Sustainability is at the heart of everything we do.
Yogi teas foster wellbeing through functional benefits and great flavors. Through the sustainability efforts of everyone in the Yogi family, they also support a world where everyone can flourish.
Reducing our Footprint
We’re dedicated to reducing our carbon footprint from the farm to your teacup.
Our biggest source of emissions? Surprisingly, it’s the energy used to boil water at home.
-6,823 tons
CO2e from 2022-2025
100%
renewable energy at our Italian factory
LEED-Certified
facility in North America
Energy usage and CO2e emissions are our best estimates, inclusive of scope 1,2, and 3.
What’s next on our carbon journey?
We’re continuing to make our packaging lighter, shorten our teas’ travel distances, and support regenerative agriculture. Keep scrolling for more.
What is Regenerative Agriculture?
It’s a holistic approach to farming that works in harmony with nature – prioritizing soil health, biodiversity, and resilient ecosystems. Think of it as “organic plus”.
Erosion Mitigation
Farmers use techniques like planting cover crops, building terraces, or adding mulch to prevent topsoil from washing or blowing away.
No-Till
When soil isn’t plowed or turned over it holds carbon, reduces erosion, and improves water retention.
Rotations
Instead of constantly growing the same crop in the same fields, farmers rotate in other crops, keeping the soil nutrient-rich and reducing pests.
Intercropping
Different crops are grown side by side to help each other fix nitrogen levels in soil, deter pests, and make the best use of sunlight and space.
Agroforestry
By combining trees or shrubs with crops or livestock, farmers create a system that improves biodiversity and protects the soil.
Soil support
From adding compost, planting cover crops, or minimizing use of heavy machinery, this refers to additional measures taken to nourish soil.
Animal Integration
Animals can be invaluable members of any farm’s ecosystem: they eat pests, contribute natural fertilizer, and generate extra revenue for farmers.
100% of our top 46 global suppliers are already using one regenerative practice, and over half are using five.
Since 2021, we’ve launched thirteen regenerative agricultural projects, supporting our suppliers as they build resilience and care for their land.
Packaging
Yogi Tea isn’t just tea. It’s tea in a filter paper bag, in an envelope, in a box, in a case, on a pallet. Even if you only see a few of these components, each of them plays a role in how we design our packaging with the aim of reducing its environmental impact.
On the inside
We source our filtration papers from suppliers who have provided statements that they use a non-heat sealable filtration paper made from a select blend of high-quality manila hemp (abaca) fibers or bamboo fibers and wood pulp, and who confirm that they use chlorine-free processes and that no chlorine bleaching is applied to the filtration paper.
Our suppliers have additionally provided formal assurances that no intentionally added polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), including related families (such as PFCs), are used in the production of our filter papers. This commitment is supported by robust quality monitoring programs, including targeted analytical screening, which verifies that PFAS and potential precursor substances remain below detectable or relevant threshold levels, ensuring both product safety and environmentally responsible sourcing, and demonstrating compliance with the limits established under the PPWR, Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation.
Projects
We believe that great herbal tea deserves packaging designed with care for both the product and the broader environmental context. For this reason, we consider the full life cycle of our packaging, from material selection to its potential end-of-life pathways, including sorting and recycling where appropriate systems are in place.
We continuously review our packaging solutions to reduce material use and avoid unnecessary components, while ensuring product protection and quality. A key focus area is the reduction of plastic use. For example, we introduced lighter-weight envelopes that reduce plastic content by approximately 49% compared to the previous packaging format, while maintaining the barrier properties required to protect herbal infusions from oxygen and moisture.
Where high barrier performance is not essential, we have transitioned to packaging solutions designed to use only the necessary materials, with consideration for recyclability where applicable.
Growing forward
We have also optimized stretch film usage for pallet wrapping, achieving a plastic reduction of over 16% compared to previous configurations, while improving logistics efficiency.
Our efforts extend beyond plastics. We continuously assess all packaging components to reduce overall material usage, including paper. For instance, we reduced paper usage in Loose Tea boxes by approximately 15% by adopting lighter structures that maintain required performance. In addition, we converted the inner bag from a composite material to a mono-material structure, enabling a further plastic reduction of approximately 28%.
Overall, these initiatives have resulted in an estimated reduction of more than 52,000 kg of plastic per year across our operations.
People
Our sustainability philosophy only works if we invest in our people, too.
Sustainability is more than maintaining the status quo. It’s using our strengths to change the world for the better. Yogi puts people – from farmers to warehouse workers to office staff – at the center of everything that we do.
For us, wellbeing means something very specific: engaging in the things that are most important to you to flourish and live your best life.
In Eugene, Hamburg, and Imola, we take care of our employees so that they can take care of the world, honoring our role as The Wellbeing Company with a mindful, holistic approach to work at Yogi.