It is very important for us that our smoothies are a truly guilt-free pleasure. Everyone can enjoy our smoothies with a clear conscience, as part of a responsible, climate-friendly and healthy lifestyle.

We only use carefully tested ingredients and we know exactly where they come from. Our smoothies are natural, and we never add sugar or additives. We compensate for all our CO2 emissions.

Our team’s well-being is very important to us. Many of our employees get their first experience from working life at Jungle Juice Bar. We feel very privileged to be able to make sure that they get a good start for their careers. We want to offer a workplace where everyone can feel at home and that all of us can be proud of. We believe that taking care of our team’s wellbeing is the way to make certain that a sense of caring and good energy are passed along to our customers as well.

Fighting climate change is an extremely important theme for us. Sustainability and caring are based on our people trusting us. We feel it is important to be deserving of that trust.

How we calculated our carbon footprint

Our plant-based products have a relatively small carbon footprint. We have also taken other measures to minimize our footprint, such as using only green energy and biodegradable packaging. But like most companies, we still produce some carbon emissions.

Natural Resource Institute Finland (LUKE) has calculated the amount of emissions we produce, so the figures are based on independent and impartial information. The figures include all emissions produced in growing and producing our ingredients, producing bio plastic cups and straws, use of detergents, water usage, raw material and internal deliveries, energy production, smoothie making and waste.

The largest share of our emissions are generated in cultivation of the raw materials, in freezing of certain raw materials and in transportation. Transportation happens via sea or land freight and transportation emissions are calculated taken into account the country of origin of each raw material.

Compensating for our emissions

Our partner South Pole compensates for our emissions. We buy carbon credits according to the amount of our emissions, and South Pole uses them in projects which avoid carbon dioxide from being emitted to the atmosphere. Jungle Juice Bar wants to channel the compensation to projects that are taking biodiversity protection and wellbeing of local communities into account in addition to climate benefits.

Projects best suited for this are forest protection programs, which are sustainably diminishing local deforestation pressure.

Jungle Juice Bar is taking part in two South Pole rainforest programs: the South Amazon Forest Protection – program in Brazil and the Nakhon Biogas  project in Thailand.

The South Amazon Forest Protection – program protects endangered southern parts of the Amazon rainforest from deforestation. Deforestation has been speeded up by cattle ranging, and both legal and illegal logging. By protecting the rainforest in the South Amazon Forest Protection – program, we protect the rich biodiversity of the area and support the well-being of local communities.

More info on the South Amazon Forest Protection -program in Brazil from here!

In Thailand, tapioca starch is produced, the by-product of which produces large amounts of sewage. Open sewage pools release a large amount of methane into the atmosphere, a greenhouse gas 21 times more potent than carbon dioxide. In the Nakhon Biogas project, a system has been built in wastewater basins that captures methane emissions and produces energy through emissions. The project will therefore not only avoid methane emissions, but also replace the use of fossil fuels with recovered methane.

More info on the Nakhon Biogas project from here!