Reaching consensus on measuring and reporting carbon footprint, reducing
carbon emissions while maintaining or improving cost efficiencies, as well as
dealing with legal imperatives to reduce emissions and understanding consumer
attitudes to sustainability are just some of the challenges that the food and
drinks industry must face if it is to meet future demand for carbon reduction
effectively.
Features and benefits
Understand the commercial, legal, and consumer imperatives which drive the
need for carbon reduction and reporting in the food and drink industry.
Gain an insight into the significant sources of carbon emissions in the
food and drink supply chain - and measures being taken to reduce them.
Assess the different issues surrounding carbon footprint measuring and
reporting, including the complexities of carbon footprint labeling.
Understand how carbon emissions reduction can take place at the same time
as maintaining or improving productivity and efficiency.
Gain an insight into how carbon emissions reduction and carbon footprint
labeling will need to develop if it is to make progress in the long term.
Highlights
Given consumer, commercial, and legal imperatives for action on carbon
emissions reduction, carbon footprinting will remain a permanent part of the
food and drink landscape. What is less certain is whether carbon footprint
reduction will drive consumer purchasing decisions, or whether reporting
carbon footprint drives meaningful carbon reduction.
The term carbon footprint is ubiquitous in the public sphere but agreement on
how to measure it is not clear: should it include indirect emissions or simply
direct emissions? In many cases the ability to take the more comprehensive
approach by including indirect emissions is limited by data quality and the
ability to procure it from suppliers.
Overcoming the lack of consumer engagement and understanding of what carbon
footprint measurement and reduction means in real terms is one of the first
and most significant challenges that food and drinks manufacturers will have
to overcome. Reaching a critical mass of carbon footprint labeling will be a
key driver of this.
Your key questions answered
What do consumers think about sustainability and why should the industry
act when consumer buying behavior doesn't match up to their attitudes?
What are the major legal frameworks in place to encourage and enforce
carbon reduction and how do they apply to the food and drink industry?
Which non-governmental bodies are having an impact on carbon reduction in
the food and drink industry? What is their approach to helping businesses?
What are the key challenges involved in comprehensive carbon footprint
labeling programs? How can they be overcome?
What's the long-term outlook for carbon emissions reduction and cabon
footprint labeling in the food and drinks industry?
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Sarah Chambers
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Introduction
Imperatives to take action on carbon in the food and drink industry
Sources of carbon emissions and reductions in the food and drink industry
Key issues in carbon footprinting in the food and drink industry:
measurement, labeling, and engagement
The future of carbon reduction in the food and drink industry
Introduction
Summary
Introduction
Measuring and reporting carbon footprint
Implementing solutions to reduce carbon footprint
Imperatives for action
Methodology
Definition: CO2 equivalent (CO2e)
The impact of carbon emissions on the environment
Imperatives to take action on carbon in the food and drink industry
Summary
Introduction
Commercial drivers for carbon reduction
The Triple Bottom Line
The effect of economic decline on sustainability initiatives
Rising energy costs
Consumer drivers for carbon reduction
Sustainability is part of every-day life
Consumers want genuine and holistic sustainability efforts
Legislative drivers for carbon reduction
Applying carbon legislation to the food and drink industry
Non-governmental organizations
Waste & Resources Action Program (WRAP)
The Carbon Trust
The Carbon Disclosure Project
Carbon trading
Carbon trading in the European Union
Carbon trading in New Zealand
Carbon trading in Australia
Carbon trading in the United States
Other energy efficiency regulations
Conclusion
Sources of carbon emissions and reductions in the food and drink industry
Summary
Introduction
Greenhouse gas emissions in food and drink production
Emissions in the agricultural sector
Emissions from processing and manufacturing
Emissions from packaging
Emissions from transportation
Emissions from retail outlets
Emissions from food and drink waste
Conclusions
Key issues in carbon footprinting in the food and drink industry: measurement, labeling, and engagement
Summary
Introduction
Defining a carbon footprint
Methodologies for defining and measuring carbon footprint
The challenge of creating carbon footprint labeling for food and drink
products
The costs involved in carbon labeling
The operational complexities of carbon labeling and reporting
The consumer challenge for carbon labeling
The need to achieve critical mass to drive uptake and understanding
Putting the brakes on carbon footprint labeling: Innocent and Tesco
Conclusion
The future of carbon reduction in the food and drink industry
Summary
Carbon footprint measurement and reduction will be a permanent part of the
food and drink industry landscape
A slow start, but there is hope for the future
Using carbon labeling to drive long-term behavior change: the need to
achieve “critical mass”
Achieving a step-change in carbon reductions in the long term
Appendix
Glossary
Bibliography/References
TABLES
Table: Global Warming Potential (GWP)
Table: CO 2 Emissions by mode of transport
FIGURES
Figure: Global average near-surface temperature anomalies 1850-2009
Figure: The triple bottom line
Figure: Food is important in many areas of policy
Figure: Greenhouse gas emissions by source, 2000
Figure: GHG Emissions in the food and drink industry in the EU27
Figure: The UK's food-related carbon footprint
Figure: Courtauld Phase 2 Targets
Figure: Environmental impacts in the supply chain
Figure: Tesco's direct greenhouse gas emissions
Figure: Food and drink waste generated in UK households
Figure: Carbon footprint labels, Walkers Crisps and Kingsmill bread
Figure: PepsiCo sustainability strategy
The Role of Carbon Footprint Reduction in the Food and Drink Industry published by Business Insights in May 11, 2012. This report consists of Pages: 83 and the price starts from US $ 2875.
