show by example that a successful business can also be socially responsible. From the start, we provided our consumers clean, simple and real ingredients. In 1998, we began sourcing organic …
