The BIER members built on existing global protocols to develop sector-specific guidance to bring consistency in GHG accounting methodology across the beverage industry.
Specifically, BIER used The Greenhouse Gas Protocol and Publically Available Specification 2050 as foundation protocols for enterprise inventory accounting and product carbon footprinting, respectively.
Included in the Sector Guidance are appendices on maturation of beverage alcohol, beverage retail and home refrigeration, transportation logistics and product distribution, and recycling allocation.
Stakeholders, including World Resources Institute and Carbon Trust, participated in a formal review of the Sector Guidance and provided comments.
The methodology which incorporates inputs from the BIER member companies is expected to help beverage companies develop an actionable information about GHG emissions across the entire product value chain.
David Walker, director of environmental sustainability at PepsiCo, said: ”The BIER Sector Guidance document places our industry in the forefront of corporations that are seeking to act in a socially responsible manner.
”By using this document to communicate consistently and transparently to our consumers, governments, investors, and other stakeholders, we are setting the standard for uniform enterprise and product-level carbon emission reporting.”
