Doing Good, Bite By Bite
We don't just make "cookies."
Through "cookies," we are creating a "world where everyone can feel happy and kind!"
A chain of small acts of kindness in our everyday lives.
We believe that these small acts add up to help solve environmental and social issues!
Let us introduce ovgo Baker's challenge!
My Eco Ruler
ヴィーガンでないクッキーと比較してどれくらい
・脱炭素に貢献しているか
・海や陸の生きものの豊かさを保全できているか
・限りある資源の使い方を見直せているか
をクオンクロップさんのMyエコものさしという
食品エコ指標で算出いただいています。
オンラインショップのクッキーのページにあるこのマーク。
ちょっといいことを実感してもらえたらうれしいです！
This is a bit technical, but if you are interested, please take a look...!
Here is the global warming environmental impact of our most popular product, Impossible Chocolate Chip.
Benchmark (main condition): 60g per cookie produced and consumed in Tokyo using the average butter, eggs, sugar, flour, chocolate chips, etc. consumed in Japan.
Our product (main condition): 60g per cookie produced and consumed in Tokyo using domestic rice oil, organic oats milk, beet sugar, brown sugar, domestic flour free of pesticides and chemical fertilizers, organic chocolate chips, etc.
GHG: LCIA indicators affecting global warming indicators calculated based on the LIME2 model; secondary databases are IDEAv3.1, ecoinvent v3.10, etc.
Measurement tool: My EcoMonometer Month of measurement: March 2024
Animal-based ingredients have a large environmental impact in the process of transporting and raising food, while cookies made with plant-based ingredients have a significant environmental impact reduction.
In addition, the use of organic and pesticide-free ingredients further reduces environmental impact!
Please visit the page of Quoncrop, who measured the data for us!
https://myecomonosashi.com/
It may sound complicated, but just by eating cookies, you are doing something good for the environment!
Measuring Cookie Loss
When we make cookies, we inevitably end up with
cookies that we can't share with anyone.
It makes us sad too,
so we weigh them every day to figure out how we can reduce this waste as much as possible.
By weighing them, the team members who make cookies every day are also becoming more mindful!
Refugee Support
Cookies that unfortunately became unsellable losses
are enjoyed by our team, and with the hope that the deliciousness of cookies
that can still be eaten even if they are misshapen might bring happiness to someone,
we donate them to the "Refugee Support Association," a certified NPO
located in the same building as ovgo Baker Cookie Factory.
We mainly donate items such as the following:
・Items with incorrectly placed stickers
・Misshapen items
・Items nearing their best-before date
・Broken items
※The photo shows cookies being enjoyed at the Refugee Support Association office consultation room. (Photo taken by a model)
Day Old Box
For the loose items sold daily at our ovgo Baker Edo St. store,
we plan our production to deliver freshly made products to our customers as much as possible while minimizing waste.
For the items that do become surplus,
they may not be freshly baked, but they are still delicious, so we bundle them together and sell them at a slightly more affordable price.
We don't have them available every day,
so you're lucky if you find them!
Materials Used
Wrapping paper, cups, and other essentials for serving
freshly baked cookies and drinks to our customers.
While we always wish we could use more of these materials,
we carefully select our packaging to ensure that customers can enjoy
plant-based baked goods as casually as possible.
Drink Cup
We have adopted bagasse paper made from non-wood raw materials, with a PLA (plant-derived biodegradable plastic) inner laminate.
Bagasse refers to the residue of stalks, leaves, and other plant parts left after squeezing sugarcane for juice, and is a byproduct generated in large quantities in sugar production.
Since much of it is disposed of as waste, using bagasse as a raw material for paper reduces waste while simultaneously curbing the use of wood, a raw material for paper, and contributing to forest conservation. In addition, sugarcane has a very high photosynthetic capacity and absorbs a large amount of carbon dioxide in the air, which is said to be a cause of global warming, so it is considered an effective crop for global environmental measures.
Clear Cup
We use eco-friendly PET cups made with at least 25% recycled plastic from PET bottles collected in the domestic market.
Paper Napkins
We use environmentally friendly napkin paper made with a unique technology that blends silver skin—a byproduct of roasting coffee beans—into the paper, reducing the amount of fresh pulp required.
Silver skin is the thin skin removed during the roasting of raw coffee beans.
It doesn't smell like coffee at all! lol
Straw
We use straws made from a resin called polylactic acid (PLA).
“Polylactic acid” is a plant-derived biodegradable plastic made by extracting starch from plants such as corn, sugarcane, and potatoes, fermenting it to produce lactic acid, and then polymerizing that lactic acid into a high-molecular-weight material.
It is completely broken down by bacteria and returned to the soil, and even when incinerated, it produces no harmful gases or residues.
Cup Sleeve
The cup sleeves are made from Colorful Wish® recycled paper, which incorporates origami cranes gifted to Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum, and the Okinawa Himeyuri Peace Memorial Museum.
It is said that 10 million origami cranes are delivered to Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park every year.
They weigh approximately 10 tons. More than just the weight of the paper, these cranes carry the heartfelt wishes of those who fold them.
Because they are produced in limited quantities, we do not use them all the time, but if you happen to find one, you’re lucky!
Naked
ovgo Baker stores offer a wide variety of products sold without packaging! Once you've chosen your favorite baked goods,
please tell our staff, "Please put it in this."
We will also fill your own tumbler with your beverage.
We also sell foldable stojo tumblers featuring the ovgo Baker logo in-store,
so let's all reduce waste by using our own containers!
You might even get lucky if you visit us with ovgo merchandise, so please show it off to our staff♡
※Please ensure your container is clean when bringing it with you.
※Tumblers are sold in-store at Edo St. and Meiji St.
Finally
ovgo Baker will continue to take on new challenges for the sake of a better future for everyone.
We would love to have you join us by enjoying ovgo Baker bakes, so please lend us your support!
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