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How can I use carbon data?

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Written by Lydia Straszim
Updated over 5 months ago

Understanding the carbon footprint of your food purchases and menus allows you to take meaningful steps towards reducing emissions, engaging students and staff, and improving sustainability reporting.

Here are the key ways you can use your carbon data:

1️⃣ Reduce emissions in your menus

Use your carbon footprint insights to identify high-impact ingredients and make targeted reductions.

Learn how to reduce your food emissions →

2️⃣ Engage Students & Staff

Carbon labelling and info-sharing helps inform and nudge behaviour - whether through printed menus, digital signage, or incentives.

3️⃣ Track and report scope 3 emissions

Accurately track emissions from food purchasing and integrate this data into university-wide sustainability reports. This supports net-zero targets, compliance, and institutional reporting.

Understand how carbon data fits into Scope 3 reporting →

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