Our Planet - Nutrabolt

ONE TEAM.
ONE PLANET.

Nutrabolt is weaving environmental stewardship throughout our company fabric. That’s why we’re committed to being a plastic-net-zero company and improving our products, packaging, and processes to minimize our impact and become as environmentally friendly as possible. We still have a lot to do, but we’re driven to continuously strengthen our stewardship and protect our planet

ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP

Even as we have increased our product distribution to over 125 countries, we have been making real progress ‘greening’ our distribution (warehousing, delivery routes, product transportation, packaging, etc.) to reduce our environmental impact.

SUPPLY CHAIN

Product distribution is central to Nutrabolt’s business. We purchase goods and services from over 50 sources globally to manufacture and distribute our finished products to over 125 countries. So, it’s only natural that our supply chain should be a major focus of our overall ESG efforts.

Product distribution is central to Nutrabolt’s business. We purchase goods and services from over 50 sources globally to manufacture and distribute our finished products to over 125 countries. So, it’s only natural that our supply chain should be a major focus of our overall ESG efforts

Nutrabolt is committed to providing our consumers with the highest-quality products and low-cost leadership. We have dedicated teams within our Supply Chain Management department, such as Procurement, Supply Planning, and Strategic Sourcing, to support that commitment. We aim to manage our supply chain holistically, and to utilize analytically rigorous and dynamic approaches to optimize system efficiency.

Due to the challenging and ever-changing supply-chain landscape, we remain focused on strategic sourcing to ensure optimal pricing and ingredient and packaging availability. We maintain several types of relationships directly including with ingredient suppliers, contract manufacturers, packaging suppliers, and wholesalers. We do not operate our own manufacturing facilities for finished goods. Instead, we outsource the manufacturing process to third-party contract manufacturers.

In addition to our contract manufacturers throughout the U.S., we have locations in Europe, Canada, and Asia, allowing us to make our products closer to the point-of-sale. This strategy reduces freight costs, transportation related damages, and our carbon footprint.

New technologies now allow us to weigh environmental factors in all facets of our distribution strategy from sourcing and manufacturing to shipping and point of sale. Acting on the data, we precisely measure our progress, target new opportunities, and introduce dynamic solutions to optimize every point in the system.

Understanding the environmental benefits of rail freight versus over road transportation, we’re transitioning our shipping of long-distance freight. Today, we include greenhouse-gas emissions factors in our transportation management system, giving us clear goals as we drive improvement while reducing our environmental footprint. We know, for example, that by decreasing truck miles traveled, we have cut more than 4.8 million kilograms of emissions since 2021. Our partnership with Keurig Dr Pepper promises to increase supply-chain efficiency still further. Nutrabolt’s commitment to its ESG goals doesn’t stop at lowering our own emissions.

New manufacturing and distribution partners are selected fairly and equitably, judged by their sustainability efforts in addition to the usual criteria (quality, reliability, efficiency), and our all-natural ingredients are ethically sourced. All suppliers are treated fairly and impartially during the evaluation and selection process. Our approach maintains a cost-savings mindset and provides clear expectations of our suppliers for meeting Nutrabolt’s high-quality standards and performing meticulous testing.

As we work hard to overcome supply-chain challenges, we will seek to build sustainable relationships with our suppliers to help fulfill our operational needs, stimulate economic growth, support small business, reduce our carbon footprint, and reward our stakeholders.

4.8 MILLION KG

EMISSIONS REDUCED SINCE 2021¹⁵

Our distribution network is complex, geographically diverse, and growing exponentially. Thanks to new digital tools that closely measure our climate impact, we continue to make progress as an environmental steward.

BRENDAN O’TOOLE
VP, Procurement

ENVIRONMENTAL
PARTNERSHIPS

NUTRABOLT IS A CERTIFIED PLASTIC NET-ZERO COMPANY

Consumers are demanding that brands have a purpose. We couldn’t agree more. In 2022, Nutrabolt began an official partnership with Plastic Bank®, a global, social enterprise that reduces plastic waste in the environment while simultaneously helping to alleviate poverty in developing parts of the world. As an ‘Ocean Steward’ we work with Plastic Bank® to support ocean-bound plastic collectors in Indonesia and other at-risk coastal regions around the world, dramatically reducing the amount of plastic that enters the world’s oceans and simultaneously providing social and economic opportunities for our collectors and their families.

Plastic Bank® officially certified Nutrabolt as Plastic Net-Zero in 2022. In a single year, we helped prevent 1,255 metric tonnes of plastic from entering our oceans where it’s harder to retrieve and quickly breaks down into micro particles. In real terms, this means we offset all the plastic we used in 2021 — the equivalent of over 63 million plastic bottles! The collected plastic is recycled and sold as a raw material to companies that use it in their products. In 2023, we also completed work to incorporate Plastic Bank® information on our European C4® product labeling throughout the year to inspire consumers to help us support the reduction of ocean-bound plastics.

In addition to the obvious benefit of reducing ocean-bound plastic pollution, our partnership has added benefits. As a result of the collection efforts, Plastic Bank® is able to support ethical communities, thereby creating social and economic opportunities for collectors and their families through programs that provide stable and traceable income, health insurance, school tuition and learning supplies, fresh food, clean water, cooking fuel, electricity, and financial savings opportunities.

And we brought the lessons home. Nutrabolt regularly educates its teammates on the benefits of environmental stewardship to encourage them and our local communities to be responsible protectors of our planet and its resources.

94,200+

POUNDS REDUCTION IN OUR PLASTIC PACKAGING BETWEEN JANUARY 2021 AND JUNE 2022

388,000+

POUNDS REDUCTION OF NONRECYCLABLE
PLASTIC IN OUR PACKAGING IN 2022

165

COMMUNITIES IMPACTED

2,095

PEOPLE IMPACTED

“The partnership with Plastic Bank is an excellent fit for Nutrabolt’s mission. During my site visit, I learned that the average collector in Indonesia earns 20% higher income working with Plastic Bank than on their own. Talk about maximizing potential!”

EMILY CLARK
Senior Manager, Corporate Communications

CARING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AFFECTS EVERYTHING WE DO…EVEN OUR LABELS

In keeping with our steadfast commitment to conserving our environmental resources, Nutrabolt partnered with How2Recycle® in 2022.

How2Recycle® is a North American, nonprofit organization that empowers consumer recycling by providing clear recycling instructions on product packaging. Since October 2022, we have been updating all our packaging with How2Recycle® labeling standards, thereby helping consumers make better-informed recycling decisions. How2Recycle® labels clearly describe how to recycle C4®, Cellucor®, and XTEND® bottles, cans, and tubs.

Knowing what can be recycled can be complicated and a standardized labeling system is a vital first step in reducing the amount of waste that otherwise ends up in landfills. How2Recycle’s® labeling system has now been adopted by over 460 brands and retailers. Tens of thousands of products now carry the How2Recycle® label in the marketplace.