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How well do you understand the difference between Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)? This article highlights the strengths and limitations of PCF and LCA.

Learn about LCA at Scale, how to overcome the data requirement, and demystify how the application of emission factors from reference databases can provide you with progressively granular assessments, even with incomplete primary data.

Discover how Carbon Maps’ LCA at Scale enables Foodles to provide clear Carbo Scores for every dish, enhancing transparency efforts across all of their locations in France.

How important is calculating FLAG emissions for setting SBTi targets?

Carbon Maps' Life Cycle Assessment methodology conforms with ISO standards 14040, 14044 and 14067.

What are the differences between these two tools and how are they complementary?

In response to the climate crisis, environmental labeling has become increasingly common on consumer goods. While growing numbers of consumers take these labels into account, it is essential to consider the true impact they have on driving

What does recipe evaluation for restaurant and catering players mean and what are proven financial benefits to it?

What are the different ways Food Service players can address their Scope 3 emissions?

It's time to examine the complexities and paradoxes of our food ideals and argue in favor of a pragmatic food realism.

How prepared are food industry players to address climate challenges, and what are the primary strategies they're employing to achieve their sustainability goals?

Food waste isn't just scraps of food we dispose of. Our entire food system, from production to consumption, generates so much waste that it accounts for 8% of global GHG emissions.

Learn about Carbon Maps' approach to conducting product-level Life Cycle Assessments on food products.

Delve into the key aspects of the proposed directive, learn its requirements for agri-food companies and the pragmatic actions you can start taking to steer clear of the pitfalls of greenwashing.

Is a carbon-focused environmental strategy for agri-food companies enough? This article looks at the need for a shift from carbon targets to nature targets.

Understand the factors considered when looking at GHG emissions of livestock farming and read the insights from our regional analysis on beef production in France.

Understand what biodiversity means to the food industry, what biodiversity indicators we can start looking at and how food companies can start integrating biodiversity in their environmental strategy today.

Explore limitations of LCA in food impact assessment and discover a more holistic approach. Learn how integrating ecosystem services reshapes sustainable farming perceptions.

Read on to learn about the areas of automation that Life Cycle Analyses of food products can benefit from: calculation across a very large number of SKUs, integrating agricultural impact models into LCAs, regular updating of LCAs.