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Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n\n\n
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ECO-SCORE\u00ae by Beelong Methodology<\/h5>\n\n\n<\/i>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\"Marques\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
ECO-SCORE\u00ae by Beelong for brands<\/h5>\n\n\n<\/i>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\"Restaurants\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Services for restaurants<\/h5>\n\n\n<\/i>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Beelong Calculator<\/h5>\n\n\n<\/i>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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About Beelong<\/h5>\n\n\n<\/i>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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What is ECO-SCORE\u00ae by Beelong?<\/strong><\/h2>
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ECO-SCORE\u00ae by Beelong is an environmental rating system based on data from Ecoinvent, the World Food Database and Agribalyse that takes into account climate change, freshwater and marine pollution, water consumption, and land use. These are then enriched with elements missing from these databases, such as biodiversity, animal welfare and packaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It integrates the environmental impact from the fork to the plate by taking into account all the ingredients of a food product and their origin, their methods of cultivation and breeding or fishing, the distances traveled, the modes of transport and the modes of refrigeration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

ECO-SCORE\u00ae by Beelong is powered by real food product data and reflects all major issues with a high level of accuracy. It provides transparent information to consumers and companies to act and contribute to the food transition.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Who evaluates the products?<\/strong><\/h2>
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Beelong is a Lausanne-based company specializing in the analysis, popularization and communication of the environmental impact of food products. The company has developed ECO-SCORE\u00ae by Beelong that takes into account the most up-to-date scientific data possible as well as information available on the market. In addition, Beelong organizes and refines information on food products, controls the quality of information provided by brands, and ensures that the most up-to-date data possible is always used.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

How is food product information collected?<\/strong><\/h2>
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Food product information can be obtained in two ways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Via les recherches spontan\u00e9es de Beelong ou dans le cadre des \u00e9tudes effectu\u00e9es pour les restaurants. Les informations sont obtenues via les fiches techniques des produits, via les sites internet des marques et des distributeurs, ou via des \u00e9changes directement avec les marques et producteurs. Des informations sont souvent manquantes et les ECO-SCORE\u00ae by Beelong sont communiqu\u00e9s \u00e0 titre indicatif. Ils apparaissent comme \u00ab non certifi\u00e9 \u00bb dans la Base produit et dans le calculateur. Une banni\u00e8re orange identifie \u00e9galement les produits \u00ab non certifi\u00e9 \u00bb sur les fiches techniques Beelong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Via the transmission of all the information directly by the brand. These products appear as \"certified\" in the Product Database and in the calculator. A green banner also identifies the \"certified\" products on the Beelong data sheets.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

What is the operating methodology of ECO-SCORE\u00ae by Beelong? <\/strong>ECO-SCORE\u00ae by Beelong ?<\/strong><\/h2>
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The summary of ECO-SCORE\u00ae by Beelong methodology can be downloaded here<\/a>Please visit beelong.ch for more information. ECO-SCORE\u00ae by Beelong methodology is constantly evolving as scientific knowledge, raw data accuracy and access to food system data evolve.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

How is the ECO-SCORE\u00ae by Beelong graded on the A to E scale?<\/strong><\/h2>
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All foods are evaluated on the same criteria and on the same scale from A+ (low environmental impact) to E- (high environmental impact).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All the ingredients that make up the product are first evaluated and then converted according to their importance (kcal) in the final product. Finally, ECO-SCORE\u00ae by Beelong is evaluated using an additional bonus-malus system, which awards or removes points based on the manufacturer's environmental efforts. The detailed ECO-SCORE\u00ae by Beelong methodology is available here. here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

What are the criteria and their weighting in the final ECO-SCORE\u00ae by Beelong?<\/strong><\/h2>
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La base ECO-SCORE\u00ae by Beelong est le \u00ab score environnement \u00bb. Celui-ci est compos\u00e9 des indicateurs suivants :<\/p>\n\n\n\n