It’s hard to find primary EF’s for food, so we are happy to find secondary EF’s in the wrap that fit the product. That’s fine for the inventory! But what about the progress year after year, which we are supposed to make? If we keep on using the secondary EF’s, we can’t show any progress… So, we start promising yearly progress but know that it will take years to make the first intensity progress in Scope 3 Cat 1. (reporting company is demand-side retailer). How to deal with that? Anyone prepared to have a chat on that?
Hi Wouter,
You are correct, tracking emission reduction with secondary EFs is not really possible (unless your reduction strategy is build on 1. changing input materials (e.g. from meat to plant-based) 2. purchasing (and selling) less 3. hoping of the general “greening” of the industry.
If, however you want to pro-actively reduce emissions as a downstream retailer, there will be no way around supply chain engagement in order to obtain primary data from your suppliers.
A first step will be to identify your key products that drive emissions (e.g. for a supermarket retailer meat and dairy products) and reach out to your top suppliers within that segment, requesting PCF-level data (if available).