There are many paths to health and wellness. Many are complicated, while some are more straightforward. Most are personal, but the path we’re taking today unites us all.
Fullscript is now a certified carbon-neutral organization, neutralizing our carbon footprint from January 1st, 2020 onwards. It’s a decision inspired by the thousands of people who start their wellness journeys every day, and today, we start one of our own.
The need to be better
The scientific community agrees that greenhouse gas emissions are changing our climate at a catastrophic speed, threatening our very existence. As an organization whose purpose is to help people get better, we can’t ignore what science is telling us.
What’s measured is managed
With the help of Carbonzero, we’ve estimated our carbon footprint for 2020 will be approximately 3400 tCO2e — roughly equivalent to driving your family sedan 22,869 miles every day for a year. In early 2021, Carbonzero will complete and confirm Fullscript’s 2020 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Inventory, and moving forward, we’ll be measuring and reporting our carbon footprint annually to maintain transparency and accountability.
Emissions come from various sources at Fullscript. Breaking them down gives us a clear sightline into where we need to improve.
Our goal is to become more sustainable year-over-year. We’re revisiting and reinventing our practices to implement renewable ways to power our operations and use more sustainable materials in our supply chain. Like integrative medicine, we believe in prevention and collaboration. We encourage our practitioners, patients, and peers to share the ideas they want to transform into action.
Our climate commitment
We’ve split our climate commitment into two phases: one phase to measure and offset our carbon footprint and another to reduce it.
Phase One
Phase Two
Let’s make change happen together
We invite all of you to join us on our journey and encourage you to share your ideas while sharing ours. We want to push the healthcare industry forward in a more sustainable direction. Climate change is more significant than any individual, and it’s time we put aside our differences and work together to take better care of the planet we all call home.
There are many paths to wellness, but our one great unifier is our planet. From the ground we stand on to the water we drink, and the air we breathe, our world needs to be healthy for any of us to live well. We can’t stand for health and wellness if we aren’t willing to stand up and protect our home.
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second this suggestion. I get Bite Toothpaste Bits and they ship the refills in sealed, flatish paper bags in a cardboard box sealed with paper rather than cellophane tape.
I’m so glad to hear this because there is way too much waste in this area of packaging!
How can you claim to be carbon neutral when you choose to ship UPS. UPS use antiquated ,fuel sucking vans, delivering door to door like honey bees and Canada Post deliver to neighbourhood mail boxes in much newer ,more fuel efficient, smaller vans. My postal box is 75 metres up the street and I have no idea where the UPS pickup is in town. I have orders sent to two different addresses when I need to ,therefore I would prefer Canada post shipping for my orders.
I save the bubble wrap because it’s great for moving or sending someone something in the mail or courier. I also save the freezer packs. Why would anyone throw these items out? Surely there are others you know that might need these items?
Yes, every little bit helps. The box is either reused or put in the recycle bin. I do not wish for refills, I prefer brand new bottles.
If I had a preference for types of containers, it would always be glass bottles and not plastic.
Thank you for that valuable feedback, JT!
Thanks very much for your comment, Loren! We are getting such great feedback from our community, thank you for being a part of it! Keep a lookout for Phase Two where we’ll be discussing packaging.
I am a consumer and waking up to this apocalyptic morning from haze from forest fires, I read your mission statement and couldn’t applaud you more. I am sending this to others and spreading the word. Thank you so much for taking bold initiative and doing what’s right for our planet. Leaders like you bring me hope for my grandchildren and this planet. You have my orders for life.
Hi Don, thank you for your feedback. At this time, Canadian orders ship by both Canada Post and UPS. If you have any specific delivery questions, please reach out to our Support team and we would be happy to assist!
Pat, thank you so much for taking the time to comment and share your thoughts. We appreciate your support!
So many great thoughts about packaging. I know this is for phase two but hopefully you can keep this in mind when you start that conversation. There are so many neat innovations out there like MUSHROOM® PACKAGING. This could replace plastic bubble wrap for all the glass containers.
In addition to reducing plastic in cities that compost this could easily be returned back to the Earth.
I am sure there are many more options out there to research when the time comes. Thanks for taking steps in the right direction!
Thank you for your feedback and ideas on packaging options, Danny!
Thank you for sharing this information. It makes me, too, feel better about using you as a company. I echo the concerns that have already been mentioned. In addition to the packaging and shipping issues and solutions, using containers that fit the size of the contents is key. This needs to be legislatively addresses as well, and a company like yours would have an impact in such discussions. There is legislation in CA to put more of the responsibility for creating sustainable packaging and products on the producer, as opposed to the end user. We need to move into a circular economy in this sense, not have so many single use products on the market.
Thanks, again!
Hi! Thanks so much for your comment 🙂 Fullscript is committed to going GREEN and continuously working on new ways to minimize the environmental impact of our packaging. We appreciate your support, and positive feedback. Wishing you a great rest of the day ahead!
Dear Sir:
You did a good job recognizing emissions. I’m interested in the quality of supplements and how they are manufactured and processed and if they have insectsides and GMO’s in them. And if they are synthetic extracted or cold pressed and if the finished product has live enzymes in them proven with chromatography.
Thank you so much for your comment! All of our brands are carefully selected, pass through an onboarding process, are professional-grade and of the highest quality. We’d be happy to answer any product-specific questions that you have! This article goes over our quality assurance processes: https://bit.ly/3iFrJT4 and a full list of our brands are listed on our website: https://bit.ly/30HnSih.
If you have any more questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to our Support team: https://bit.ly/3e5sTWS 🙂