We chatted to Alexandra and Richard Barton of Herb + Olive cafe about their Cogo journey…
"Herb + Olive Cafe is a wholefood cafe in Marlborough, New Zealand that serves delicious locally-sourced, zero-waste food seven days a week to devout locals and travellers. Ingredients are carefully sourced, including from the cafe’s carbon-neutral veggie garden."
"Carbon emissions have always been a key focus for our cafe and we were working through how to reduce these. Using Cogo made sense - it was a shortcut to accuracy!"
"The most useful feature has been a detailed breakdown around where our carbon emissions come from. We had assumed they would come from electricity and our vehicles, but it was an eye opener to discover that they come mostly from food supply (which makes sense, as we’re a cafe)."
"This baseline understanding has helped us grasp the importance of working with responsible, like-minded suppliers and has prompted a lot of conversations around understanding our food sources. We’ve actively changed how we choose suppliers; and we have used Cogo’s data to become a voice for change in terms of what cafes expect and are looking for from suppliers. In the process, we’ve discovered some absolute gems like Kokako who roast coffee in a way that’s better for people and the planet. "
"It's easier than you think! We wanted to pull together a complete view of our carbon emissions and thought it would take an entire day or two. Using Cogo, we started and finished the process within mere hours."
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