GreenGrocer

The GreenGrocer project invests in fundamental research, standardisation, and usability to advance key food LCA platforms inlcuding Trase, HESTIA, FABIO, Eora, EXIOBASE, and the CoolFarm tool.

Partners

Mission

GreenGrocer is driven by a fundamental mission: to accelerate the transition to a sustainable European food system through robust, accessible, and actionable environmental footprint data. We recognize that the current science underlying food footprint life cycle assessment (LCA) databases remains too incomplete, coarse, and dated for practical use by industry, policymakers, and consumers.

Our mission centers on three critical pillars. First, we fill persistent blindspots in food footprint knowledge by expanding coverage of EU food system impacts on eutrophication, deforestation, and climate through global supply chain traceability, while quantifying underexplored impacts of aquatic foods and assessing the mitigation potential of food distribution, cold chains, and novel foods.

Second, we make foundation-strengthening investments in key open-source food data platforms—including Trase.earth, HESTIA, FABIO, Eora, EXIOBASE, and the CoolFarm tool—towards full compliance with the EU's Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) standards. This ensures that the tools driving sustainable decisions are both scientifically rigorous and practically accessible.

Third, we convene multi-stakeholder dialogue between food system researchers, industry, and regulators to identify priority pain points and support effective regulation. By bridging the gap between scientific knowledge and real-world application, we enable evidence-based decision-making across the entire food value chain.

Through this comprehensive approach, GreenGrocer aims to transform how we understand, measure, and manage the environmental impacts of our food systems, ultimately supporting the EU's transition to a more sustainable and resilient food future.

Context

Robust and accurate food footprint data is needed to inform the sustainable food system transition. Yet the science underlying food footprint life cycle assessment (LCA) databases remains too incomplete, coarse, and dated for practical use. GreenGrocer invests in fundamental improvements in key food LCA platforms include Trase.earth, HESTIA, FABIO, Eora, EXIOBASE, and the CoolFarm tool.