Sustainability glossary

Allocation

Also called co-product allocation

Splitting the emissions of a shared process among the products that come out of it. Crushing soybeans yields both oil and meal, so the farm's emissions must be divided between them. The splitting rule can move a result by more than 10 g CO₂e/MJ.

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