The Food module is designed to calculate GHG emissions from food consumption,
focusing on ingredient sourcing, transportation, and waste management impacts.
It's a Scope 3 emissions module that helps companies assess their food-related carbon footprint.
1. Why consider emissions from Food consumption?
For food companies specifically, purchased goods and services (which includes food purchases) represent the biggest contributor to Scope 3 emissions.
Even for non-food companies, food-related purchases can represent substantial portions of their carbon footprint - some organizations see food and beverages accounting for 30% of their procurement emissions.
Difference raw material module VS food module
The main reason we separate food purchases from other products is to give you a clearer and more detailed look at your data. By isolating food items, we can provide a more in-depth analysis and present your information in a more meaningful way through the graphs on our platform and in your reports.
This separation allows for a more granular understanding of your spending and consumption habits specifically related to food, helping you make more informed decisions.
2. Upload your data
To complete the module:
Go to Data -> Data Collection > select the module “Food purchase) and follow the steps below:
You have to use the Greenly template to upload your data. For that, click on “Import data” and select “Bulk import”.
When filling the template, make sure to fill all the mandatory fields in green:
Product name
Product category
Finished good name
Unitary weight in KG (If you only have the total weight, write "1" in quantity and put the total weight in KG in this column)
Quantity
Providing a more precise description helps us assign a more accurate emission factor.
There are also additional data that would help us provide even more accurate results and we highly recommend including them:
Supplier (this information helps the platform to identify duplicates when reviewing expenses and is mandatory for companies with SBTi targets)
Purchase date
Price
Currency
Country of origin
Etc.
Remove non-food products (packaging, tableware) - these go in Product Purchase module. Please make sure to remove any negative quantities from your data. These represent orders that were canceled or never shipped, so you should also subtract the corresponding amount from your total expenses.
If you do not have the necessary information, you can click on "Skip the module" at the bottom left of the page.
3. Review your data and read your results
Once you have uploaded your data, you’ll need to review at least 95% of your products. You can flag the expenses related to the module to avoid double counting and access your results. To do so, please read the related article.