Carbon Footprint
In 2022, we committed to publish our total carbon footprint with key drivers. Greenhouse gas emissions are often referred to as scope 1, 2 and 3. Scope 1 emissions are where we burn the primary fossil fuel. For Seattle Fish this would include natural gas for heating, and diesel for our trucks. Scope 2 is where we are ‘contracting out’ the burning of the fuel to meet our energy requirements, so that would include electricity that we use for refrigeration. Scope 3 is for energy used to support our business but not used by us directly and would include the production of the products we buy, and the freight to get them to us. We estimate our total carbon intensity at 4.1lbs of CO2 per lb of product we sell. The majority of this is generated by the catching and farming of the products and the freight to get them to Denver. Efficiency of our internal operations is clearly important and we will continue our efforts on this. Our biggest area of opportunity for reduction however is on inbound freight. A significant proportion of our total carbon footprint comes from flying a few key items long distance [28% from Chilean, Scottish and Norwegian salmon]. Over the coming year we will develop a tool to show our customers which of our products have higher and lower carbon footprints. We will also continue to advocate for the development of more North American aquaculture to reduce our country’s reliance on imported seafood.
2022 IMPACT REPORT
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