'Climate is a growing risk for the U.S.'s small businesses. They need a climate action strategy' COP27
of the country’s jobs over the past 25 years. of the country’s jobs over the past 25 years.
As a result, the small-production wine and specialty food business owned by Clif Bar & Company co-founders Gary Erickson and Kit Crawford, joined the SME Climate Hub to make strides towards its emission reduction targets. Their climate action strategy has included installing solar panels on their office and tasting room along with new innovations like using sheep in the vineyard for weed control and fertilisation, a practice which is cutting both costs and emissions.
Building a climate-action strategy also inspired Clif Family Winery & Farm to develop solar-grown honey products sourced from pollinator-friendly solar farms, which both reduces emissions and fosters important pollinator habitats. The next critical step is reducing the company’s value chain emissions.
For SMEs, costs are a major factor. Roy says that looking at the whole picture is important when considering where you can reduce costs, not just at an individual product in isolation. “An example is air shipping versus sea shipping,” he says. “Air shipping can have 20 to 50 times the impact as sea shipping on the planet. And sea shipping is 5 to 10 times cheaper.
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