Overview
HowGood’s Climate Friendly attribute recognizes food products with low greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs). HowGood assesses carbon footprint for products across the food system. Products that achieve the Climate Friendly attribute have Cradle-to-Gate greenhouse gas emissions that are lower than 70% of all products assessed by HowGood.
The assessment for the Climate Friendly attribute takes into account GHG emissions from Cradle-to-Gate. This includes all inputs required for agricultural production, farm to processing transportation, ingredient processing, processing to manufacturing transportation, and manufacturing. For more information on these stages of the Carbon Life Cycle, read our Carbon Life Cycle methodology.
To read the full methodology for the Climate Friendly attribute, click here.
How to see which formulas achieve the Climate Friendly attribute
Click on the Products or Materials page
Click Column options in the table, and select Climate Friendly under Sustainability Claims.
You can sort any list of formulas by the Climate Friendly attribute to see which of your formulas achieve the attribute.
Once Climate Friendly is added as a column, you can also filter the table by products that achieve the attribute
If your formula has achieved the attribute, you will also see that Climate Friendly is activated on the Formula page. If it is not activated, you can try making changes in Edit mode to see how you can achieve Climate Friendly for your product.
Data inputs needed to achieve the Climate Friendly attribute
Required Data Inputs
The following data fields are required in order for a product to be assessed for the Climate Friendly attribute:
Ingredient name
Ingredient processing location
Manufacturing type (choose the closest category)
Manufacturing location
These fields can be found in the Formula Details and Other Details sections of the Formula Profile page:
Optional Data Inputs
The following data fields are preferred in order for HowGood to provide a more accurate assessment of a product’s qualification for the attribute:
Ingredient weight / inclusion percentage
Crop sourcing location
Certifications and standards, where applicable
These fields can be found in the Formula Details section of the Formula Profile page:
Learn more about HowGood's Carbon Life Cycle module and how HowGood measures GHG impact at the ingredient level.