At Seattle Chocolate Company, we’re endlessly inspired to evolve, to be better to each other and the planet, and to leave the world brighter — and more delicious — than we found it.

Steered by owner and CEO Jean Thompson’s ethos of doing the right thing, Seattle Chocolate Company is a proudly woman-owned, carbon neutral and ethically sourced business that gives back 10% of our net profits to causes we’re passionate about. 

First things first — the chocolate! We make delicious chocolate with the very best, ethically sourced ingredients, from puffed quinoa and toasted edamame to rainbow sprinkles and pop rocks. 

As a manufacturer that makes and ships products around the U.S., we believe that it’s up to businesses like ours to model sustainable production, leading the charge in fighting climate change. In 2022, we took a hard look at our carbon footprint. We found it was bigger than we’d have liked. We took a two-pronged approach, both examining every process in our facility in order to reduce our carbon emissions as much as possible and purchasing carbon offsets. 

We achieved carbon neutrality in late 2022. 

To date, we’ve removed 3,000 tons of CO₂ through our partner Nori, a local organization that focuses on regenerative agriculture. Regenerative agriculture enhances soil health, promotes biodiversity, fosters sustainable farming and sequesters CO₂ from the atmosphere into the soil where it belongs. Our entire team has also become passionate about decreasing our waste and emissions at every turn, from composting everything possible to upcycling things like wooden pallets to switching to 100% renewable natural gas at our factory. Last year, we planted over 600 trees to celebrate things like employee birthdays, new hires and babies born.

Overall, as a company we do everything possible to ensure clean, healthy ingredients in each of our products — all of the fun stuff, none of the bad stuff. Knowing that something is non-GMO tells us that it is as whole and natural as possible. Non-GMO Project verification gives our retailers and consumers the assurance that what we say is what we do. So sit back and enjoy every bite!

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Guest writer: This piece was contributed by Seattle Chocolate Company, a woman-owned, carbon-neutral company that believes chocolate can make the world a brighter place.