Scale LCA for Food and Beverages

Product footprints for every product on the shelf. Meet retailer data requests through PEF-aligned methods

Industry Challenges

Food companies face more footprint requests than any other sector, from retailers, investors and regulators at once.

Farm data is scarce and variable

Agriculture typically drives most of a food product’s footprint. Generic averages hide the gains from better sourcing, so your supplier work never shows up in the numbers.

Thousands of products and variants

Recipes, pack sizes and seasonal sourcing change constantly. A static LCA per product is outdated before it’s published.

Claims are under legal scrutiny

EU rules ban generic green claims and carbon-neutral claims based on offsets. Every claim now needs a defensible, product-level basis.

How LiveCycle AI Solves This

Recipe-to-footprint automation

Import recipes and BOMs from your ERP or PLM. LiveCycle maps every ingredient to the right dataset and builds a full cradle-to-grave model per SKU in minutes.

Collect unstructured farm-level data through our supplier engagement modules, and replace secondary averages as it arrives. Your regenerative and sourcing programmes finally show in the results.

Back every claim with evidence

Generate PEF-aligned LCAs and product carbon footprints with full traceability, data quality ratings and reviewer access. LiveCycle flags when recipe or sourcing changes affect your results, so your claims stay accurate.

Applicable Standards & Frameworks

Calculate and report across leading food standards and frameworks

PEF and PEFCRs

EU Product Environmental Footprint method, with category rules for products such as dairy, beer, pasta, packed water and pet food

ISO 14040/44

International principles and requirements for conducting, reporting and reviewing life cycle assessments.

ISO 14067

International requirements for quantifying and reporting product carbon footprints based on LCA principles.

SBTi FLAG

Science-based target guidance requiring food and beverage companies to set separate targets for land-related emissions.

EU Empowering Consumers Directive

EU rules that ban unsubstantiated generic environmental claims and offset-based neutrality claims.

Integrated LCA Databases

Access environmental data from leading sources

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about LCA for construction materials

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