Better Earth: Sustainable Packaging & Renewable Energy

Better Earth, a company focused on sustainable foodservice packaging, is committed to making a significant impact on global environmental concerns like greenhouse gas emissions, plastic pollution, and soil degradation through innovative products and a commitment to regenerative practices.

Addressing Environmental Challenges with Sustainable Packaging

Better Earth aims to drive change within the foodservice industry by adopting compostable packaging and promoting composting programs, presenting a regenerative, circular alternative to traditional petroleum-based plastics.

• Compostable packaging diverts organic waste from landfills, reducing methane emissions – a potent greenhouse gas.
• Composting food waste alongside compostable packaging sequesters carbon, improving soil health and reducing reliance on chemical fertilizers.
• Better Earth packaging is made from rapidly renewable, plant-based materials that sequester carbon and support the local economy.

The Power of Innovation in Sustainable Product Development

Innovation is at the heart of Better Earth's approach to sustainability and product development. The company leverages cutting-edge design software and prototyping capabilities to create consumer-centric packaging that aligns with customers' functional business needs and sustainability objectives.

• Close collaboration with customers, production partners, and composters ensures new products meet and exceed expectations.
• Utilizing rapidly renewable materials and environmentally friendly practices brings innovative solutions to the market.

Beyond First-Generation Compostable Products: Climate Smart Packaging

Better Earth's Climate Smart Packaging Program is unique for its active investigation and efforts to draw down the carbon footprint of packaging across its lifecycle – from sourcing to production, utilization, and disposal.

• Rigorous ISO-compliant life cycle assessments and a carbon reduction plan are implemented.
• Carbon offsets are used for remaining unavoidable emissions.
• Better Earth's Farmer's Fiber Collection is made from a blend of renewable native perennial grasses that sequester up to one ton of carbon per acre per year.

Renewable Energy in Manufacturing

Over 60% of the energy required to manufacture the Farmer's Fiber Collection is sourced from clean and renewable energy sources, including solar, wind, and hydro.

• Sourcing plant material locally and minimizing transportation distances reduces energy consumption.
• Fully integrated pulping and thermoforming operations lead to less processing, energy and water use.
• Energy-efficient LED lighting and Level 2 charging stations for electric vehicles further support sustainable practices.

Contribution to Soil Health and Carbon Sequestration

Better Earth's compostable packaging leverages rapidly renewable natural materials like native perennial grasses and upcycled waste from other agricultural industries, like bamboo sugarcane bagasse.

• The Farmer's Fiber Collection uses native perennial grasses with deep root systems that store carbon and cycle nutrients into the soil.
• The agricultural process is carbon negative, storing over a ton of carbon per acre annually.

B Corp Certification: A Commitment to Social and Environmental Responsibility

Better Earth's pursuit of B Corp certification underscores its commitment to being a mission-driven organization from day one. The certification process ensures growth is driven by a clear mission and values, and it provides a framework for continuous improvement in social and environmental performance.

• The rigorous B Impact Assessment evaluates a company's performance across all aspects of its operations.
• Better Earth formalized policies and initiatives to foster a regenerative workplace, implement a comprehensive Environmental Management Plan, and launch a Climate Smart Packaging Collection.