GOING GREEN
Baronet is always looking for ways to minimize its impact on the environment by reducing the use of electricity, natural gas, and vehicle fuel. Here is some of our best green work: We reduced our electrical power usage by almost 20% when we installed high efficiency lighting with automatic room switches in the factory and office.
It takes a lot of natural gas to keep the building warm so we figured out how to heat the entire factory during winter days with heat captured from the roasters and the running machinery. In the summer we send this heat outside to reduce the amount of electricity needed for air conditioning. Have you seen our delivery trucks and sales and service vehicles on the road lately? We have reduced fuel usage by 30% by switching from mini vans to efficient Scions and from old box trucks to Sprinter delivery vans.
We recently joined New England’s ISO Demand Response program to help the power company handle peak electrical loads in the summer. We shutdown so they don’t need to run their more polluting peak power generators on hot summer days.
Being green gives us savings that we share with our customers and a shrinking carbon footprint that we share with the planet.
GOING PINK
Baronet has been supporting the Connecticut Breast Health Initiative since 2002. Every October during Breast Cancer Awareness Month we turn pink! Every cup of coffee served in Baronet’s retail store comes in a pink cup and a portion of every sale is donated to the cause. We even have a Pink Ribbon Blend coffee that generates donations throughout the year. The Baronet Coffee family volunteers at the CBHI Race in the Park each year. Some of us serve coffee and some of us run in the race but we are all there to support this wonderful organization and its critical mission.
Baronet purchases and roasts many Fair Trade coffees from around
the world. These coffees cost us a little more than regular coffee sold in the world market. We are happy to spend more on this coffee because the additional money ensures that the farmers, and the families who rely on coffee for their livelihood, enjoy good working conditions and receive a fair return for their labors. We are also glad to pay more because the quality of this coffee reflects the care of many grateful farmers.