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Here are a few highlights from 2015:
• Increased pounds of Fair Trade certified products purchased by
61% and organic products by 31%
• Dick Turanski traveled to visit 19 suppliers
• GloryBee employees donated 238 hours of their time to our
community
• Composted and recycled more; 94% of our waste was diverted
from the landfill
• Finished installing onboard recording devices to measure our
fleets fuel use to a greater accuracy, tracking 6.56 mpg, an
improvement of 0.2% over 2014
• Used 8% less water per pound of product sold than the year
before
• Added a Eugene bike delivery route to our existing downtown
Portland delivery route; 61,676 pounds of product were
delivered by bike in 2015
Alan Turanski RaeJean Wilson
President Senior Executive Vice President
“We are dedicated to Healthy Living
and Sustainability.”
AT GLORYBEE
“This report is our story. We are excited to share
how we worked together to bring another
incredible year of growth, prosperity and
strides towards a sustainable future.”
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inspiring our employees,
the environment,
the community
and our clients.
Being a Certified B
Corporation will give
our business a road
map for sustainable
growth.
GloryBee®
was founded on the
core values of faith, genuine
relationships, healthy living
and stewardship. We became
a Certified B Corporation®
because we believe that business
can be a force for good and
inspire change for the better.
Attaining this esteemed B
Corp™ certification is our way of
continuing to demonstrate our
resounding commitment to our
core values.
Being a Certified B Corporation
indicates that we meet rigorous
standards of social and
environmental performance. To
us, this is more than just a stamp
of approval. Maintaining our B
Corp status will challenge us
to improve on our sustainable
practices as we grow and to
continue to consider how we are
BEEing
THE CHANGE
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The Path to Sustainability
1974
Dick Turanski started with his first
25 honey bee hives
1975
The GloryBee factory store was in
the Turanski family garage
1978
Began reusing and recycling
metal tins
1983
Developed the GloryBee Bee Box
– collected all pine wood scraps
from manufacturing and bundled
to sell as kindling; the sawdust
was picked up by a farmer for
animal bedding
1998
Began visiting international
suppliers to check on quality and
sustainability and build genuine
relationships
1999
Began selling USDA Certified
Organic honey
2003
Began rewashing totes
2005
Operations Manager Alan
Turanski started collecting
sustainability metrics and setting
sustainability goals
2006
Donated 40,493 pounds of
healthy food to Eugene Mission
and Food for Lane County
2007
Formed a dedicated Green Team
2008
Joined the Sustainable Food
Trade Association
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2009
Introduced a food waste compost
program with the help of the City
of Eugene Love Food not Waste
initiative
2010
Wrote our first sustainability
report
Began sourcing USDA Organic
Fair Trade Honey
2012
Started our Save the Bee initiative
Launched Aunt Patty’s Fair Trade
Organic Virgin Coconut Oil
2013
Hired a full-time Sustainability
Manager
2014
Winner of the Mayor of Eugene
Bold Steps sustainability award
2015
Completed the B Corp™
certification assessment with a
score of 88 points!
$235 K
$80 K $238 K
$395 K
CHARITABLE DONATIONS VALUE
IN THOUSANDS
2015
20142013
2012
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The goal of lean and green
operations is to generate as little
waste as possible and recycle as
much of that waste as we can.
94% of all waste at GloryBee was
recycled in 2015.
Our goal is to reduce all waste,
including food waste and waste
to landfill. In 2015, we decreased
our food waste, and decreased our
waste to landfill (trash).
Waste Reduction
66 55 49 0
306 334 379
In 2015, we focused on
reducing food waste,
defining wasted food as any
product that did not make it
to a customer. We followed
the EPA’s guidelines on
reducing food waste:
WASTE DIVERTED FROM LANDFILL
IN TONS
2015 2020
GOAL
2013
65% 87% 94% ZERO WASTE
2014
FOOD RECOVERY HIERARCHY
1. Source Reduction
Reduce the volume of
surplus food generated
2. Feed Hungry People
Donate extra food
3. Feed Animals
Divert food scraps to
animal feed
4. Energy
Waste oils go to biofuel
and food scraps can go to
anaerobic waste to energy
conversion
5. Composting
Create a nutrient-rich soil
amendment
6. Landfill/Incineration
Last resort:
responsible disposal
Recycling Trash Food/Compost
8 15 22
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PACKAGING MATERIALS
Environmental impact taken into account for packaging:
REDESIGN: If a product is being damaged in transit, we work to
redesign the packaging to eliminate the waste of a damaged product.
REDUCE: Eliminating unnecessary packaging, reducing weight, and
ensuring product arrives safe and sound.
REUSE: Styrofoam, bubble wrap, and cardboard boxes are reused.
RECYCLE: Cardboard, plastic film pallet wrap, Styrofoam, bubble wrap
and wood can all be recycled.
RESELL: Drums, barrels and totes are sold at the factory store, and are
reused as rain barrels and water troughs throughout the community.
Plastic drums sold or donated to Eugene community
as water barrels
Sheets of paper saved by converting to
semi-digital invoicing
Reusable totes washed each year
885
3,900
34,684
At GloryBee, all of our
employees are trained in
proper recycling practices,
and encouraged to eliminate
unnecessary waste.
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DISTRIBUTION
Transportation is an area we can
directly control as a company, as
we own and operate our fleet of
distribution trucks. 65% of our
products are transported on our
own fleet, and the remaining 35%
are picked up by less than truck
load (LTL) shippers, or by our
customers in the Factory Store.
In 2015, GloryBee:
• Continued using onboard
recording devices to
better measure efficiency.
• Held two sustainable
driver trainings, and
developed an efficient
truck driver incentive.
• Delivered 61,676 pounds
by bike, an increase of
14% over 2014.
• Continued to use 100%
of routes for haul backs.
• We had an average of
6.56 mpg in 2015.
In 2015 our fuel efficiency (pounds carried
per gallon) decreased, because our
trucks traveled the same distance and
used about the same amount of fuel per
mile, but carried less weight on average
than previous years. To improve our fleet
efficiency we are adding more efficient
trucks to our fleet, and implementing a
sustainable driver incentive.
Sneak Peak: in March 2016 we added
a truck with CNG dual fuel technology
to our fleet; this truck is expected to
get over 7.5 mpg and emit up to 40%
less greenhouse gasses than our regular
20% biodiesel trucks.
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2020 GOAL
354
337
338
383
POUNDS OF PRODUCT PER GALLON
345
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WATER
Scientists predict that as the
climate changes, the Pacific
Northwest will get drier. With the
threat of long term water scarcity
in mind, 2015 was the second
consecutive year of reducing our
water used per pound of product.
Water used per pound of
product sold: To get this
number, we take the total
number of gallons used in 2015
on all GloryBee properties
(Warehouse, Offices, Production,
Maintenance, QA labs, and
Distribution Center), and divide
it by the number of pounds of
product we sold.
In 2015 we reduced
our water used per
pound by 8%.
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2020 GOAL
GALLONS OF WATER
PER POUND OF PRODUCT
.034 .042 .044 .062 .049 .045 .035
Our goal in food
production is to use our
resources efficiently.
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SOLAR ENERGY AND GHG
Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) – Going beyond
conservation by investing in clean, renewable energy.
We purchase Renewable Energy Credits. For every megawatt-
hour of non-renewably generated electricity we use to power our
facility, the Bonneville Environmental Foundation supports the
generation of a megawatt-hour of renewable energy. This adds
to our incentive to reduce electricity use while providing financial
support to a renewable energy company.
100% of our electricity that is not generated by our own solar array
is offset by electricity purchased from:
• Wind energy
• Solar energy
• Biogas
• Landfill gas to energy
• Geothermal energy
11%
SOLAR POWER GENERATION
ELECTRICITY USAGE
SOLAR ENERGY
2015 GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION
IN METRIC TONS OF CO2
SCOPE 1
SCOPE 2
SCOPE 3
709
398
325
Biodiesel burned by our
distribution fleet, and
natural gas and propane
burned onsite
Electricity
Employee air travel
and employee
commuting to and
from work
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ELECTRICITY
With to our onsite solar photovoltaic system and solar thermal systems,
we offset 100% of our electricity and water use with the Bonneville
Environmental Foundation (BEF) Renewable Energy credits, and Water
Renewable credits. By purchasing these credits, we are supporting
renewable energy development such as wind and solar farms in
the Pacific Northwest, and we are supporting water restoration and
conservation in the Deschutes River, near Bend, Oregon.
2010
ENERGY (BTU) USED PER POUND PRODUCED
2011 2014 2015 2020
GOAL
2012
169 178 102 100 90 83 70
2013
Our goal is to decrease our
energy used to 70 BTU/lb and
maintain it as we grow.
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• Our founder and chief
procurement officer, Dick
Turanski, and our quality
assurance representative
visited 19 suppliers,
including: honey,
beekeeping, coconut
and bean producers and
processors, to inspect
their operations for
quality practices and
alignment with GloryBee
values
• 30% of our suppliers
have been surveyed
for their sustainability
practices
• All of our palm oil
products are certified
sustainable by the Round
Table on Sustainable
Palm Oil (RSPO)
USING BUSINESS TO CREATE CHANGE
Why choose Fair Trade?
We responsibly procure products from around
the world. Fair Trade certification is one way
to ensure producer communities receive a
fair wage and are employed under fair labor
practices.
POUNDS OF FAIR TRADE CERTIFIED
PRODUCTS SOLD
30,853
46,408
71,804
84,717
136,284
300,000
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2020 GOAL
Sourcing
Increased pounds of Fair Trade certified products purchased by 61% in 2015.
CERTIFIED
S U S TA I N A B L
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PALMOIL
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PERCENTAGE OF ORGANIC POUNDS OF PRODUCTS
201120122013201420152020
62%CONVENTIONAL
ORGANIC
38%
66%
ORGANIC
34%
64%CONVENTIONAL
ORGANIC
36%
54%
50% GOAL
CONVENTIONAL
CONVENTIONAL
46%
50% GOAL
ORGANIC
ORGANIC
62%CONVENTIONAL
ORGANIC
38%
CONVENTIONAL
ORGANICS
GloryBee and our customers are directly involved in the growing
popularity of organic, Non-GMO and other products that support our
ecosystem’s health. In 2015, we purchased 46% organic products, over
a 31% increase in organic product sold in 2015 over 2014.
NON
Project
V E R I F I E D
nongmoproject.org
GMO
In 2015 we certified our
organic honey as Non-GMO
Project Verified!
Goal: 26 Million
Pounds of Organic
Product by 2020
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In 2015, we took care of our
community by donating time,
food and funds.
• We helped raise over
$100,000 for Habitat for
Humanity.
• On our first annual day of
giving, September 12, 2015,
23 employees donated their
Saturday morning to care
for trees with the Long Tom
Watershed Council, serve
food at the Eugene Mission,
and build a house with
Habitat for Humanity.
• Over 1,500 people attended
Bee Weekend to learn about
beekeeping and sustainable
living.
• Our team members
nominated 18 local, regional
and national non-profits to
receive a total of $10,000
combined.
Our goal is to help our
community prosper economically,
socially and environmentally.
Stewardship
GLORYBEE IS A GREAT
PLACE TO WORK!
100%
of employees receive on-
the-job training, career
advancement opportunities,
health insurance and Healthy
Living incentives.
69%
of employees participate in the
healthy living program; joining a
gym, walking, biking or playing
in a sports league.
238.25
paid volunteer hours donated to
the community by employees.
198
employees at the end of 2015.
There were 180 employees at
the end of 2014.
18
new jobs created in 2015.
• Not all children have access to
a healthy, nutritious breakfast
before school every morning,
so in 2015, we partnered with
Attune Foods and Food for
Lane County to donate 1.2
million servings of cereal to
146 school and kids’ programs
across the country.
CARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY
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FOOD FOR HEALTH
Aunt Patty’s brand donates 1% of annual retail sales
to Food For Health to educate and motivate families
to eat healthy.
Food for Health supports organizations that help
kids get outside and discover healthy food choices
and organizations that help connect adults to the
healthy food resources they need.
• In partnership with Attune Foods, we have
donated over 1.2 million servings of breakfast
cereal to children in 146 different schools and
kids’ programs across the country.
• With the help of Food for Lane County, we have
developed a healthy, easy black bean soup mix
for hungry families in Lane County.
• Since 2014, GloryBee employees have been
attending regular work-party sessions to help
maintain our adopted local school garden at
Fairfield Elementary through School Garden
Project.
What Can You Do? Plant a garden, cook a
homemade meal, replace a sweet treat with a fruit
or vegetable and join us in supporting organizations
that support healthy living.
SAVE THE BEE
The humble honey bee pollinates
most commercial nut, fruit and
vegetable crops. In recent years
honey bee colonies have been dying
at over twice the acceptable rate and
researchers aren’t sure why. Save the
Bee educates and raises awareness
about bee colony loss and donates funds to the
Oregon State University Honey Bee Lab, which
researches honey bee health and nutrition, as well
as runs the OSU Master Beekeeper program.
In 2015, Save the Bee:
• Built partnerships with 23 customers.
• Raised over $140,000 since 2012.
• Partnered with Coconut Bliss at their Night of
Bliss event to raise over $9,000.
• Had the first ever Save the Bee 5K – 238
runners joined us in a race for bees!
• Made millions of impressions with our Save
the Bee trucks driving our Pacific Northwest
delivery routes.
What can you do? Plant a pollinator garden,
support organic agriculture for bee pollinated
crops and eliminate pesticide use on your property
and at your place of work. www.savethebee.org
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16. Goals for the Future
BE A
FORCE FOR
GOOD
FAITH
HEALTHY
LIVING
RESPONSIBLE
SOURCING
BRING
HEALTHY
FOOD TO OUR
COMMUNITY
GENUINE
RELATIONSHIPS
CARE
FOR OUR
COMMUNITY
SHARED
PROSPERITY
REDUCE &
ELIMINATE
WASTE
MAKE A
DIFFERENCE
STEWARDSHIP
ACHIEVE
NET
CARBON
NEUTRALITY
