{"id":93508,"date":"2025-04-17T11:19:53","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T15:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/?post_type=rbc_my_money_matter&#038;p=93508"},"modified":"2025-04-17T11:26:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T15:26:26","slug":"carbon-measurement-in-action-mapping-a-canadian-companys-environmental-sustainability-journey","status":"publish","type":"rbc_my_money_matter","link":"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/my-money-matters\/business\/right-sized-business-advice\/commercial\/carbon-measurement-in-action-mapping-a-canadian-companys-environmental-sustainability-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"Carbon Measurement in Action: Mapping a Canadian Company\u2019s Environmental Sustainability Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-rbc-block drop-shadow pos-rel top-line-blue block-wpr\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-rbc-block-inner-block block-inner\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-tldr\">TLDR<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-rbc-list is-style-blue-disc\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-rbc-list-item\">\n<p>Metropolitan Tea Company estimates its environmental initiatives, which started in 2004, have led to annual utility cost savings between 50% and 70%.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-rbc-list-item\">\n<p>In collaboration with the carbon management platform Carbonhound, Metropolitan Tea Company have started to track and measure emissions more accurately and efficiently.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-rbc-list-item\">\n<p>Metropolitan Tea Company is currently gathering baseline emissions data so they can set benchmarks and incrementally improve its carbon reduction efforts.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Luxury quality, environmental sustainability and social responsibility have always been core to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metrotea.com\/\">Metropolitan Tea Company<\/a>. Launched out of the basement of founder Gerry Vandergrift\u2019s Toronto home 35 years ago, the company has grown to serve 6,000 customers in 60 countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now located in a 150,000 square foot facility in the city, the Metropolitan Tea Company buys from the top 10% of global producers and manufactures their products in Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-why-environmental-sustainability-matters-to-metropolitan-tea-company-s-business\">Why environmental sustainability matters to Metropolitan Tea Company&#8217;s business<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>With a keen understanding that weather and seasonal stability is core to its business, Metropolitan Tea Company launched its environmental action plan in 2007, beginning with compostable tea bag materials. Today, their environmental action program helps them to avoid emitting nearly 1 million pounds of carbon dioxide annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re in the tea business, and the healthier the planet is, the better the tea,\u201d says Vandergrift, who\u2019s witnessed how climate change has affected the tea industry firsthand. According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/etp-global.org\/resources\/climate-change-and-tea-briefing-paper\/\">2021 report<\/a>, unpredictable weather patterns could negatively affect the livelihoods of millions of tea workers worldwide, resulting in declining crop yields and low-quality tea.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s droughts that are reducing the quantity of tea being grown, which is putting shortages on supply,\u201d Vandergrift says. \u201cOn the flip side, there could also be too much rain, which results in poor quality and drives down prices.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2011 they turned an abandoned 200-acre farm into a nature preserve, planting 15,000 trees, preserving 80 acres of old growth forest and 80 acres of wetland. One year later, they commissioned one of Ontario\u2019s then-largest, privately-owned solar panel installation, allowing the company to generate three-times the electricity used by its factory annually. And in 2017, they commissioned fully automated tea bagging machines allowing them to further reduce packaging use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"576\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/04\/Metropolitan-Tea-Company-commissioned-what-was-one-of-Ontarios-largest-privately-owned-solar-panel-installation-.jpg?quality=80&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-93549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/04\/Metropolitan-Tea-Company-commissioned-what-was-one-of-Ontarios-largest-privately-owned-solar-panel-installation-.jpg 3614w, https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/04\/Metropolitan-Tea-Company-commissioned-what-was-one-of-Ontarios-largest-privately-owned-solar-panel-installation-.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/04\/Metropolitan-Tea-Company-commissioned-what-was-one-of-Ontarios-largest-privately-owned-solar-panel-installation-.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/04\/Metropolitan-Tea-Company-commissioned-what-was-one-of-Ontarios-largest-privately-owned-solar-panel-installation-.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/04\/Metropolitan-Tea-Company-commissioned-what-was-one-of-Ontarios-largest-privately-owned-solar-panel-installation-.jpg?resize=1536,864 1536w, https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/04\/Metropolitan-Tea-Company-commissioned-what-was-one-of-Ontarios-largest-privately-owned-solar-panel-installation-.jpg?resize=2048,1152 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Metropolitan Tea Company commissioned what was one of Ontario\u2019s largest, privately-owned solar panel installation in 2011.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-starting-the-carbon-management-journey-with-carbonhound\"><b>Starting the carbon management journey with Carbonhound<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When a major client requested access to their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions data last year, the company was initially unsure how to begin gathering and calculating this information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe didn\u2019t know where to turn to at first to track our emissions,\u201d Vandergrift says. \u201cWe like to think we\u2019re pretty far down the road when it comes to becoming environmentally sustainable but we didn\u2019t know for certain.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RBC put Vandergrift in touch with <a href=\"https:\/\/carbonhound.com\/\">Carbonhound<\/a>, a Toronto-based climate action platform. Carbonhound works with businesses to help them establish their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/my-money-matters\/business\/right-sized-business-advice\/commercial\/carbon-management-what-is-it-and-should-your-business-do-it\/\">carbon management process<\/a>; that is, the measuring, tracking and reporting of their GHG emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having started the process late last year, Metropolitan Tea Company have already input the majority of their <a href=\"https:\/\/smith.queensu.ca\/centres\/isf\/resources\/primer-series\/ghg-emissions.php\">Scope 1 and 2<\/a> emissions sources, and they\u2019re continuing to import Scope 3 data to the platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe do a lot of global shipping\u2014inbound and outbound\u2014and Carbonhound can take our weekly shipping invoices and extract the data,\u201d Vandergrift explains. \u201cFor inbound raw materials we use ships and outbound we primarily use UPS. We give Carbonhound the shipping weights and ports plus our UPS invoices and they can calculate the carbon emissions\u2014it\u2019s quite amazing, actually.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By automating the data collection process and providing businesses with dashboards, Carbonhound\u2019s software can process massive amounts of data so that Metropolitan Tea Company can extract meaningful insights\u2014they\u2019ve already been able to account for over 600 tonnes of carbon offsets through their tree planting initiative and solar operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"576\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/04\/Metropolitan-Tea-Company-turned-an-abandoned-200-acre-farm-into-a-nature-preserve.jpg?quality=80&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-93550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/04\/Metropolitan-Tea-Company-turned-an-abandoned-200-acre-farm-into-a-nature-preserve.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/04\/Metropolitan-Tea-Company-turned-an-abandoned-200-acre-farm-into-a-nature-preserve.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/04\/Metropolitan-Tea-Company-turned-an-abandoned-200-acre-farm-into-a-nature-preserve.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/04\/Metropolitan-Tea-Company-turned-an-abandoned-200-acre-farm-into-a-nature-preserve.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/04\/Metropolitan-Tea-Company-turned-an-abandoned-200-acre-farm-into-a-nature-preserve.jpg?resize=1536,864 1536w, https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/04\/Metropolitan-Tea-Company-turned-an-abandoned-200-acre-farm-into-a-nature-preserve.jpg?resize=2048,1152 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Metropolitan Tea Company turned an abandoned 200-acre farm into a nature preserve.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-importance-of-climate-related-disclosures-and-regulations-for-businesses\">The importance of climate-related disclosures and regulations for businesses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Standards to regulate emissions reporting and climate disclosures are being established around the world, as countries, states and governing regions take action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. And while not all climate-related disclosures are mandatory, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parl.ca\/DocumentViewer\/en\/44-1\/bill\/C-59\/royal-assent\">Canada<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/leginfo.legislature.ca.gov\/faces\/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB253\">California<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu\/carbon-border-adjustment-mechanism_en\">European Union<\/a> have regulated emissions disclosures, and businesses operating within those jurisdictions are accountable to those standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When it comes to disclosing Scope 3 emissions, certain companies are required to measure the emissions of their entire supply chain\u2014which is why suppliers like Metropolitan Tea Company would be asked to provide their emissions data to clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-business-benefits-of-environmental-sustainability-to-metropolitan-tea-company\">The business benefits of environmental sustainability to Metropolitan Tea Company<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 2021, the organization\u2019s sales have increased by more than 70%, which Vandergrift attributes largely to Metropolitan Tea Company\u2019s navigation through Covid<i>,<\/i> environmental sustainability commitments, luxury quality, inventory holdings and marketing messaging: \u201cWe were one of the early adopters of environmental sustainability, and this is resonating with our clients. Many of our competitors are not as laser-focused on this aspect of business.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, the company reduces waste by upcycling tea cartons, using special technology to double the number of tea bags per box, and vacuum-packing bulk tea to reduce packaging size.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe environmental initiatives have affected Metropolitan Tea Company\u2019s bottom line significantly,\u201d Vandergrift says. \u201cIn the last 20-plus years, we\u2019ve taken incremental steps, and in each of those little steps, we\u2019ve identified a saving.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-planning-for-an-environmentally-sustainable-future\">Planning for an environmentally sustainable future<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As Metropolitan continues to make progress towards becoming environmentally sustainable , they anticipate that carbon management will be key to guiding their strategy for environmental sustainability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBusinesses that start tracking and 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