The case: Barista Company
Barista Company is a catering company that you can hire for events. The coffee trucks, counters, and baristas of Barista Company can be found at (business) events, trade shows, conferences, festivals, and parties throughout Western Europe.
Barista Company asked us to calculate the CO2 footprint for the year 2022; this was 195 tons CO2-eq. The majority of this impact was in the so-called scope 3 emissions; greenhouse gases that are indirectly released for the production of the product, in this case, your cup of coffee.
47% of these Scope 3 emissions came from cow's milk. Barista Company consumed 30,774 liters of cow's milk in 2022, which resulted in an impact of 56 tons CO2-eq.
To reduce its total impact, Barista will use oat milk more often. In consultation with the client, oat milk can become the standard for making cappuccinos and café lattes.
If Barista Company were to replace 50% of all cow's milk with oat milk, the organisation would reduce its CO2 footprint by 12%; from 195 tons CO2-eq to 171 tons CO2-eq.
