We’re committed to achieving carbon neutrality across our entire company footprint.

To do this, we’ve measured how and where our operations are directly or indirectly responsible for greenhouse gas emissions, and since 2021 we have chosen to take full responsibility for these areas to become carbon neutral as a company by 2032.

Using Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3 categories, we’ve developed action plans to reduce or offset emissions across all three categories. For those that can’t yet be avoided, we are investing in high-quality projects that remove greenhouse gasses from the atmosphere.

Reducing Emissions

After studying the Scope report we’re now focused on cutting carbon from our four largest emission sources: electricity generation in manufacturing our products, the farming of supply chain ingredients, packaging material production and transport.

This means working with lower-impact suppliers, improving manufacturing efficiency, transitioning to cleaner energy, and focussing on shipping and logistics to avoid high-carbon transport methods.

Every choice we make is being measured against its carbon footprint, bringing us closer to achieving true net zero.

How We Hold Ourselves Accountable

Our path to carbon neutrality started in 2021 with transforming how we power our operations. Wherever possible, we are phasing out fossil fuels and expanding our use of renewable electricity from solar, wind, and biomass—both on-site and via certified suppliers.

Now 60% of our electricity comes from renewable sources, but our long-term goal is simple: to ensure every stage of production – from cacao roasting, conching and tempering, to lighting and heating etc. – runs entirely on clean, low-carbon energy.

Offsetting

Through ‘offsetting’, we support projects that remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere and help repair the natural ecosystems.

60% of our electricity is powered by renewables — solar panels, local wind turbines, and a nearby biomass facility. Avoiding and reducing emissions will always come first, but for any that remain, we are already investing in proven carbon offsetting projects.

Oak Tree Planting

At MayHawk, we get involved in carbon offsetting ourselves — planting acorns every year in a nursery on our UK production site. Over the last decade more than 80 new oak saplings have been grown by us from local acorns and planted out near our facility, each one a small step towards restoring the balance.

We also support The Woodland Trust (UK) and the Rainforest Alliance (Global), organisations involved in large-scale tree planting schemes. Together, these efforts capture carbon, protect biodiversity, and help rebuild the natural ecosystems that sustain us all.

Sustainable Growth

We want to work with ingredients and materials that can be continually produced without further depleting the earth’s natural resources.

Within our supply chain, we support the regeneration of existing cacao plantations over expansion into new rainforest regions and the further deforestation this expansion causes.

At MayHawk, we also prioritise the use of recycled and responsibly sourced materials in our packaging. Wherever possible, we choose materials with a lower environmental impact and work to reduce reliance on virgin resources across our supply chain.

We are also evaluating ways to reduce indirect emissions through renewable energy use and more efficient logistics. This includes assessing energy sources used in material production, improving transportation practices, and supporting initiatives that lower the carbon intensity of our wider supply chain.

Growing our own ingredients

We organically grow a selection of herbs, spices, and other botanical ingredients used in our chocolate. This small-scale cultivation allows us to experiment with flavour, reduce sourcing impact, and bring more of the sustainable production processes under our own care.

High standards

We uphold strict sourcing standards for every ingredient and material we use. Our ongoing strategy focuses on transitioning to low‑carbon materials that used recycled content and new processes and methods in crafting our chocolate to minimise waste.

Ethical Partnerships

Building sustainability into every product starts well before our chocolate is made. We research the origins of every ingredient and material, working closely with suppliers—from cocoa farmers to packaging specialists—who protect ecosystems, support fair labour, and use low-impact methods.

Circular Supply Chains

We make our chocolate using natural raw materials and ingredients, crafted through traditional bean-to-bar processes. One of our long-term goals is to build a sustainable future in which every MayHawk product is both created from — and contributes to — a circular supply chain, keeping recycled materials in use for longer.

Our supply chain plays a critical role in this commitment, forming the foundation for progress in sustainable material use and plant-based ingredient regeneration. That’s why we prioritise working with like-minded farmers, plantation owners, cooperatives, and packaging specialists who share our long-term environmental vision.

Zero waste to landfill.

In 2021, we started the ambitious Zero Waste Implementation Plan and we are continuing our steady progress towards this goal.

Monitoring Impact

We want to ensure our future company growth is part of a sustainable action plan. Continued monitoring and measurement are central to ensuring that our future growth aligns with a sustainable action plan. This includes tracking the waste we generate within our operations and evaluating our environmental impact through the ingredients and materials we source.

Eliminate Waste

In 2021, we started the Zero Waste Implementation Plan and asked all of our staff to participate in the scheme. 

The aim is to send zero waste to landfill from our manufacturing processes and sales pathways. It’s an ambitious target, with many outside influences and different suppliers involved, but we’re making steady progress through a structured, long-term plan.

Recycling Initiatives.

Since 2017, we’ve increased our use of renewable and recycled materials within our processes, especially in the materials used for our packaging.

And from 2021, with a push towards Zero-Waste to Landfill, we have been identifying all waste sources and characterising each stream in the waste inventory.

In the last three years, we’ve also cut our packaging mass and volume by around 35%, introducing new packaging and shipping boxes that optimise space and fit our products better.

At MayHawk, at all touch points, we encourage our customers to give these recyclable materials in our packaging a second life after use, asking them to recycle and keep resources in circulation.

Material Impact

A key part of our design process is understanding the impact of every material we use. For example, aluminium foil which protects our chocolate perfectly, can also be easily and repeatedly recycled.

By also sourcing aluminium foil with recycled-content (and one day smelted with no greenhouse gas emissions) we can move a little bit closer to a closed-loop low-carbon system.

This is why in our packaging we started removing all plastic materials – since 2020 becoming 100% plastic free – and fully incorporating new materials in our packaging to easily process through existing recycling pathways in the household.

Closing the Loop

Closed-loop materials can be reused or recycled indefinitely, keeping resources in circulation and reducing waste and the continuous need for new materials.

Our products rely on many natural, renewable resources, making environmental care a responsibility we take seriously. Therefore, we design for a circular economy, minimising waste, reusing resources, and keeping materials in circulation longer.

Our continuing focus is on research and development, growing our own ingredients and investing in more sustainable, recyclable options, while preserving the quality and simplicity of our products.