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Emission factor from Luke v1.09

Cheese, goat cheese, chèvre, 30% fat

Finland · Cradle to distribution gate · Any year

Each kilogram of this food counts as 5.81 kg CO₂e. Luke gives one figure, for use in any year.

Value, cradle to distribution gate

5.81kgCO₂e/kg

Biogenic CO₂ and land use excluded · GWP100 · AR6

One value, for any year

Luke sets no date window, so there is no year to pick.

Reference year 2024

Region
Finland FI
Boundary
Cradle to distribution gate
Data quality
MediumRated by us, not by the source
Licence
Open · CC BY 4.0

Where 5.81 comes from

Published as one number

Luke prints this factor as a single figure, with no parts to add up and no split by gas.

Reporting this kilogram under the GHG Protocol

Scope 3, category 1 5.81

Goods and services you buy are Scope 3, category 1, purchased goods and services.

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Food and agriculture › Animal products · Finland · per kg · Average

Cradle to distribution gate · Excl. biogenic CO₂ · AR6

Boundary
Cradle to distribution gate
Raw materials, inbound transport, manufacturing and outbound transport
GWP method
IPCC AR6, 100-year horizon
As printed by Luke
CO₂e basis
Excl. biogenic CO₂
Not split by gas; CO₂e only
Life cycle
Upstream: coveredProduction: coveredDownstream: partly coveredEnd of life: not covered

Medium quality · Open licence · Any year

What this number covers

What Luke counts in the figure for one kilogram, phase by phase.

  1. Upstream

    • Inbound transport
    • Raw materials
    Included

  2. Production

    • Manufacturing
    Included

  3. Downstream

    • Outbound transport
    Partly included

  4. Your record

    1 kg in your records. The factor is per kg.

    = 5.81

Outside this boundary

  • Retail
  • Use phase
  • Throwing away packaging and leftovers

Luke does not count any of this in the figure for one kilogram.

From Luke's record to a comparable factor

Luke publishes this factor as one record. Here is each field as printed and what open-climate.ai made of it.

About this factor

Luke publishes no description for this food. Its class is Juustot, tuorejuustot.

Source and licence

Publisher
Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)
Library
Luke v1.09
Record
32925
Published
24 September 2024
Status
Product
Open the record at Luke
CC BY 4.0 Open

The values and their metadata are served in full and may be reused with credit to the publisher.

Credit it with this lineLuonnonvarakeskus (Luke), Natural Resources Institute Finland: Ilmastovaikutusaineisto ruokapalvelusektorille (FoodGWP) v1.09, 2024. https://doi.org/10.23729/85b4539f-335a-43d3-812f-ed72f6503164. CC BY 4.0.
A plain reading of the licence, not legal advice. The licence text prevails.

Cite this factor

Luonnonvarakeskus (Luke), Natural Resources Institute Finland: Ilmastovaikutusaineisto ruokapalvelusektorille (FoodGWP) v1.09, 2024. https://doi.org/10.23729/85b4539f-335a-43d3-812f-ed72f6503164. CC BY 4.0. Normalised by open-climate.ai, https://open-climate.ai/factors/libraries/luke/ (CC BY 4.0). https://open-climate.ai/factors/ef-luke-cheese_goat_cheese-fi-kg-cradle_to_distribution_g-83989d1f/?v=efv1-db50c665837d7776a7b051f0994e1705

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