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Accelerate your sustainability reporting progress with inoqo’s category assessments

Most of the category averages in use today do not reflect the products available on European retailers' shelves. The inoqo platform is designed specifically for grocery retailers and wholesalers, providing a distinct edge in calculating impacts for both white label and third-party products. With inoqo's new Category Assessment offer, you can effortlessly report and track progress using the industry’s most representative category values—quickly and in a cost-effective manner. Receive data for Scope 3 emissions reporting, including SBTi and CSRD compliance.

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Why inoqo category assessment+

"Thanks to inoqo, we've been able to assess several thousands of products in record time. Their powerful platform considers processes and composition in detail, enabling us to integrate primary data seamlessly. Our understanding of our scope 3 baseline has been greatly enhanced."

Andrea Roberto Rota
Sustainability Expert at Migros

Enhance your sustainability goals

With inoqo's Category Assessment+, you’re not just getting a tool—you’re gaining a comprehensive, up-to-date, and highly accurate solution to manage and report your Scope 3 emissions more effectively.
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Highly representative
emission factors

Emission factors that better represent the reality on the shelf
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Increased granularity within categories

High number of emission factors allowing differentiation of products within same categories
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Country-specific
factors

For single ingredient products, multi-ingredient products (import/export mix), electricity mix, and retail location
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Extensive coverage

200+ territories, adaptable to changing global conditions
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Time saving

Automated emission factor mapping
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Regular updates to key factors

Land use change, deforestation rates, electricity mix, product composition

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inoqo is a holistic PIA / PIE data driven solution.

Our assessment relies on robust Life Cycle Analysis.

Frequently asked questions

01. What is inoqo’s Category Assessment?
inoqo’s Category Assessment is a comprehensive offer designed for grocery retailers to calculate the climate impact of both white-label and third-party products. It uses dynamic, regularly updated category-level representative values to provide accurate emissions data based on the actual product mix available in the market. This helps retailers report and make progress in a CSRD compliant way.
02. How does the free assessment work?
The free assessment allows retailers to quickly evaluate their climate impacts using inoqo’s category representative values without any initial investment. The assessment provides fast and accurate data to help retailers understand their sustainability performance and identify areas for improvement​.
03. What is the difference between category and product-specific assessment?
Category assessments and product-specific assessments serve different purposes in understanding and improving the climate impact.

Category Assessments are ideal for broad overviews and initial benchmarks. They provide a cost-effective and quicker way to understand the climate impact across entire product categories. By starting with a category assessment, businesses can identify high-impact areas and general trends. This approach is useful for initial benchmarking, identifying sustainability trends, and setting broad improvement goals. It leverages representative values and secondary data, making it easier and faster to perform without requiring detailed primary data.

Product-Specific Assessments, on the other hand, offer detailed insights necessary for precise improvements. These assessments consider specific factors such as the origin of raw materials, production processes, and supply chain specifics. They use primary data from the product’s lifecycle, ensuring high accuracy and reflecting the actual environmental impacts. While more time-consuming and resource-intensive, product-specific assessments are crucial for advanced sustainability strategies and accurate reporting. They enable targeted improvements and provide actionable insights for each product.

In practice, it helps to start with a category assessment to gain a broad understanding of impacts. Based on the results, a category hotspot analysis can identify high-impact product categories that warrant a more granular, product-specific assessment. This stepwise approach ensures efficient use of resources while progressively enhancing the granularity and accuracy of sustainability assessments.
04. How often is the data updated?
The data is refreshed to reflect the latest advancements in sustainability practices, including improvements in energy usage, deforestation reduction, and climate-friendly product composition. Regular updates help maintain current and precise assessments, which are crucial for accurate sustainability reporting.
05. What data do I need to get started?
Starting with the data you have today, such as your product name or category, you can use inoqo to get a broad understanding of your climate impacts and then progressively gather more detailed information for precise and actionable insights. This approach not only simplifies the initial steps but also enhances the accuracy and depth of your sustainability strategy over time.

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