Climate Footprint Challenge

Here for your product climate footprint ad? So are we!

First off, we’re glad you’re here because it means you care as much as we do about the planet and how the products we make impact the environment.

You being here also means you’re as committed to sustainability and transparency as we are and you want everyone to know the climate impact that producing milk has, so kudos to you!

Below you’ll find our simple and intuitive Application for Free PCF Advertising, with just 72 easy steps to follow. Thank you for your interest in receiving a free donated ad* and we look forward to featuring your PCF number soon.

(See how we calculated our own PCF number.)

APPLICATION FOR POTENTIAL FREE PRODUCT CLIMATE FOOTRPINT ADVERTISING

Your name:Company name:Company Location:Product you want a free PCF ad for:

Preferred free advertising medium:

billboard

great job! you’re only 63 steps and 4 short form essays away from finishing!

Now all that’s left to do is verify the credibility, rigor and accuracy of how you arrived at your product’s PCF number. Help us get to know all the processes, procedures, methodologies and assessments you employed!

Product and Unit Size the PCF was conducted for:Name of THIRD-PARTY company that verified your PCF analysis:Dates of your PCF:Country, State(s) and/or Region covered by your PCF:Defined goal of your PCF:

Does your PCF report include the following (check all that apply):

Functional unit

System boundary

Temporal boundary

Geographical boundary

Targeted audience

Software used

Data method used

Was your PCF report (referenced above) published anywhere? If so, please include links or documentation below:

Did you collect all the data needed for a PCF across the desired system boundaries
(i.e., grower to grocer, cradle to grave, etc.)?

Yes

Does it include climate-carbon feedback (a.k.a global warming potential effects)
effects given by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change?

Yes

What type of allocation did you use? (please describe here)What was your procedure if the economic value of byproducts is unknown? (please describe here)What are your cut-off criteria? (please list here)

Which Environmental Impacts were measured in your LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) / PCF calculation?
SELECT AT LEAST ONE BELOW:

Climate Change

Fine particulate matter

Terrestrial Acidification

Freshwater eutrophication

Marine eutrophication

Water consumption

MINERAL RESOURCE SCARCITY

land use

Fossil resource scarcity

AWESOME! JUST 35 STEPS UNTIL YOUR APPLICATION IS DONE!

What methods did you use to calculate your PCF? (300 words max)

components of all primary packaging materials

production of all primary packaging materials

transportation of all primary packaging materials to the factory(ies)

secondary packaging materials

production of all secondary packaging materials

transportation of all secondary packaging materials to the factory(ies)

Do you know the country of (check all that apply):

manufacturing for your ingredients

origin for your ingredients

manufacturing for your primary packaging materials

origin for your primary packaging materials

manufacturing for your secondary packaging materials

origin for your secondary packaging materials

Does your climate footprint calculation account for (check all that apply):

transportation from the origin to supplier of 99%+ ingredients

transportation from the supplier to the factory of 99%+ ingredients

Does it include emissions from (check all that apply):

carbon dioxide (CO2)

methane (CH4)

nitrous oxide (N2O)

Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6)

What other GHG (Greenhouse Gases) does your climate footprint unit include? (please list below)

Almost there, only 15 steps left!

What methods did you use to evaluate your emission factors? (300 words max)

Do your emission factors include emissions from (check all that apply):

N2O emissions from manure management

CH4 emissions from manure management

CH4 emissions from enteric fermentation of ruminants

CO2 from feed production

N2O from feed production

CH4 from feed production

CO2 from feed grazing

N2O from feed grazing

Does your PCF show up on your (check all that apply):

packaging

website

social channels

Write a short essay on why you believe product climate transparency is important (500 words max)

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