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For group purchasing organizations

Scope 3 Emissions Data for GPOs, Shared With Every Member

Give members Scope 3 food emissions data inside your procurement platform they already use. One agreement, no extra work for them.

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✔ Inside your procurement platform      ✔ Automatic mapping for every member      
✔ Ready for members' Scope 3 reporting

Business Associations

Sound familiar?

When Members Ask for Scope 3 Emissions Data

Members keep asking for climate data on what they buy.

Their own clients want food emissions in tenders and reports.

A competing GPO just added emissions data to its offer.

We have every purchase, but no emissions.

Carbon Emissions From Food Now Shape Your Purchasing Offer

Members need the data for their own reporting. Here's what's at stake for you.

How it works

Food Emissions Data for Every Member in Three Steps

Built on the purchasing data you already have.

Start with the members who need it now, then expand. Integration partners →

What you get

Scope 3 Food Data That Adds Value to Every Membership

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More Value Than Price

Food emissions data on top of the purchasing agreements you already offer.

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In Their Platform

Emissions shown where members already buy, where supported.

One shared solution. Every figure traceable to its method.

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Smarter Purchasing

You and your members see emissions by product and category.

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Ready for Reporting

Data for members' own Scope 3 reporting and their clients' requests.

One agreement covers every member, set up to fit how your association works. See our plans.

“But Our Members…” Fair.
Here's the Answer.

“Who will pay for this?”

One agreement covers all members. Without it, each one pays in time to do it alone.

“It isn't a priority for members.”

Not for all—yet. Start with those whose clients already ask, then grow.

“Our members have different needs.”

That's the point. Whether they need reports, answers for clients or better purchasing, one benefit covers them all.

“We can calculate it ourselves."

You could—but our data is guaranteed accurate and validated by third parties, so you can focus on purchasing.

Standards, regulations and more

Food Emissions Data You Can Defend

Our methodology aligns with standards and regulations, examples are the GHG Protocol, ISO 14067 and SBTi standards. It has been reviewed by third-party experts, so you can trust every number in your Scope 3 reporting.

ALIGNED WITH

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Explore our science →

  • Bureau Veritas

    Bureau Veritas reviewed Klimato’s Product Carbon Footprint methodology against the GHG Protocol Product Life Cycle Accounting and Reporting Standard (2011), and ISO 14067:2018.
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  • Coolfood by WRI

    WRI reviewed that the Klimato Database and Labels methodologies meet the requirements under the WRI Coolfood Methodology.
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  • European Sustainable Food Coalition

    Klimato, member of ESFC, co-created the EU's Empowering Consumers Directive labels' certification scheme.

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  • WRAP

    By working together with hundreds of businesses and stakeholders, we contribute to harmonize carbon footprint methodologies in the UK as well as globally.

  • WWF

    Klimato is an approved carbon calculator for companies displaying the WWF's One Planet Plate label.

  • IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute

    IVL reviewed Klimato's Database methodology and confirms its scientific robustness.

Frequently Asked Questions

Scope 3 Reporting FAQ for Group Purchasing Organizations

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What are Scope 3 emissions for food businesses?

Scope 3 emissions for food businesses are the indirect emissions in their value chain. For the restaurants, caterers and hotels that buy through a group purchasing organization, the food they buy is usually the largest share.

How can a group purchasing organization help members with Scope 3 reporting?

A group purchasing organization (GPO) can help members with Scope 3 reporting by offering food emissions data alongside its purchasing agreements. With Klimato Food Emissions, members get Scope 3 numbers from the purchases they already make through the GPO, without collecting or mapping data themselves.

How does Klimato get food emissions data into a GPO's procurement platform?

Klimato connects to the group purchasing organization's procurement platform, maps members' purchases to food-specific emission factors automatically, and returns the emissions data to the platform where it is supported. Members see their numbers where they already order.

How does Scope 3 data help a GPO with smarter purchasing?

Scope 3 data shows a group purchasing organization which product categories drive the most emissions across its members. That helps the GPO and its members factor emissions into category and purchasing decisions, next to price and quality.

Who pays for Klimato when it is offered through a group purchasing organization?

When Klimato is offered through a group purchasing organization, one agreement covers the membership, and the model is set up to fit how the GPO works. See our plans.

Is Klimato's data good enough for members' CSRD and SBTi reporting?
Yes, Klimato's food emissions data is built for CSRD and SBTi reporting. The methodology is third-party verified, follows the GHG Protocol, splits FLAG and non-FLAG emissions per product, and is documented for auditors.
What are FLAG emissions in food?

FLAG emissions are greenhouse gas emissions from forest, land and agriculture. Food businesses with SBTi targets must set a separate FLAG target, so they need FLAG and non-FLAG emissions split per product.

Can small food businesses get Scope 3 data through their GPO?

Yes, small food businesses can get Scope 3 data through their group purchasing organization. Because Klimato works from purchase data the GPO already has, even members without a sustainability team get emissions data with no extra work.

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