Greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions and sustainability credentials of coconut shell-based products - 2-0 LCA

The Sustainable Coconut Partnership (SCP) is the global platform for coconut sustainability and is a multi-stakeholder initiative aiming to build a responsible and resilient coconut sector that solves a generational challenge of sustainability for millions of coconut farmers. SCP unites stakeholders across the coconut supply chain to improve farmers’ livelihoods, protect the natural environment, and build climate resilience — ensuring a responsible and resilient sector for all. The Partnership works across all coconut products and production countries of our members and has an initial focus in South Asia and Asia-Pacific.

Greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions and sustainability credentials of coconut shell-based products

This project aimed to support SCP Members to develop a deeper collective understanding of the sustainability credentials of coconut shell-based activated carbon and charcoal briquettes, and to provide an evidence-based sustainability narrative to enable SCP to communicate these credentials to an external audience with a credible industry voice. The project included several tasks, namely:

Reviewing available data on GHG emissions ‘from cradle to gate’ and ‘from cradle to grave’ for charcoal, briquettes and activated carbon from coconut shells and other feedstock.
Calculating a new set of GHG emissions for these products in several countries, using both consequential and attributional modelling approaches.
Calculating the upcycling potential for transforming coconut shells into charcoal.
Calculating the potential for farm-level value creation through coconut shell valorisation.
Qualitatively discussing the potential for increased carbon removals and storage on coconut farms.
Support the definition of clear, evidence-based sustainability messages.

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