CREDIT : IXXXX but accuracy , consistency and trust around the process is not where it might be , mainly because there is no standardised approach .
The main issues here are a lack of robust environmental data from supply chains and a clear understanding of how product level footprinting is conducted and reported across the chain .
Like many governments in the wake of successive COP conferences , the UK government talked of introducing a mandatory system of Scope 3 emission reporting for all major food companies , but thus far this has failed to materialise .
According to the UN Global Compact , Scope 3 emissions
account for
70 % of average
total emissions worldwide
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