Food surplus has always contained valuable information. Most organizations simply haven't been able to see it.
Brightly transforms billions of pounds of real-world food data into intelligence — revealing where surplus occurs, what happens to it, the impact it creates, and where better decisions can unlock new value.
Brightly has transformed real-world food recovery data into independently verified climate impact, creating a new pathway for food rescue organizations to participate in the carbon market.
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Built on 26 billion pounds of real-world food data.
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Every day, surplus food moves between manufacturers, distributors, retailers, foodservice operators, food recovery organizations and communities. But information about that food is often fragmented across different organizations and systems.
Brightly brings this information together to make food surplus easier to see, understand and act on.
See it.
Understand it.
Act on it.
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SEE
Make food surplus visible.
Understand what food becomes surplus, where it comes from and where it goes.
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UNDERSTAND
Find the signals inside the data.
Analyze food types, quantities, sources, destinations, patterns and environmental impact.
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ACT
Turn better information into better outcomes.
Use these insights to reduce waste, improve food recovery, measure climate impact and identify new opportunities.
Brightly combines food-system data, climate science and technical expertise to help organizations understand what is happening - and decide what to do about it.
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Measure
Build rigorous baselines and understand food-waste and Scope 3 emissions.
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Optimize
Evaluate food recovery, composting, anaerobic digestion and other surplus pathways.
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Navigate
Understand regulations, environmental standards and evolving food-waste requirements.
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Create value
Identify opportunities to reduce waste, amplify impact and generate environmental value.
What can food surplus tell us?
The answers are hiding in the data.
From food rescue to measurable climate value.
When edible food is rescued instead of going to waste, methane emissions can be avoided. Brightly uses real-world food recovery data to measure this impact and transform verified outcomes into high-integrity carbon credits.
First-of-their-kind carbon credits for rescued food.
Brightly's food rescue carbon credits have been issued under Verra's Verified Carbon Standard, transforming measured methane avoidance from rescued food into independently verified climate value.
Brightly's intelligence is grounded in food actually moving through communities. Through our work with Feeding America and food recovery organizations across the country, Brightly has analyzed billions of pounds of rescued food - giving us a unique view into food surplus and its environmental impact.
Behind every data point is food that found a better destination.
“This milestone helps quantify that impact and creates an opportunity to attract new support for food rescue efforts. Ultimately, that can mean more food rescued, more families nourished and less food reaching landfills.”
Eric S. Cooper
President & CEO, San Antonio Food Bank
Member, Feeding America Board of Directors
Working across food, climate and sustainability.
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What could Brightly see in your food system?
If your organization produces, sells, distributes, serves or recovers food, there may be valuable information hiding inside your surplus data.