HowGood’s Climate Friendly attribute recognizes food products with low greenhouse gas emissions. 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 threshold for a product to achieve the attribute is 1.46 kilograms of carbon dioxide equivalent, per kilogram of product (kg CO2e / kg). This threshold will be updated on an annual basis in line with the latest research on GHG emissions in the food system.
The assessment for the Climate Friendly attribute takes into account GHG emissions from Cradle-to-Gate. This includes all inputs required for agricultural production, land use change, 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.