Unibloom integrates the world-leading food database, Agri-footprint, to accelerate streamlining of optimal climate and cost scenario simulations for cross-functional operational teams
London, August 19, 2024 — Unibloom signs license agreement and integrates the world's leading Life Cycle Inventory Database, Agri-footprint, into their Climate Action Platform, to help sustainability & cross-functional teams simplify & streamline real-time climate & cost scenario planning and investment decisions in the Food and Consumer Goods industry.
Agri-footprint covers in depth emissions data on food, feed and agricultural intermediate products for many regions in Europe and the world. Unibloom makes it now possible to simulate complex emissions and cost “what-if?” scenarios with high quality data and assurance in real-time, in minutes, not month!
Unibloom, a pioneering Climate & Financial Simulation & Collaboration Software, with focus on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and financial simulations towards future climate targets in the food and consumer goods industry, has signed a licence agreement with Agri-footprint, one of the world’s top Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) databases, featuring over 4,800 products and processes from 63+ countries. This integration makes it easier for food and consumer goods companies to access the most accurate agri-food data available, simplifying climate scenario planning and decision-making across all teams—not just sustainability departments. With nearly 40% of global emissions coming from this sector, and with mounting pressure from consumers, regulators, and tight profit margins, Unibloom’s platform empowers companies to incorporate data-driven climate insights into everyday operations.
Integrating comprehensive climate data and financial Impact
Unibloom’s platform will leverage Agri-footprint’s extensive and high-quality database, which includes around 4,800 products and processes, to perform automated, forward-looking simulations with simple visualisation as outcome. Agri-footprint’s data is developed using ReCiPe Midpoint H and includes FLAG emission factors for enhanced GHG inventory analysis, ensuring compliance with SBTi FLAG Guidelines.
Since its launch in 2014, Agri-footprint has been utilised for product LCAs, carbon footprinting, hotspot analysis, and more. It has been widely accepted by the food industry, LCA and scientific communities, and governmental institutions. The database incorporates Land Use Change (LUC) impacts calculated using linear discounting and differentiates GHG emissions from Land Management, aligning with emerging SBTi FLAG methodologies.
Breaking down silos and engaging all teams
Unibloom’s forward-looking and easy-to-use platform will integrate these comprehensive data insights, enabling companies to move beyond traditional SBTi targets and climate plans isolated to sustainability teams. It facilitates the embedding of climate considerations into operational planning across all departments, including transportation, innovation, manufacturing, energy, procurement, and packaging.
The platform’s user-friendly visualisations make complex climate data accessible, enabling all teams to engage with sustainability initiatives. It supports robust business cases, adaptive planning, and effective responses to changes in targets, budgets, and regulations, helping companies plan for the next 5-10 years and adapt along the way.
“We’re excited to bring Agri-footprint’s extensive database into Unibloom. This rich source of secondary data helps sustainability managers and their cross-functional partners like country managers, innovation, supply chain and procurement, customers & suppliers, quickly identify potential changes and test ideas. By combining this with primary data from suppliers, we can offer our customers more accurate and actionable insights. This integration eliminates the need for complex spreadsheets and costly external support, making it easier and more cost-effective for companies to make informed climate decisions and adapt the scenarios every time a new decision or change is impacting the plan.” - says Unibloom’s LCA & Simulation expert Vladi Boroday.
About Unibloom
Unibloom provides user-friendly software for Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and financial scenario simulations, specifically designed for the food and consumer goods industries. These industries stand for almost 40 % of the worlds total emissions and need to reduce their footprint by nearly 50% to 2030 while also balancing growth and profit goals—a difficult task with the current fragmented tools available.
Unibloom's integrated platform helps sustainability managers and cross-functional teams stay on track with the Paris Agreement and build scenarios for optimal pathway towards SBTi targets. It simplifies the process of identifying, simulating scenarios and prioritising the most impactful solutions to achieve both climate and business goals more efficiently, affordably, and transparently. The platform automates complex calculations and integrates climate and financial data into easy-to-understand visuals, making strategic planning smoother. It also helps connect different departments and align operations with Science-Based Targets (SBTi) and climate goals, ensuring a clear path to 2030 and beyond.
Unibloom is trusted by partners and customers like Scandi Standard, GoodPop, and Unilever.
About Agri-footprint
Agri-footprint is a LCI database comprised of secondary data covering more than 4,800 datasets from 63+ countries, representing the global food market. It primarily covers agricultural commodity production, processing, and market mixes of relevant products.
The key industry they cover is in feed: including grains, amino acids, vitamins, minerals, food: including ingredients relevant for food producers and biomaterials:, including biofuels, palm oil, straw, et cetera.
For more information, please contact:
Anna Sandgren
CEO & Co-founder Unibloom
+44 7717 64 64 03
Unibloom World
Want to learn more? calendly.com/anna-sandgren or anna.sandgren@unibloom.world
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