With food creating 26% of global greenhouse gas emissions, a UK food-tech startup has opened its platform for free, helping the industry further understand the carbon impact of their produce.

Foodsteps uses its innovative platform to offer data and communication solutions for food businesses looking to measure, report, reduce and communicate their food's environmental impact. Over the last year, Foodsteps has worked with household names such as Gousto, AllPlants, Bupa and Wagamama.

The free access to the platform includes the ability to see the impact across the entire life cycle of food products, enabling businesses to add up to five recipes, or food items, and receive instant sustainability data. 

Founder and CEO of Foodsteps, Anya Doherty, created the technology platform to empower food businesses with the data and tools to grow produce sustainably. Over the past three years Foodsteps has developed to become a trusted platform for food businesses in the UK and globally.

Anya said: “The food that we grow, cook, serve and eat has a fundamental impact on the natural world. We urgently need to decarbonise our food choices, and this can't happen without food businesses leading the way. You can now sign up for free and explore the impact of up to five recipes or food items.”

Foodsteps' robust database contains thousands of peer-reviewed scientific studies alongside primary research. Signing up to the platform will also give free access to the community of other food businesses already measuring and lowering their impact, such as Azzuri Group, PizzaExpress, Compass Group, CH&CO and SKY. 

Andrew Stephen, Chief Impact Officer at Foodsteps, added: “We're passionate about supporting businesses to make a change. For those that want to go further, we've made it simple to upgrade subscription, adding more recipes and more detail to the assessments. Then businesses can download the Foodsteps carbon labels making it even easier to understand and promote to the end user.”

To sign up follow this link https://bit.ly/3xpIOdl