Calculate the carbon footprint of your dishes

Have you started to calculate, compare and display the CO2 footprint of your dishes? This is a great free tool that helps you with this task. In case you want additional features, KlimaTeller is an App that may be useful for you.

Why should you consider calculating and displaying the CO2 footprint of your dishes? 

• Transparency: Communicating to your guests and enabling them to make a well-founded decision for our planet makes you and them happier at the same time.
• Your Impact: Measure and understand your impact. This will not only help your reporting but also your communication with staff members and travelers
• Increase awareness: You will help to lighten unknown areas of sustainability among guests and staff and support a practical learning journey directly applicable
• Report your CO2 Emissions: Keeping track of your dishes’ CO2 footprint will make it easier to set obtainable goals and reduce the CO2 emissions of your accommodation. 

We know that nutrition is complicated, and many factors affect how our food impacts the environment. Increasing your seasonal, local, and organic ingredients is always a great idea. Reducing the amount of meat and dairy you use is another excellent way to help the environment. It will also make your food more appealing to guests who follow a vegetarian or vegan diet. Are you looking for new recipes? Or are you interested in modifying your favorite recipes in order to reduce its carbon footprint? If so, check out this web app featuring recipes that include information on their carbon emissions, land use, water usage, and more.

Here are some quick facts about the importance of thinking about sustainable and healthy ways for what you’re serving: 

• Food contributes a quarter to a third of the world’s CO2 footprint.
• Beef farming produces 31 times more CO2 emissions per calorie than tofu production, yielding only 5% of the calories that go into it.
• Global salmon farming alone produced $50 billion of environmental costs globally (2013-2019) due to pollution.
• Land-use emissions contribute highly to increasing and accelerating global warming. 

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