About the calculations and results

About the calculations

The model used to measure the product carbon footprint is built exclusively for Scandi Standard, which owns Danpo, and the calculations are based on primary data from the organization when available. For data that is not available, estimates or secondary data have been used in accordance with standard practice and the international standard used. The Carbon Trust, who carried out the measurements for us, has 20 years of experience and is a recognized, trusted and experienced specialist in climate calculations.

Life cycle stages included in the calculations:

- Growing crops for feed, including land use change (LUC factor)

- Feed production

- Parent bird breeding

- Hatching

- Breeding

- Slaughter and processing

- Packaging and packing

- Distribution and distribution

- Retail and sales

- Usage (on your premises) - for example, the power needed to cool the fridge for product storage and for cooking - as well as average food waste and packaging disposal

The analysis is from farm to fork and is more advanced than many other calculations on the market (which often only cover farm to fork, sometimes excluding packaging). The calculations include the so-called LUC factor, which means that the climate impact of land use change after soy production, for example, is included. This is not the case in many other calculations on the market and has a significant impact on the result.

About the results

We know, based on other studies, that chicken is generally a protein source with a relatively low carbon footprint. Figures from e.g. "The Big Climate Database, version 1.2" show that chicken meat averages 3.27 kg CO2e/per kg, compared to e.g. pork averaging 4.69 kg CO2e/per kg and beef averaging 74.84 kg CO2e/per kg.

Carbon Trust calculations of our Danish Family Farms products show an average of 9.10 kg CO2e/kg product. The results vary between 1.66 kg CO2e/kg and 13.70 kg CO2e/kg product. Note, however, that for several reasons this cannot be directly compared with figures from e.g. "The Big Climate Database". The Carbon Trust calculations include the entire value chain (farm to fork) and use slow growing chickens. Kg of CO2 is given per kg of product, with emissions allocated to the different cuts using a mass-economic allocation in accordance with standard practice for PCF calculations. Mass-economic allocation is also used to allocate emissions from live bird weight to slaughter weight.

Feed production, especially soy, accounts for by far the largest climate impact. The impact of our direct operations in the form of slaughterhouse operations and processing contributes only a few percent of the total climate impact of our products.

- Farming including all feed production, hatching and breeding - 86.5%

- Slaughtering and processing - 3%.

- Distribution, retail, sales including packaging - 5%

- Use phase and preparation - 5.5%

Based on our calculations, the key challenge is related to the soy in chicken feed. The long-term goal is to reduce and replace imported soy with other, local protein sources. Scandi Standard, which owns Danpo, runs projects together with feed specialists to produce new feed where soy has been replaced with locally grown crops with lower climate and environmental impact.

We are also members of RTRS - Round Table on Repsonsible Soy.