Summary
Poore's 2018 work presents a comprehensive Excel-based life-cycle assessment model quantifying environmental impacts across food and drink products. The model integrates data on greenhouse gas emissions, land use, water consumption, and other environmental stressors across the food supply chain. This resource has served as a foundational dataset for comparative food system assessments and environmental policy discussions, though specific findings depend on the product categories and impact categories modelled.
UK applicability
The environmental impact data and comparative framework are directly applicable to UK food policy, nutrition labelling schemes, and procurement decisions. However, UK-specific farming practices, supply chain configurations, and transportation distances may differ from global averages embedded in the model, requiring contextual interpretation for domestic policy application.
Key measures
Life-cycle environmental impact metrics including greenhouse gas emissions (kg CO₂-eq), land use (m²), freshwater use (litres), eutrophication potential, and acidification potential across food and drink product categories
Outcomes reported
The study presents a comprehensive Excel-based model quantifying life-cycle environmental impacts (greenhouse gas emissions, land use, water use, eutrophication, acidification) across a broad range of food and drink products. The model enables comparative assessment of environmental burdens across different food categories from production through consumption.
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