Guidelines for calculating the carbon footprint of food products available on the Danish market

Summary in the original language of the document

There are great political and social concerns about climate change in both production and consumption of food. The 27th session of the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27) has pointed out that there should be a stronger focus on sustainable consumption. The European Union (EU) initiated the Farm-to-Fork strategy, which aims to reduce the climate and environmental impact of the food system. In the food sector, this is in agreement with the decision on climate labelling of food in Denmark to empower consumers in green transitions through making environmentally sustainable choices1. A guideline for calculating food carbon footprints and developing a carbon footprint database is necessary to achieve this goal.
This guideline provides a methodology for calculating the carbon footprints to develop carbon footprint databases of food products. Food products refer to primary agricultural products, aquatic products, processed food products sold in the Danish market, which are produced in or imported by Denmark.