Environmentally friendly business practices are a sign of corporate responsibility and important to IFYA. That’s why businesses that adopt eco-friendly practices such as composting and recycling are recognized and rewarded by our Swirl of Honor program.
We’d like to recognize a few frozen yogurt franchises that are known for their eco-friendly business practices.
16 Handles
16 Handles works with Trees for the Future, a non-profit organization that helps communities plants trees. Each 16 Handles store plants 16 trees everyday. Visit the 16 Handles website to see how many trees have been planted as a result of this partnership. They’ve planted over 150,000 trees. 16 Handles also uses biodegradable packaging and spoons.
EarthFruits Yogurt
EarthFruits Yogurt believes in giving back to the global community and offering the healthy, fresh products, including superfruits sourced from rainforests around the world. It supports the MORE Project, a nonprofit organization providing critical resources such as food, shelter and education to families living in poverty in Brazil. Earthfruits also uses compostable packaging and eco-friendly utensils, cleaning solutions and trash liners.
http://www.earthfruitsyogurt.com/
Go Greenly
Go Greenly shrinks its carbon footprint with cornstarch spoons, biodegradable packaging and recycled napkins. Their t-shirts are made with organic cotton. Their fat free yogurt is all natural and made fresh throughout the day with organic Stonyfield yogurt.
http://www.go-greenly.com/
NuYo Frozen Yogurt
NuYo has adopted many eco-friendly business practices, including using napkins made out of 100% recycled materials, compostable cups and spoons, recycling, energy efficient light bulbs, energy efficient frozen yogurt machines, non-toxic cleaning supplies. They also strive to purchase locally grown seasonal fruits.
Spoon Me
Spoon Me encourages patrons to help their community by posting volunteer opportunities on the store community board. To show they care for the environment, they use compostable corn starch spoons. Napkins, cups, straws and garbage bags are 100% biodegradable.
http://www.spoonme.com/
Speaking of eco-friendly frozen yogurt, we look forward to trying the new Stonyfield Farm frozen yogurt pearls, which were developed in collaboration with WikiFoods Inc. The pearls feature edible fruit skins and will be sold in small, biodegradable cellulose bags with the goal being to offer the pearls with no additional packaging in the future. Stonyfield Frozen Yogurt Pearls will initially be found exclusively at several Massachusetts Whole Foods locations.
