Scope 3 Reporting for Food Businesses: A Practical Guide
Gioia Zagni
Chief Science Officer, Klimato
Scope 3 reporting is where most food businesses' climate disclosure work is concentrated, and where most of the difficulty sits. For a contract...
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Gioia Zagni
Chief Science Officer, Klimato
Scope 3 reporting is where most food businesses' climate disclosure work is concentrated, and where most of the difficulty sits. For a contract...
Gioia Zagni
Chief Science Officer, Klimato
For most industries, Scope 3 emissions are the hardest part of a corporate carbon inventory; distant, data-sparse, and difficult to influence. For...
Gioia Zagni
Chief Science Officer, Klimato
Most guidance on Scope 3 supplier engagement was written for manufacturers and financial institutions—companies where "supplier" means a logistics...
Gioia Zagni
Chief Science Officer, Klimato
The EU Deforestation Regulation is now one of the most operationally significant pieces of environmental legislation affecting food supply chains...
Gioia Zagni
Chief Science Officer, Klimato
Gioia Zagni
Chief Science Officer, Klimato
Corporate carbon accounting is the process of measuring, tracking, and reporting greenhouse gas emissions across all of a company's...
Gioia Zagni
Chief Science Officer, Klimato
For most food businesses, Scope 3 emissions are the number that matters most, and the hardest to calculate credibly. Unlike Scope 1 and 2, where...
Eduardo Llanos
Chief Product & Technical Officer, Klimato
Most carbon accounting software was built for industrial companies. It handles energy data well, manages Scope 1 and Scope 2...
Gioia Zagni
Chief Science Officer, Klimato
Most food businesses working with sustainability today are already reporting Scope 3 emissions. The calculations are done, the numbers exist, and...
Gioia Zagni
Chief Science Officer, Klimato
For food businesses, sustainability reporting is primarily a Scope 3 reporting challenge. Purchased ingredients typically represent 80–90% of...
Gioia Zagni
Chief Science Officer, Klimato
Climate reporting is now a standard expectation for food businesses.Emissions are calculated. Reports are published. Frameworks are followed. Yet...
Gioia Zagni
Chief Science Officer, Klimato
Most food businesses know their energy use. Some even know their fleet emissions. But ask how much carbon is hidden in their ingredients, and the...