Business for good.

For more than 30 years, we have focused on impacting communities, supporting positive social programs, and empowering our team members to reach their loftiest goals. Why do we do it? Well, it’s good for business. It’s also better for you.

We’re on a mission to craft products and embrace practices that build a better future for our business, communities, and the planet.

Building a Better Future

We’re proud of the best-in-class beverages we bring to our customers, but we’re also mindful of our impact on the planet. To mitigate our carbon footprint, we’ve teamed up with Terrapass to support sustainable and renewable energy projects across the country.

We reduce the carbon footprint of our natural gas use and fleet emissions by funding over 65,680 metric tons of verified carbon offsets, to date.

By supporting over 9.5 million kWh of renewable energy generation to date, we address our facilities’ electricity use with the purchase of Renewable Energy Certificates.

 

 

Total Environmental Impact Supported by Talking Rain is Equivalent to Any One of the Following*:

15,041

Gasoline-powered passenger vehicles driven for one year

1.5m

Tree seedlings grown for 10 years

8,793

Homes’ energy use for one year

3m

Trash bags of waste recycled instead of landfilled

 * Volume is based on Terrapass verified carbon offsets and renewable energy certificates purchases made through December 2022. Equivalencies source: https://www.epa.gov/energy/greenhouse-gas-equivalencies-calculator

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Better Packaging, Less Waste

Smarter packaging decisions make for less waste in our communities. Our packaging optimizations in 2022 resulted in reduced wood, plastic, and cardboard for our products.

The Impact of Packaging Reduction Projects in 2022:

16

Semi-trucks taken off the road per year. There’s no opportunity too small to make an impact. With more efficient pallet organization, we removed 440 pallets from our trucks, yielding 6,868 kgCO2 savings from reduced wood use. 

903

Metric tons of corrugated cardboard removed from the supply stream by removing the tray in Sparkling Ice 24-packs, yielding 294,411 kgCO2 savings a year.

226.7

Metric tons of plastic removed from the supply stream in 2022 by removing 1.4g of PET of plastic from every bottle produced at our Preston, WA plant. 

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Clean Water Projects

We believe that to continue our positive impact in our communities, we need to support the people.

To support the sustainability and access of clean water domestically, we are partnering with the Waterboys initiative, focused on providing clean, accessible drinking water to communities in need. Through this partnership, we are pledging to donate $0.20 for every Talking Rain AQA 12-pack case purchased in 2023 to support the charity.

Community Support

Heroes come from all walks of life. From celebrating hometown heroes to giving back to our Veteran community alongside organizations like Home For Our Troops, we’re committed to lifting up the people who hold us together.

We’re proudly partnering with philanthropies, hospitals, and research organizations—like UW Medicine Cancer Vaccine Institute—that are revolutionizing treatments for cancer and other diseases, resulting in happier and healthier communities. Additionally, we donate our time, money and talent to organizations that support our youth including Children’s Hospitals and Together We Rise to help create a brighter tomorrow.

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