the challenge

Up to 90% of your product's footprint
is agricultural. Almost none of it is in your ERP.

The bulk of the food industry's emissions aren't hiding in factories. They're distributed across thousands of farms, suppliers, and ingredients. Most of them upstream, outside your operational boundary, and invisible in your purchasing data.

Measuring at the product level means modeling that complexity at scale, with methodology auditors accept and business leaders can act on.

~90%

of a food product's footprint comes from agriculture

15 categories

of Scope 3 emissions to track and report

$25 K

typical starting cost for a single cradle-to-gate LCA

6 weeks

average length of time it takes for a single product-level LCA

Why Carbon Maps

Built for the
hardest part of product-level assessments.

Generalist platforms see one ingredient where we see a supply chain, demand perfect data where we model what's missing, and stop at carbon where we go further.

01 - Built for complex supply chains

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Agricultural
expertise built in.

Supply chains rooted in agriculture are among the most complex to model: long, opaque, and highly variable. Carbon Maps is purpose-built for this reality, with emission factors, methodologies, and data models that reflect the true complexity of food and agriculture supply chains.

02 - Value on day one

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Granular assessments from day one.

Most tools require months of data collection before they can produce anything credible. Carbon Maps generates granular product-level assessments from your minimum viable data, then improves automatically as supplier data flows in, so decisions don't wait for perfect data.

03 - Multi-indicator

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Beyond carbon, across every environmental KPI.

Carbon is only part of the picture. Carbon Maps calculates full life cycle assessments, covering water use, land use, biodiversity impact, and more, so your environmental reporting goes deeper without adding complexity for your team.

The platform

Four principles built into every product-level assessment by Carbon Maps.

01 · Compliant

Meet the standards
your stakeholders
already require.

Carbon Maps assessments are aligned with ISO 14040 and 14044, PACT, and PEF methodologies—the frameworks your customers, retailers, and suppliers already use. Every calculation is audit-ready and comparable, so your disclosures hold up to scrutiny wherever they land.

ISO 14040 / 14044

PACT V3 (Pathfinder) conformant

EU PEF methodology

Third-party auditable trails

Carbon Maps methodology compliance check interface verifying alignment with ISO 14044, ISO 14067, PACT, and EU PEF standards.

Carbon Maps platform interface showing automated supplier emission data propagation across ingredients and product SKUs.

02 · coherent

Every update,
reflected across
your entire portfolio.

When new supplier or customer data becomes available, Carbon Maps propagates that improvement across every affected product and supply chain. No manual reconciliation, no version-control headaches, just a methodology that stays consistent as your data matures.

Automatic propagation of new data

Versioned calculation history

Portfolio-wide recalculation in minutes

03 · Complete

Life Cycle Assessments at scale, whatever your starting point.

Most tools stall when data is incomplete. Carbon Maps delivers granular life cycle assessments whether your supply chain data is complete, partial, or missing, so you can start measuring today and refine as your visibility grows.

2 000 000+ product and packaging LCAs calculated

34 000+ emission factors

Intelligent data gap-filling

Learn the importance of calculating Product Carbon Footprints →

Carbon Maps product carbon footprint interface displaying emission calculations and primary vs. reference data coverage for a food item.

Carbon Maps AI interface automatically matching food product ingredients to emission factor database items.

04 · AI-driven

From ingredients to
emission factors,
automatically.

Generic tools assign a single emission factor to a finished product and call it done. Carbon Maps decomposes every product into its ingredients, packaging, and processing steps, and matches an emission factor to each one. AI makes it possible across thousands of products at once.

Component-level matching: ingredients, packaging, processing, transport

Confidence scoring on every match

Human-in-the-loop review queue

What our customers say

Chosen by companies that don't compromise on methodology.

Beyond the platform itself, their team helped structure our data and provided a rigorous, actionable methodology while adapting to the specificities of our products.

Florian Trohay

Deputy Director of Sustainability · Sodiaal

Carbon Maps’ platform allows us to make carbon data a key element in our exchanges with upstream suppliers and downstream customers, enabling us to make decisions that take this important issue into account.

Amélie Riou

Sustainability Manager · Transgourmet France

Trust & compliance

Aligned with the standards that matter.

PACT

Pathfinder Framework V3, the cross-industry standard for exchanging product carbon data.

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ISO 14040/44/67

Declared compliant with international standards for life cycle assessment principles and requirements.

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TÜV Rheinland

Independent third-party validation confirming Carbon Maps' PCF calculation methodology meets the requirements of PACT V3 and the TfS PCF Guideline.

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EU PEF

Developed by the European Commission. Uses cradle-to-grave LCA covering 16 impact categories including climate.

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FAQ

Everything you need to know about product-level footprints.

Still have questions?
Our team can walk you through the methodology, data ingestion, and deployment plan in a dedicated call.

What is LCA in the food industry?

A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) measures the full environmental impact of afood product from cradle to grave — including farming practices, production,packaging, transport, consumption, and end-of-life. It covers multipleindicators such as carbon emissions, water use, and land use. A ProductCarbon Footprint (PCF) is a specific outcome of an LCA, focusing only ongreenhouse gas emissions (CO₂e). It's particularly useful for climate reporting,supply chain engagement, and setting science-based targets. In short: everyPCF is based on LCA methodology.

How can food companies scale LCAs and PCFs across large product portfolios?

With traditional methods, running LCAs or PCFs across hundreds of SKUs is time-consuming. Software like Carbon Maps automates the process, allowing brands, manufacturers, retailers, and foodservice players to calculate carbon footprints and other environmental impacts consistently across thousands of products. This ensures both LCAs and PCFs are reliable, comparable, and fast to produce.

What makes Carbon Maps different from other LCA or PCF tools?

Carbon Maps combines product- and ingredient-level granularity at scale. Our platform generates both comprehensive LCAs (multi-impact) and granular PCFs (carbon-only) across entire product portfolios. All outputs align with international standards such as ISO 14040, 14044, and 14067 as well as the EU Product Environmental Footprint (PEF).

Can I use Carbon Maps without complete supplier data?

Yes. By leveraging a growing database of over 34,000 emission factors and Carbon Maps' ability to automatically model complex supply chains, our platform can fill in data gaps, match similar emissions categories and life cycle stages, and generate auditable assessments at the product level, making it possible to assess environmental impact at scale in a cost-effective way.

Product-level carbon footprints and LCAs at scale.

Up to 90% of your product's footprint
is agricultural. Almost none of it is in your ERP.

Built for the
hardest part of product-level assessments.

Four principles built into every product-level assessment by Carbon Maps.

Chosen by companies that don't compromise on methodology.

Aligned with the standards that matter.

Everything you need to know about product-level footprints.

Learn more about how Carbon Maps carries out Product-level Assessments at Scale

The French Eco-Score for Food: What It Is, How It's Calculated, and How Carbon Maps Is Making It a Reality at Scale

How Carbon Maps' PCF Calculation Methodology for the Food Industry Was Built to Be Trusted

How to Use a Product Carbon Footprint in the Food Industry: A Complete Guide 2026

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Product-level carbon footprints and LCAs at scale.

Up to 90% of your product's footprintis agricultural. Almost none of it is in your ERP.

Built for thehardest part of product-level assessments.

Four principles built into every product-level assessment by Carbon Maps.

Chosen by companies that don't compromise on methodology.

Aligned with the standards that matter.

Everything you need to know about product-level footprints.

Learn more about how Carbon Maps carries out Product-level Assessments at Scale

The French Eco-Score for Food: What It Is, How It's Calculated, and How Carbon Maps Is Making It a Reality at Scale

How Carbon Maps' PCF Calculation Methodology for the Food Industry Was Built to Be Trusted

How to Use a Product Carbon Footprint in the Food Industry: A Complete Guide 2026

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Up to 90% of your product's footprint
is agricultural. Almost none of it is in your ERP.

Built for the
hardest part of product-level assessments.