HowGood and Green Project Technologies have announced a strategic partnership to provide integrated carbon footprinting and supplier engagement across food and non-food supply chains, addressing a gap in comprehensive Scope 3 emissions measurement.
The collaboration will combine HowGood’s agricultural emissions database and product carbon footprinting capabilities with Green Project Technologies’ supply chain decarbonization platform covering packaging, logistics, operations and services. Food and non-food suppliers across industries, including food and beverage, hospitality, and grocery retail, are among those primed to benefit from this solution.
This comes as increasing Scope 3 disclosure requirements and corporate decarbonization commitments become more prevalent across supply chains, requiring more granular emissions data. Organizations subject to regulatory reporting frameworks including the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and Science Based Targets initiative require comprehensive supplier emissions data to meet compliance obligations.
“Supplier engagement is where decarbonization happens,” said Sam Stark, founder and CEO at Green Project Technologies. “Together with HowGood, we support a more comprehensive approach enabling procurement and sustainability teams to prioritize the right suppliers, deploy engagement workflows that match supplier needs and streamline data collection and reporting.”
Addressing food ingredient measurement challenges
Under the partnership, HowGood will power supplier engagement for food and beverage suppliers using its Carbon Trust-certified footprinting methodology to generate supplier-specific product carbon footprints. Green Project Technologies will extend supplier engagement, measurement and decarbonization across non-agricultural supply chain components.
The platform will provide visibility across supplier networks from farm inputs and ingredients through packaging, logistics, operations and services. An integrated approach aims to strengthen Scope 3 reporting with higher-quality primary data while improving audit readiness and enabling more accurate product footprints with reduced manual effort.
“As expectations for Scope 3 disclosure and reduction intensify, organizations must address the reality that food ingredients often represent a significant percentage of their carbon footprint — yet remain the most complex and difficult variables to accurately measure,” said Alexander Gillet, CEO at HowGood.
Food ingredients present particular measurement challenges due to variability in agricultural practices, geographic sourcing and processing methods. HowGood operates a database of more than 90,000 agricultural emission factors and has generated over 12 million custom product carbon footprints using farm-level data.
Supplier engagement tools and data collection
The solution will help organizations identify which suppliers, materials and processes offer the greatest opportunities for emissions reduction. Suppliers of varying sizes can be engaged using tools designed for accessibility, supported by training and resources to build internal capabilities.
The platform approach addresses the challenge that procurement and sustainability teams face when managing diverse supplier bases that span agricultural commodities, packaging materials, logistics services and operational inputs. Different supplier categories typically require different data collection methodologies and engagement strategies.
“By combining our farm-level footprinting with Green Project’s expanded reach to non-agricultural commodities, we can help companies with diverse supply systems move beyond estimates and truly tackle reduction,” Gillet said.
