The Global Sustainable Transition Alliance (GSTA) is creating an international GHG product footprinting standard for the global food and beverage sector.

The new international standard aims to move sector to standardise on clear product footprints and towards reducing negative environmental impacts. WRAP and WUR are now calling on businesses to join the alliance.

Initially focusing on GHG emissions, GSTA will align and conform with major frameworks such as the GHG Protocol, SBTi, PACT, ISO and PEF adding a high level of specificity and detail, to enable genuinely comparable product footprints, regardless of who is calculating them.

This development of a single footprinting global standard will save the food and beverage sector time, money and deliver consistent data reporting. Its development is supported by international NGOs including Consumers International and also the Partnership for Carbon Transparency (PACT), which is an initiative hosted by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD).

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