Designing a Balanced Decarbonization Strategy
A white paper from SustainCERT and General Mills on combining claimable value chain interventions with landscape-level investments for an effective decarbonization strategy.
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Companies with significant Scope 3 agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions face complex challenges in aligning with Science-Based Targets and emerging guidance. This white paper provides insights from a joint pilot between General Mills and SustainCERT, applying SustainCERT’s Value Chain Intervention Checklist to assess five regenerative agriculture and ecosystem-focused interventions across key supply sheds.
It delivers technically rigorous yet practical guidance to help organizations:
- Understand how interventions align with the GHG Protocol Land Sector and Removals Guidance (LSRG), the SBTi FLAG guidance, and SustainCERT’s Verification Requirements.
- Learn why only one intervention fully met the criteria for credible co-claiming, and what trade-offs hindered others.
- Explore the role of Beyond Value Chain Mitigation (BVCM) in recognizing contributions when interventions cannot be claimed directly.
- Navigate the challenges of primary data collection, monitoring, and farmer participation in agricultural supply chains.
- Identify pathways for balanced decarbonization strategies that combine claimable value chain projects with landscape-level approaches to achieve broader ecosystem and social benefits.
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