Sustainability Intelligence for Food Companies

Measure, Manage, and Report on the Environmental and Social Impact of your Products

HowGood proudly partners with Beacon Discovery to bring the world’s largest product sustainability database into the hands of emerging brands

HowGood Latix x Beacon

Use HowGood's Sustainability Intelligence platform to differentiate your brand

Latis, our cross-functional SaaS platform, helps you stand out with sustainability claims, carbon reporting and impact-driven innovation tools.

Update your listing in Beacon Discovery to reflect your specific sourcing practices

Ensure your “HowGood Impact Estimate” in Beacon Discovery reflects your sustainable sourcing initiatives by uploading ingredient information through HowGood’s data portal.

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Learn more about the “HowGood Impact Estimate” in Beacon Discovery

HowGood Sustainability Claims

HowGood powers sustainability intelligence for:

CPGS • RETAILERS • FOOD SERVICE • SUPPLIERS

danone
general mills
chipotle
ahold delhaize
nestle
barilla
ingredion
giant eagle
louis dreyfus company

Fast-track your progress to company sustainability goals with Latis

sustainability intelligence software for food companies

Sustainability Reporting

Track and report on your carbon emissions, supply chain labor risks, and other impact metrics for progress toward ESG commitments and climate disclosures.

  • Set carbon reduction goals with accurate emissions data
  • Determine your carbon footprint using GHG Protocol methodology
  • Pinpoint high-risk ingredients for forced or child labor
  • Export CDP-compliant reports for Scope 3 inventory and reporting
  • Integrate your own LCAs or use HowGood’s in-house crop- and location-based ingredient impact data
MEASURE & REPORT

Marketing & Public Claims

Drive revenue and avoid greenwashing by promoting your sustainability performance with data-backed product claims.

  • Add carbon footprint labeling to your products
  • Download sustainability scorecards for B2B sales conversations
  • Substantiate your claims with rigorous 3rd party methodology documentation
  • Quantify your sustainability efforts by showing water savings and soil health improvements over industry averages
COMMUNICATE & SHARE
sustainability intelligence software for food companies
sustainability intelligence software for food companies

Sustainable Innovation

Discover the most efficient pathways to achieving sustainability directives with impact-driven, playful product innovation and sourcing strategy tools.

  • Formulate products with an instant carbon footprint running tally
  • Reach carbon reduction goals by identifying ingredients driving risk
  • Plan recipe changes and export visual scenario-planning reports
  • Identify carbon- and water-intensive ingredients early in your R&D
  • Benchmark your product performance against the industry
  • Use HowGood’s supplier database to find new suppliers and instantly assess the impact of thousands of ingredients
MANAGE & IMPROVE
“Having an impact assessment tool for our product portfolio is raising the sustainability awareness of our product developers and brand teams. This holistic tool is critical to improving the sustainability impact of our brands.”
- Takoua Debeche, SVP of Research and Innovation at Danone
“Our customers need holistic, sustainable ingredient solutions to meet consumer and regulatory demands for greater transparency. Partnering with HowGood provides third-party validation of the sustainability impact of our ingredients and enables our customers to confidently make informed decisions.”
- Brian Nash, VP, Corporate Sustainability at Ingredion
"While our guests can make good choices for the planet by simply eating at Chipotle, the radical transparency provided by Real Foodprint also holds us accountable to improve our practices and source more sustainably over time. It is the combination of transparency for our guests and Chipotle's commitment to higher standards that make Real Foodprint so impactful."
- Caitlin Leibert, Head of Sustainability at Chipotle
"HowGood provides a real-time understanding of the social and ecological impact of every product in our portfolio beyond anything we could have found elsewhere."
- Merijn Dols, Senior Director, Open Innovation & Circular Economy for Food at Danone
"We owe a big thank you to HowGood for guiding, inspiring, and pushing us throughout our KPI development process. They understood our vision and helped us bring it to life."
- Sustainability Team, General Mills, Triple Bottom Line Operating Unit
"The pilot was so successful, and we got such amazing feedback from our customers, that the decision to expand the ratings into all of our Giant stores was an easy one."
- Mark Adamcik, VP of Sales and Merchandising at Giant Food
"Partnering with HowGood has added an additional layer of transparency and traceability for White Leaf, starting at the farm level. Latis has provided deeper insight into the farming practices behind each ingredient and how it impacts the overall carbon footprint of our finished products."
- Keth & Meghan Rowe, Co-Founders at White Leaf Provisions
“Our new partnership with HowGood reinforces our commitment to healing the planet — whether it’s through greater product transparency or reducing waste. We continue to explore opportunities throughout The Giant Co.’s entire operation to do what we can to further lessen our environmental footprint and empower sustainable choices in our customers’ shopping experience.”
- Manuel Haro, Vice President of strategy and communications, at Giant
"HowGood's Latis tool has been crucial to making our sourcing process more regenerative. We used to spend hours researching the various impacts of certain ingredients. By using Latis, we're able to quickly understand and validate the impact of ingredients, including the benefits of regenerative practices used by the farmer we partner with."
- Kristy Lewis, Founder & Chief Visionary Officer at Quinn
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INDUSTRY-LEADING RESEARCH & METHODOLOGY

With a hyper-focus on the global food system, our team of researchers and data scientists brings 3rd party verified impact data to our customers’ daily workflows with unparalleled granularity and precision.

15 years researching the food supply system
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600+ vetted data sources used in our impact analyses
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33K ingredients, chemicals and materials used in our database
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LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR RESEARCH

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STEP TWO

Upload ingredient form

Get discovered by SMEs & FMCGs and/or enhance your customer relationships by adding your ingredients to HowGood's Supplier Portal for the Big Food Redesign Challenge.

FOOD INDUSTRY IMPACT

Greenhouse Gas Emissions​

Brands are facing mounting pressure to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and resulting carbon footprints. Agricultural and food production is responsible for more than a third of global emissions, so choosing better ingredients is critical for meeting ESG commitments and slowing climate change - but how can companies get started?

Find the answers to the most common questions when it comes to improving the carbon impact of food products.​