This document outlines Local Leaf, an organization based in Istanbul that is developing tools to calculate and provide transparency around the climate impact of consumer products. It describes Local Leaf's team members, methodology for calculating climate impact factors like transportation emissions and packaging materials, efforts to involve subject matter experts and integrate additional data sources, and plans to further develop reputation and participation systems as well as partner with other relevant organizations.
3. More Questions Followed
Did this bottle have to travel from far?
What is the climate impact of that?
Are there better alternatives?
What else are climate impact factors?
Where can I find this information?
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4. Showing Climate Impact Factors
A bottle of
water
The distance it traveled
Recycling &
Waste
Sustainable
Supply Chain &
Lifecycle
5. Climate Impact Formula
Transport Score:
Distance to Source
2000
Component Score: Plastic Score * Amount
More impact factors & more reliable data increases the accuracy.
6. Care to join?
Local Leaf is designed to allow anyone to
contribute. Adding products or qualified data
sources.
We are now looking for subject-matter
experts and organizations with more data
sets.
9. Local Leaf API
Climate Impact
of Food
Database
@localleaf_
INPUT
Features that
support easy entry
with transparency &
quality management
mechanisms
OUTPUT
An API to access and
verify data.
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An app that gives easy
access through
barcode scanning or
easy lookout.
10. The Impact We’re Looking For
Educate
Show alternatives
Collect data
Support local products
Water, vegetables, fruit, meat etc.
11. Progress So Far
iOS App
Android App
Webserver & API
Reputation system based on participation/actions
171 Brands of Water sold in Turkey
13. Next
Member signup
Reputation system implemented
More existing data sources
Improve formulas
PARTNER UP WITH RELEVANT ORGANIZATIONS
Twitter @localleaf_
Editor's Notes
Local Leaf is an organic product. Perhaps not in the sense it’s made, but in the way it grows. We start with a bottle of water and give information about it.
As we learn more about the environmental impact of bottled water, we add an impact factor, like the distance it traveled.
Then we learn about the impact of the waste an empty plastic bottle creates and how recycled or recyclable plastic can reduce this impact. Then we learn about how companies reduce the impact by focusing on sustainability in the supply chain, eco-friendly transport, smart warehousing, economically routes.
As we further explore this relatively simple product, we mature the environmental impact score. We add more sources of information, as well as more impact factors. More people can contribute and the most engaged people earn more influence on the scoring methodology and data entry verification. Power to the people.
We now have a climate impact formula based on transport and can show the kilometers to the source. We
Local Leaf is designed to allow anyone to contribute
and any qualified data source to be connected.
We are now looking for subject-matter experts
and organizations with data sets.
Your reputation increases as your participation increase and you get recognition for your contribution
Each level allows the user to gain more influence through extended moderation rights.
We are open to allow anyone to contribute, but also offer our data for anyone who would like to use it in their applications. For this we have the Local Leaf API. Full transparency in the data and the structure of the impact scores and open access to the use of the data.
We can provide access to the Local Leaf API as well as the API of the gamification platform our reputation system is based on.
Educate you about the climate impact factors of each product
Show alternatives with a lower impact
Provide a tool to support data collection
Support the consumption of local products
Water, vegetables, fruit, meat etc.
