Understand the data sets anticipated by the producers
In the table below you have an overview of the datasets anticipated. We have listed them here in order for you to get a grip of the type of data you need to prepare before you can report.
| Datasets* | Data fields | Description |
| GENERAL |
- Name of product - Type of product - Country of production - Your processing/storage country - Ship to country - Pick-up country
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Country of production - Where the last substantial transformation of the final product took place. Bottling, Labeling, Packaging is not considered as such. Processing and storage Country - Where your organization process, handles, or interact with the product in any way.
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INGREDIENTS |
- List of ingredients | List all the ingredients used to produce one batch of the final product. |
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PACKAGING |
- Name - Type - Weight- Net Content - Country of purchase |
By default, the PCF from packaging is calculated based on country of production. If you know the specific information about the packaging material used for this product, add it, this will replace the default estimations. You can add as many materials as needed. |
| TRANSPORT |
- From/To - Mode of transport - Fuel type - Distance - Refrigerated – Yes/No |
By default, the PCF from transport is calculated based on country of production and ship-to. If you know the specific transportation routes for this product, please add them below. This will replace the default estimations. If you have multiple ship-to countries, provide primary data for each individually. |
| ENERGY |
- Energy type - Energy: kWh/kg of output |
Please add specific information about the energy used in the production or any kind of handling of this product that your organization is responsible for. Added energy data is based on your selected processing/storage country. |
| VOLUMES |
- Sales volumes: tonne/year - Year |
Table: Overview of all datasets expected from production and processing. *Datasets are organized by the tabs in the CarbonCloud platform.
Prepare data for the platform
The CarbonCloud platform is a general platform available for many different products, not only for the beverage industry. This is the reason why some data needs to be converted and some terms needs further explanation.
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Converting Energy Units to kWh
In the CarbonCloud platform the energy use must be submitted in kWh. However, for some energy types you might have the consumption data in other units such as liter.
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Allocation Principles
Allocation is the process of distributing environmental impacts among products or co-products from a shared process (e.g., cultivation, sourcing, manufacturing, packaging, transport).
Common allocation methods include:
- Mass-based – impacts divided by product weight. Is suitable for co-productions, i.e comparable products such as beverages.
- Energy-based – based on energy content. Is probably not applicable, as this type of allocation is only used for the production and sale of different types of energy.
- Economic – based on market value. Should only be used for by-products, where the by-product has a positive economic value but is significantly lower than the main product (barley vs. straw, wine vs. grape marc sold for spirit production).
ISO standards* classify allocation as physical (mass or energy) or economic, and the chosen method should reflect actual physical relationships or economic drivers. Physical/mass-based allocation is the preferred allocation method.