Leading companies and trade groups in the beverage industry have clubbed together to draw up guidance for greenhouse gas (GHG).
Big names from across the industry from Diageo to the Coca-Cola Company and the American Beverage Association joined the BIER to develop the united approach to GHG reporting.
The new document built on existing global protocols including the Greenhouse Gas Protocol and Publically Available Specification 2050 to develop guidance specifically for the beverage sector.
BIER has no specific targets related to the number of companies or the percentage of the industry that will use the new guidance document.
But the group, which has attracted 16 of the biggest global beverage company, hopes that the document will help the industry avoid problems down the line associated with disjointed efforts.
According to BIER, the absence of a united approach could lead to complications such as competing or incompatible methodologies, accounting practices not aligned with emerging legislation, more limited influence on emerging regulation, and/or confusing and potentially misleading product carbon labels.
BIER said that by using the new guidance to report GHG emissions, beverage companies can meet growing demands from customers seeking more environmentally-friendly products and governments looking to regulate and incentivize industry to reduce emissions.
Carbonated soft drinks using large volume of greenhouse gas (CO2) as the fizzing ingredient. Although consumer is still unaware or not focus into the matter yet. Apparently, the producers have foreseen the implication and possible reaction from the more and more environmental conscious public.
Carbon credits and GHG issue has been focusing on heavy industries emition. But beverages not only carbonated soft drink has the gas, beer, wine, whisky, etc emit CO2 during fermentation process.
Reference: http://www.foodproductiondaily.com/Processing/Beverage-industry-publishes-environmental-reporting-guidance
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