What MyFootprint Involves
MyFootprint uses the latest methodology issued by the National Greenhouse Gas Inventory to calculate your farm's scope 1 (farm) emissions, scope 2 (indirect) emissions and scope 3 (pre farm) emissions.
MyFootprint uses the latest methodology issued by the National Greenhouse Gas Inventory to calculate your farm's scope 1 (farm) emissions, scope 2 (indirect) emissions and scope 3 (pre farm) emissions.
It is a confidential certificate of your farm emissions baseline.
Farm businesses that understand and know their farm emissions profile and can produce a
carbon assessment certificate will be better equipped and on the front foot to respond to
external pressures. A carbon certificate allows the farmer to:
• Take control without involving a third party
• Capitalise on new market opportunities
• Respond to emerging supply chain and consumer pressures
• Respond to banks, financiers, insurers and other parties that service agriculture
Supplements
• Grain, hay, and cotton seed purchases
• Herbicides, pesticides, and glyphosate purchases
Vegetation
• Species of trees
• Soil type
• Area of trees
• Age of trees
Electricity
• Power source (state grid or renewable)
• Quantity used (kWh)
Diesel and petrol
• Litres per year consumed
Savanah burning
• Rainfall
• Vegetation class
• Patchiness
• Fuel class size
• Fire scare area
Data can be entered step by step through the app by filling out all relevant fields and selecting next. Each field's unit of measure will be in the label above the data entry box. Once all fields are filled out correctly, simply click "calculate now" and your carbon score will be calculated with the option to download your farm's carbon assessment certificate.
