Wheat’s carbon footprint

62% of Unibake’s total emissions derive from our supply chain and activities like farming related to the raw materials we use. Hereof, flour is our biggest single raw material emission contributor by far (23%). A footprint that is hard for us to change because it starts outside our own business.

This is where the uniqueness of our ownership kicks in. Over the years, our good colleagues in the Lantmännen Group have gained strong experience with climate friendlier solutions.

The scale and specialist knowledge that derives from the field-to-fork value chain that we are part of provide us with a unique opportunity to influence the flour footprint in our bakeries – an example of how we as a bakery company strongly benefit from our ownership.

To achieve net zero emissions, we need to reduce emissions as much as possible. We focus on seven crucial areas.

The Science-based targets Initiative (SBTi) commits us to support the Paris agreement in reducing the global warming to a limit of 1.5 degrees by 2030. It clearly demonstrates our climate ambition and commits us to be transparent and to calculate all emissions from our entire value chain. Committing to science-based targets maximizes the impact of our actions by including the hardest-to-do emissions in our Scope 3 and aligns our global climate ambition with the Paris Agreements (1.5℃).

Achieving net zero emissions will involve big changes and it can be very challenging to calculate, address and reduce the emissions that occur throughout the value chain. However, science-based targets are undeniably good for the planet - and in Unibake we believe that they are good for business, too. We can achieve net zero if we collaborate closely with our suppliers to develop climate friendlier ways to do business.