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- Small Business (11-50 people)
- Medium Business (51-250 people)
- Large Business (250+ people)
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Core Features
Planet FWD’s methodology combines corporate greenhouse-gas inventories with attributional, ISO-aligned product LCAs. The platform is positioned for consumer goods where Scope 3 dominates, and it is listed as conformant with the WBCSD PACT framework for product carbon data exchange. Some of its main features are:
Product LCA at speed: AI-assisted LCAs with farm-level modeling and real-time scenario views, so R&D can test ingredient, processing, and packaging changes quickly.
Corporate inventory (Scopes 1–3): GHG Protocol-aligned measurements that integrate product data; supports reporting to CDP and SBTi target setting.
Scope 3 decarbonization: Supplier-level insights and hotspot mapping; invite suppliers to run LCAs or share primary data to move beyond spend-based estimates.
PACT-aligned PCF exchange: Conformant with PACT so brands can calculate and exchange product-carbon footprints consistently across value chains.
Scenario analysis & planning: Compare reduction levers—e.g., ingredient swaps, packaging formats, logistics changes, or on-farm practices—and quantify the impact.
Claims & reporting support: Produce audit-ready outputs and guidance for disclosures/claims (e.g., CDP, SBTi contexts) to reduce greenwashing risk.
Closing Insights
Planet FWD differentiates itself by centering rigorous, ISO-aligned LCAs and a “physical inventory” of activity/supplier data rather than spend-based estimates, yielding decision-ready product insights where Scope 3 dominates. It also emphasizes interoperability, including PACT conformance for exchanging product carbon footprints.
Use cases show range across industries. Just Salad, a fast-casual restaurant brand, uses Planet FWD to calculate ingredient- and menu-level footprints and to carbon-label menus in stores and online—bringing product LCAs directly to point of sale. Ritual, a consumer health company, applies the platform to trace ingredients, run LCAs across its portfolio, and inform low-emissions choices in new product development.
Notable recent developments include formal PACT conformance and new partnerships aimed at faster, decision-ready data in the market—for example, work with Pure Strategies and with The Fresh Factory to integrate Planet FWD’s LCA/inventory tools into strategy and operations.
For organizations comparing platforms, Planet FWD may be worth considering if you need product-level specificity to guide design, sourcing, and supplier engagement, while still rolling up to audit-ready corporate inventories and disclosures at scale.