Rockit Apples Product Carbon Footprint

Borton & Sons journey to a carbon negative Rockit apple

lbs CO2e per lbs of packaged Rockit Apples

How do Rockit Apples Compare?

Rockit apples grown on Borton & Sons farms create less emissions than the average global apple. Emissions created to farm the apples are low, and in line with expected benchmarks.

Source: https://apps.carboncloud.com/climatehub/agricultural-reports/benchmarks/3082ee44-f90a-4596-9ee9-87b8ae7e4b1e

Could a Rockit apple be carbon negative?

Borton & Sons store carbon in their soils using regenerative practices. This means they can plan a route to sell an apple that adds more carbon into the soil than is made to produce it. The sequestration potential on the average apple farm is 1.2 tonnes of CO2e per acre of soil, and 5.75 tonnes of CO2e per acre of biochar

The carbon sequestration potential of Rockit orchards means that every year, 6.95 tonnes of CO2e carbon could be stored in soils. This sequestration can be allocated to the crop, which could lead to carbon-negative apples that store more carbon than was created to get them to the consumer.

By focussing on high impact areas, with insights powered by BX, Borton & Sons can plot a path to creating a carbon-negative apple.

What’s next for Borton & Sons?

Now that Borton & Sons have baselined their apple, the BX platform provides them with insights and recommends actions they can take on their farm. Using the tools in BX’s environmental farm management software, they can plan emissions reductions in key hotspots, and implement practices to increase carbon sequestration.

Emissions Report Analysis

BX provide a detailed emissions report at a variety level, helping Borton & Sons see which categories create most of their emissions, and providing benchmarks which help identify which areas can be improved.

Improve Performance

Using the BX tools, Borton & Sons can create a plan for improving emissions and sequestration.

S.A.M. suggestions provided by BX’s AI tools use Borton & Sons data to create field specific plans, targeting emissions heatmaps.

Telling Their Story

On their journey to make an apple that stores more carbon than it creates, Borton & Sons can use the BX platform to share their journey with retailers and consumers.

Using highly-verified data, they can confidently share their progress and tell their story.

How did BX create this footprint?

Creating a carbon footprint for products is simple with BX.

The BX platform lets farms share all their growing and processing data in just a few clicks, and turns this highly-verified data into a carbon footprint that can be used to tell your environmental story to your onward supply chain, as well as plan how to make improvements in the future.

BX analyses all parts of the production process to get field-level insights. It all starts with baselining…

Farming Footprint

These are the emissions associated with the fruit production on farm, beginning with raw materials, and ending when the fruit is taken to the pack house.

Processing Footprint

These are the emissions associated with processing and packaging of the product, ready to go to the retailer or consumer.

Creating Your Process Flow

The first step in a product carbon footprint process is to understand what you want to achieve. You choose which products you want to analyse and the platform prepares to gather your information.

The BX platform helps you share the specific details of your farming operation. Every PCF is different, so BX has core process maps which you then adapt within the platform to create a detailed picture of your farming and processing operation.

Once this is complete, we can start compiling your data.

Collecting Data

Once we have your process map, it’s time to share data.

We know that they process can be complex and time consuming, so we’ve built the BX Platform to make this as easy as possible.

First, any data that we’ve already got through BX carbon credits or the BX Score will automatically be added. Then it’s as simple as dragging and dropping your data into the platform from your systems. Our AI will read and extract the data, and follow up on any missing items.

Calculating Your Carbon Footprint

As your data is checked and verified against raw data, we begin calculation your carbon footprint.

This is done using the most accurate information. If you provide us with verified emissions data we will use this. If this primary data isn’t available we use the most applicable emissions factors to calculate your footprint in line with the highest standards.

We break this calculation down into key categories, and provide insights on individual contributors.

Quality Checking

To ensure your footprint is accurate, and so you can tell your environmental story with confidence, we check all calculations for accuracy, ensuring that all parts of the process flow are included, and that the final figures are robust.

Your Report

The final step is the production of your report. This is a detailed review report of your PCF, breaking down the emissions and sequestration into key categories, and providing you with actionable insights.

You can also share this report with your customers, retail partners and consumers.

Data provided for this case study

The data shown in this case study is based on data from Borton & Sons provided to BX. They have shared raw data with BX through the BX platform from one farm. BX analyse this data, completing verification, and providing a PCF report using ISO 14067 methodologies.

About BX

BX is an Environmental Farm Management Software enabling farmers to become data-driven climate change enterprises. BX enables farmers to monetise their environmental performance, facilitating a shift towards regenerative agriculture.

The highly-verified PCF provided means a trusted third party has studied the details of the emissions and sequestration at Borton & Sons at a granular level, meaning retailers and customers can trust when Borton & Sons make claims on their environmental performance.

Learn more about BX here.