All sizes and all products, including subscription products, can be purchased with the Carbon Neutral option.
Go to your shopping cart and turn on the Carbon Neutral option below the list of products in your cart.
You will donate to protect rainforest trees that absorb CO2 by activating the Carbon Neutral option for your order.
Being human means releasing planet-warming carbon emissions into the atmosphere. It happens when we take a shower, charge our phones, or let out a yawn after a long day. Just like humans release carbon pollution, so do businesses - and Z Natural Foods is no exception.
Every day in the U.S. alone, e-commerce packages travel about the same distance as going to the moon and back ...133,000 times. Online shopping has transformed retail. Unfortunately, it’s also impacting the environment, and not for the better. Having an order conveniently delivered to your doorstep is a major contributor to climate change.
As Z Natural Foods continues to grow, we have an increasing responsibility to commit additional resources toward our values in order to maximize the positive impact of our products. At Z Natural Foods, we have long held the conviction that we can be both a great business and a great corporate citizen. In fact, we believe we cannot be one without the other.
Corporate social responsibility is cemented in Z Natural Foods’s DNA because our people believe deeply in making the world a better place
The climate crisis is massive, complicated, and overwhelming. So, it’s often hard to know what we can do about our carbon footprint.
Starting today, we’re taking a stand and doing something about. We’re partnering with EcoCart to empower the Z Natural Foods community to make their orders 100% carbon neutral.
For every one of our amazing items that ships, you can now offset the specific carbon footprint with a positive environmental impact! This means the full carbon emissions from producing, manufacturing, and shipping your favorite Z Natural Foods products to your door would be completely neutralized.
Now you can rest easy knowing that shopping at Z Natural Foods means making a positive impact on the planet.
So now you’ll know when a Z Natural Foods package arrives at your door, you’ll get something you love and you’ll be proud of the fact that you’re taking a small step towards making a big change in the world.
At Z Natural Foods, we are committed to slowing the effects of climate change, one order at a time.
Carbon offsets are a starting point—an immediate way to reduce our impact. Even though this is a moment to celebrate, we think that it’d be even better if we didn’t emit any carbon in the first place. To achieve this, we’re working to develop projects in our own supply chain that will reduce our emissions directly.
Our work isn’t done for another important reason. No matter how much progress we continue to make on our own footprint, Z Natural Foods’ footprint is actually quite small. The effects of climate change are magnified far beyond Z Natural Foods itself.
The only way we can truly begin to reverse the effects of climate change are if everyone does their part.
If we all do our part by changing our daily habits and making sustainable swaps, supporting companies that care about their impact on the Earth, and advocate for the future we deserve, we can effect real change in the world.
It means that for any carbon emissions released into our atmosphere as a result of manufacturing and shipping items at Z Natural Foods, we invest in projects that reduce carbon emissions by the same amount. It’s almost like we’re giving the planet an IOU, then immediately paying it back.
When we say your orders will be “carbon neutral” (“net zero” is another term you’ll hear), that means that we will eliminate, capture, or otherwise mitigate all of the carbon emissions created from making Z Natural Foods products and shipping them to your door.
Now, each time someone checks the carbon-neutral box at Z Natural Foods, we will automatically purchase verified emissions reductions, more commonly known as “offsets” through our friends at EcoCart. These purchases support environmental projects, like wind and solar farms that create clean energy, or protecting trees that would otherwise be cut down so that they can continue to absorb carbon from the air. On top of it, we make sure that these projects are doing some extra good, like protecting animals or supporting underserved communities.
Climate positive is a step beyond carbon neutral. Say a product emits 100 pounds of carbon on the journey to your door. Being carbon neutral means Z Natural Foods automatically offsets all 100 pounds of carbon. Climate positive means that when you check out, you’ll be able to offset an additional 100 pounds of carbon, bringing the grand total to 200 pounds of carbon being offset, creating a net positive impact.
Z Natural Foods has always been conscious of our impact and actively worked to lighten our carbon footprint. We believe that if we all work together towards positive change, we can make the world a cleaner, healthier place.