Carbonostics is approved by independent, third-party climate protection organisation

Carbonostics is approved by independent, third-party climate protection organisation

The newly released version of lifecycle management tool, Carbonostics has been reviewed and verified by independent, non-profit foundation myclimate, The Climate Protection Partnership.

Carbonostics is a lifecycle management tool that allows users to measure any food product or menu across three key criteria: cost+carbon+nutrition.

The online application guides users as they pinpoint hotspots along a product’s value chain, while eliminating false assumptions in the process. The scenario and comparative assessment functions are deliverables unique to Carbonostics, according to its developers, helping to provide access to vital information to empower decision-making and resource allocation.

Extensive feature improvements touted

Carbonostics version 2.0 builds on its original model with some new enhancements, including additional carbon emissions data, as well as improved, more sophisticated functionality. These include end-of-life calculation for all food and packaging materials and disposal data allocated by both material and geographic region.

Emissions from packaging are included, along with options to measure secondary and tertiary packaging layers. And there are also options to offset waste and emissions with reuse and sequestration inputs.

“Carbonostics is the leading lifecycle screening tool for the food industry because it is easy to use, reliable, and delivers absolute ROI [return on investment]. The Blue Horse team worked diligently on version 2.0 to build a smarter lifecycle screening tool that outperforms any other tool on the market,” said Blue Horse Associates founder and managing director, Sara Pax.

“We are very pleased to announce the myclimate verification, which provides an independent, third-party stamp of approval supporting our approach and methodology from a well-respected, international NGO [non-government organisation].”

Independent verification provides credibility

According to myclimate managing director, René Estermann, “The Carbonostics Math Model correctly includes all relevant lifecycle stages of a food product, such as ingredients, processing, packaging, transport, storage, use phase and disposal. Carbonostics is a useful tool for lifecycle screening and for identifying hotspots.”

“The Carbonostics database is one of the largest food data inventories available on carbon emissions today,” added myclimate data expert and LCA project manager, Thomas Kägi.

“Carbonostics 2.0 is currently being used by those entering the lifecycle measurement field as well as sustainability officers, scientists and other data experts that have completed full lifecycle analyses, who are now turning to Carbonostics because it provides results that gives practical direction to operational decisions,” explained Pax.

The developer added that Carbonostics is also used by large food manufacturers, consultancies, retailers and foodservice operators.