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Food and beverage companies are under increasing pressure from investors, regulators and customers to prove credible climate performance. With up to 90% of emissions sitting in the supply chain, understanding and managing Scope 3 emissions has become mission-critical for compliance with frameworks such as CSRD, SBTi, and CDP.
That’s exactly why we’ve partnered with HowGood, the world’s largest food product sustainability database. Together, we’re making it faster, easier and more credible for food and beverage businesses to measure, manage and reduce their emissions across the full value chain.
Scope 3 has long been the blind spot in emissions reporting. For food and beverage companies, it’s also where most of the environmental impact lies – from raw ingredients to processing, packaging and logistics.
With HowGood’s 90,000+ agricultural emission factors now integrated into the 51-0 platform, businesses can access ingredient-level carbon data across every product, supplier and site.
That means:
Whether you’re preparing for CSRD, SBTi, or CDP, this level of granularity helps you move beyond compliance and into meaningful action – combining sustainable ingredient sourcing with data-driven accountability.
This isn’t just data integration. It’s a full-stack sustainability solution that combines:
The 51-0 platform automates data collection, applies verified emission factors, and generates audit-ready inventories with a full traceable history. Compared with traditional consultancy-heavy models, clients achieve around 42% resource savings while gaining a more actionable view of their carbon impact.
Clients like Vestey Holdings are already using this partnership to accelerate their decarbonisation plans, combining sector-specific insights with a powerful climate management system.
Vestey, a global food supply and distribution company, faced the challenge of tracking emissions across 16 international businesses. Through the 51-0 platform, Vestey gained visibility at both site and group levels, using geographically specific emission factors to ensure accuracy.
This capability allows food and beverage companies to turn complex supply chains into structured, measurable pathways to Scope 3 reduction.
As Michael Streitberger, Head of Partnerships at HowGood, puts it:
“This partnership isn’t for box-checkers – it’s for true climate leaders. By combining HowGood’s granular emissions data with 51-0’s platform and advisory expertise, we’re empowering companies to go beyond compliance and take action that sets a new benchmark for the industry.”
Food and beverage businesses are navigating a fast-evolving sustainability landscape – and compliance expectations are rising.
The 51-0 x HowGood integration supports full alignment with leading disclosure frameworks. Every data point entered into the platform is validated through AI-driven anomaly detection, peer benchmarking, and expert review.
This creates CSRD-ready reporting that is audit-proof, transparent and consistent across multiple business units, whether measuring at the product, site or supplier level.
Spreadsheet-driven, consultancy-heavy models can’t scale to match the growing pressure for transparent emissions data. This partnership changes that.
It gives sustainability and procurement teams the tools to generate scalable, product-level carbon footprints and convert them into costed reduction strategies – all in one place.
As Richard Davis, CEO at 51-0, explains:
“This is about giving food and beverage companies a cost-efficient way to decarbonise with confidence. With HowGood, we’re offering the most advanced scope 3 emissions toolkit in the market, directly integrated into our leading technology platform and embedded in the wider enterprise footprint.”
Most emissions in food and beverage come from ingredients and agricultural inputs. By integrating HowGood’s 90,000+ agricultural emission factors into the 51-0 platform, businesses can automatically generate ingredient-level carbon footprints that cover Scope 3 categories such as purchased goods, transport and packaging.
Ingredient-level visibility allows companies to identify high-impact ingredients, such as dairy or palm oil, and prioritise reduction efforts where they will make the biggest difference. It also supports CSRD and SBTi alignment by providing verifiable, auditable data.
The 51toCarbonZero x HowGood integration supports leading disclosure standards including CSRD, CDP, and SBTi. The platform produces audit-ready inventories and aligns directly with the GHG Protocol, ensuring global compliance.
By automating data collection and analysis, clients typically save around 42% in resources compared with traditional consultancy-heavy models. This includes reduced time spent on data reconciliation and fewer audit queries.
From ingredient producers and processors to distributors and retailers, any company seeking to measure and manage Scope 3 supply chain emissions at product level will benefit – particularly those preparing for CSRD or customer-driven ESG reporting.
This is just the beginning. Our shared roadmap includes enhancements to scenario planning, ROI modelling, and supplier engagement – helping food and beverage companies transform climate ambition into action.
To learn more about how we help clients in the food and beverage sector measure, manage and reduce their emissions, visit our Food & Beverage Sustainability page
or contact our team to request a demo.