HowGood, a sustainability intelligence platform for the food and beverage industry, has announced its conformance with the Partnership for Carbon Transparency (PACT) Technical Specifications. The validation confirms that HowGood’s Product Carbon Footprint exchange capability aligns with the technical requirements of PACT, an initiative powered by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, co-convenor of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol.
PACT involves participation from over 150 stakeholders and enables more than 2,500 companies globally across industries to advance supply chain transparency and decarbonization in the private sector. The standardization allows companies to exchange product-level emissions data using consistent methodologies and technical specifications.
HowGood customers including Ahold Delhaize, Sysco, and Danone can now share consistent, verified, and interoperable carbon data across their product portfolios and supply chains. The platform is also aligned to the GHG Protocol and ISO 14067, along with receiving Carbon Trust certification.
Product Carbon Footprints measure greenhouse gas emissions from farm to shelf. In food production, most emissions originate from agriculture and supply chains, making PCFs a key tool for companies to assess and reduce their climate impact. Standardization of these footprints enables direct comparisons of any product in the food industry, allowing companies to make decisions to decarbonize their supply chains and report climate progress.
“True carbon accountability hinges on standardized, scalable data,” said Nina DePalma, Chief Product Officer at HowGood. “Together with partners like PACT, building on the scale and leadership of Ahold Delhaize, we are making standardized carbon transparency the new normal for the food industry.”
Retail implementation across global operations
Ahold Delhaize has expanded its partnership with HowGood to ensure PACT-conformant carbon transparency across its family of global brands. The international food retailer serves over 70 million customers each week across 9,000 stores, working with tens of thousands of suppliers.
“As an international food retailer, we have both the responsibility and the opportunity to drive climate action across our value chain,” said Grant Sprick, VP Climate & Environment at Ahold Delhaize. “Collaboration with suppliers is key to our decarbonization strategy, and better emissions data helps us focus where it matters most. HowGood’s PACT-compliant carbon transparency enables us to use a shared standard with suppliers, which is critical for achieving our net-zero goals and fostering industry-wide alignment.”
PACT was designed to bring consistency to product-level carbon accounting. The Partnership for Carbon Transparency, hosted by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, drives decarbonization across value chains by standardizing the calculation and exchange of supplier-specific product carbon footprints.
“HowGood’s adoption at this scale proves the standard is ready to operate at the highest levels of the food system and enables major retailers and manufacturers to exchange data with confidence,” said Naama Avni-Kadosh, Director, PACT, WBCSD.
With corporate net-zero timelines approaching and demand for verifiable carbon data rising, standardized, PACT-conformant PCFs are becoming essential for the food industry. The conformance enables manufacturers, retailers, and suppliers to move beyond fragmented calculations to coordinated, measurable emissions reduction.
HowGood operates an independent research company and software-as-a-service sustainability intelligence platform with more than 90,000 agricultural emissions factors. The database helps brands, suppliers, retailers, and restaurants to measure, reduce, and communicate their environmental and social impact through ingredient-level insights into factors including greenhouse gas emissions, biodiversity, labor risk, and animal welfare.
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