Carbon Footprint Assessment in Egypt
We measure the greenhouse-gas emissions of your company and your products, from farm or plant to the EU port, with data collected on site by a team already working in Egyptian packhouses.
Answering buyer carbon requests with vs. without measured data
What changes when your footprint is built from records collected on site and documented, instead of sector averages.
From scoping call to reduction roadmap
Five documented steps, from the boundary of the study to the actions that cut emissions.
Scope Definition
We agree what is measured: the company (Scope 1, 2 and 3), one or more products, the sites, the reporting year and the boundary up to the EU port.
- Sites, products and reporting year
- Company and product boundaries
- The questions your buyer has sent
Data Collection
Our team collects activity data at your farms, packhouses and plants, reading meters and records with your staff rather than relying on sector averages.
- Electricity meters and fuel invoices
- Refrigerant top-ups and fertilizer records
- Transport legs, distances and loads
Calculation
We calculate emissions under the GHG Protocol and ISO 14064-1 for the company and ISO 14067 for products, with factors from recognized emission-factor databases, each cited in the report.
- Scope 1, 2 and 3 kept separate
- Intensity per kg or per shipment
- Assumptions and data gaps stated
Report
You receive the results by scope, stage, product and route, with the method documented so a buyer can follow each figure back to its data.
- Results by scope, stage and product
- Summary for your management
- Evidence filed for later review
Reduction Roadmap
We rank your largest sources and list reduction actions with their cost and benefit, giving you a baseline to report progress against.
- Hotspots ranked by size
- Cost and benefit per action
- Priorities for the next season
Built for exporters, their EU buyers and first-time reporters
Whether you export, buy or report, if someone else will check your emissions data, this service is for you.
Fresh-Produce Exporters
Growers, packhouses and greenhouse operators whose EU buyers send carbon questionnaires or ask for a product footprint.
Food Processors and Cold Stores
Plants where electricity, fuel and refrigerants drive the footprint, and where each product line needs its own figure.
EU Importers and Retailers
Buyers who need supplier-specific data on their Egyptian sourcing, in place of generic averages in their Scope 3.
First-Time Reporters in Egypt
Egyptian companies building their first greenhouse-gas inventory, such as non-bank financial institutions that must report Scope 1 and 2 under FRA Decision 36/2026.
Why measured data, and why now
What Your EU Customer Can Still Require
Under Omnibus I (Directive (EU) 2026/470), CSRD covers companies above 1,000 employees and EUR 450 million turnover. From FY2027, for that report, they may not require more from suppliers of up to 1,000 employees than the EU voluntary standard, which includes energy and emissions data. They may ask for more; you may decline.
Science-Based Targets Reach the Farm
The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) requires companies in food production, food and beverage processing, and food and staples retailing that set targets with it to include a FLAG (forest, land and agriculture) target. For a processor or retailer, most of these emissions arise on the farms and land that supply it.
No Official Method for Fresh Produce
There are no official EU Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules (PEFCR) for fruit and vegetables. The Freshfel-led Fresh Produce PEFCR, a sector version finalized in January 2026, does not fully follow the EU PEF method. A produce footprint is therefore judged on the method it states.
Offset-Based Product Claims Now Banned
Since 27 September 2026, the Empowering Consumers Directive (EU) 2024/825 applies to claims made to consumers. It bans generic environmental claims without recognized excellent environmental performance, and offset-based claims of a neutral, reduced or positive impact. A footprint alone does not make a claim lawful.
The emission sources from farm to EU port
The sources we collect data on, at your sites and along your export route.
Farms and Greenhouses
Growing emissions, where nitrogen fertilizer is often one of the largest sources in a fruit or vegetable footprint.
- Fertilizer type, quantity and application
- Diesel for pumps, tractors and machinery
- Greenhouse heating and electricity
Packhouse and Plant Energy
Electricity and fuel used to receive, grade, pack, process and store your products.
- Grid electricity, read from meters
- Generators, boilers and gas
- Forklifts and site vehicles
Cold Chain and Refrigerants
Energy to pre-cool and store produce, plus refrigerant losses, which count as direct emissions.
- Refrigerant type and top-ups
- Pre-cooling and cold-store energy
- Reefer power before loading
Packaging
The materials that leave with each shipment, allocated per kg or per carton.
- Cartons, trays and punnets
- Films, liners and labels
- Pallets and corner boards
Inland Transport
Road legs from field to packhouse and from packhouse to the Egyptian port of loading.
- Distances and vehicle types
- Fuel records where they exist
- Load per trip
Export Freight to the EU Port
The export leg by sea or air, calculated from the actual route, mode and container type.
- Port of loading and port of arrival
- Sea or air mode
- Reefer or ambient container
Your farms, your packhouse, your route to the EU port.
Your own records first, every estimate stated.
Carbon Footprint Report
- Scope and boundaries
- Sites, products, reporting period, farm or plant to EU port
- Company footprint
- Direct, energy and value-chain emissions, split by source
- Product footprint
- Emissions per kg or per shipment, stage by stage
- Method and factors
- Standards applied, each emission factor and its source
- Data trail
- Activity data, evidence and assumptions, filed for review
- Hotspots
- Largest sources ranked by site, product and route
- Reduction roadmap
- Actions with cost and benefit, and the baseline to track them
One report, built to be checked
Results, method and evidence together in one file, so your buyer sees both the figure and how it was built.
Figures for Each Use
Company totals for your own inventory, and product figures ready to enter in a buyer's questionnaire.
Comparable Year to Year
Boundaries, factors and assumptions are recorded, so next year's footprint can be calculated the same way.
Ready for Your Verifier
If a buyer requires a verification statement, an independent accredited verifier issues it, working from a file already organized for review.
Dates and thresholds behind the carbon questions
Has a buyer sent you a carbon questionnaire you cannot answer yet?
Send Us the Questionnaire →Carbon footprint in Egypt: your questions answered
What exporters and EU buyers ask before measuring emissions.
What does a carbon footprint assessment in Egypt include?
A carbon footprint assessment measures greenhouse-gas emissions in CO2 equivalent, for a company (Scope 1, 2 and 3, under the GHG Protocol Corporate and Scope 3 Standards and ISO 14064-1) or for a product (per kg or per shipment, under ISO 14067). Each activity (kWh of electricity, liters of diesel, kg of fertilizer) is multiplied by an emission factor from a recognized database. FoodGate Audit works in five steps, from farm or plant to the EU port: scope, data collection on site by our Arabic-speaking team, calculation, report and reduction roadmap. We measure and document; if a buyer requires verification, an independent accredited verifier issues the verification statement.
Is a product carbon footprint the same as CBAM emissions data?
No. A product carbon footprint under ISO 14067 follows one product through its stages, in our case from farm or plant to the EU port, with factors from recognized emission-factor databases. CBAM emissions data are the embedded emissions of an industrial good, calculated per installation under the CBAM method, which rejects life-cycle database factors. Fresh fruit and vegetables sit outside CBAM, so when a buyer asks about the carbon of your produce, the answer is a footprint. The two meet at nitrogen fertilizer, a CBAM good when imported into the EU, not when your farm uses it, and often one of the largest sources in a produce footprint. Egyptian producers of CBAM goods should see our CBAM compliance page.
Can FoodGate Audit verify or certify our carbon footprint?
No. We measure, calculate and document your footprint; we do not verify or certify it. FoodGate's ISO/IEC 17020 accreditation is for inspection and does not extend to carbon footprint measurement or greenhouse-gas verification. When a buyer or a scheme requires a verification statement, an independent verifier accredited for that work, usually to ISO 14065, issues it. Keeping measurement and verification in separate hands is what gives the statement its weight. We prepare the file the verifier needs: data trail, factor sources, assumptions and access to your sites.
What is the difference between ISO 14064-1 and ISO 14067?
ISO 14064-1 is for an organization: it sets how a company quantifies and reports its greenhouse-gas emissions and removals over a period, covering direct emissions and the indirect emissions it finds significant. The GHG Protocol groups them into Scope 1 (fuel, refrigerants), Scope 2 (purchased electricity) and Scope 3 (value chain). ISO 14067 is for a product: it gives the footprint of one product, which we express per kg or per shipment, from farm or plant to the EU port. A buyer building its own Scope 3 uses the product figure; a company inventory uses the organization figure. Both can come from the same site visits.
What data do you need from us for a carbon footprint?
Mostly records your sites already keep, which our team collects with you on site: electricity bills and meter readings, fuel and gas purchases, refrigerant type and top-ups, fertilizer purchases and application records, packaging purchases, and transport legs with distances and modes. For a product footprint we add the volumes produced or packed over the period. Where a record is missing, the report states the estimate used and how to measure it next time.
Does CSRD apply to us if our EU buyers report under it?
Not through your buyers. CSRD is a reporting duty of the company in scope, which under Omnibus I (Directive (EU) 2026/470) means companies above 1,000 employees and EUR 450 million turnover. As their supplier, you provide data for their report. From FY2027, for that report, they may not require more from a value-chain company with 1,000 employees or fewer than the EU voluntary standard, whose basic module includes energy and greenhouse-gas emissions. If they ask for more, they must tell you that you can decline. A measured footprint answers the energy and emissions part of the request.
Can we call our produce carbon neutral after the assessment?
No. A footprint assessment measures emissions; it does not make a product carbon neutral, and we do not support carbon-neutral claims. Since 27 September 2026, Directive (EU) 2024/825 on empowering consumers applies to claims made to consumers in the EU: it bans claims that a product has a neutral, reduced or positive environmental impact based on offsetting, and generic environmental claims without recognized excellent environmental performance. What we deliver is measurement: the footprint, its method and a reduction roadmap. Any public claim should be checked with your legal adviser.
How much does a carbon footprint assessment cost and how long does it take?
There is no fixed price or duration: both depend on the number of sites and products, the reporting period and how complete your records are. A single packhouse and a group with farms, cold stores and several product lines are different jobs, so we do not publish a price list. After a short, no-obligation scoping call, you receive a written proposal with the scope, the timeline and the fee, agreed before work starts. Site visits are planned around your season.
Measure Your Carbon Footprint in Egypt
Tell us your sites, your products and what your buyer has asked for, and we will reply with a written scope and quote.
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