A pillar of its own

Agriculture is where most Scope 3 inventories quietly fall apart.

Purchased goods and land-use change make agriculture one of the largest Scope 3 categories on the planet — and one of the hardest to measure with confidence. Traceability drops off past the first tier of suppliers, land-use change is modeled rather than observed, and a handful of commodities usually drive most of the footprint.

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Where we focus

Category 1

Commodity-Level Footprint Mapping

Identifying the small number of commodities — soy, palm, cocoa, livestock feed — that plausibly drive most of a food company's footprint, before spreading measurement effort thin.

Land Use

Land-Use Change & Deforestation Risk

Regional deforestation-risk modeling and traceability assessment aligned to GHG Protocol Land Sector and Removals guidance, for commodities where conversion emissions dominate.

Supply Chain

Farm & Aggregator Data Collection

Engagement programs designed for agricultural supply chains specifically — where traceability past the first aggregator or trader is the norm, not the exception.

Export

Export-Market Disclosure Readiness

Preparing agribusiness exporters for buyer-side Scope 3 questionnaires and EU market requirements tied to deforestation and land-use due diligence.

Agriculture & Land Use Insights

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Agriculture & Land Use

Soil Carbon and Regenerative Agriculture: What Actually Counts as a Scope 3 Reduction

Reduced emissions and sequestered carbon are accounted for differently, and regenerative agriculture claims need measurement rigor to survive that distinction.

Sep 14, 20268 minAgriculture & Land Use

Deforestation-Free Supply Chain Due Diligence and Its Overlap with Scope 3

Traceability data built for deforestation-free due diligence rules doubles as the supplier-specific evidence Scope 3 land-use-change accounting needs.

Sep 11, 20268 minAgriculture & Land Use

Scope 3 for Dairy and Livestock: Enteric Fermentation and Manure Management Explained

How methane from ruminant digestion and manure storage flows into a food company's Category 1 purchased goods footprint, and why it's hard to measure well.

Sep 8, 20268 minAgriculture & Land Use

Land-Use Change and Category 1: Why Agriculture's Scope 3 Numbers Are So Hard to Pin Down

Deforestation-linked land-use change can dwarf every other emissions source in a food company's inventory — and it's the category most companies still estimate the loosest.

Jul 21, 20266 min