Overview on Capability of LCA Databases in Providing Carbon Calculators with the Required Data to Measure GHG Emission of the Food Sector
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Food sector has a considerable contribution in producing GHG emissions. In order to respond to self-imposed or mandated emission-reduction targets, businesses and other entities in this sector increasingly measure and report their GHG emissions. LCA databases, as providers of inventory data for Carbon Calculators have an important role in helping to develop more complete and accurate tools to measure and report GHG emissions produced by the food sector.
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