Decarbonization of Supply Chains

Conventional approaches to agriculture have, and continue to, act as major contributors to our climate crisis. Unsustainable land use activities (such as deforestation and overgrazing) as well as degradative agricultural practices (such as intensive soil tillage, monoculture cropping, bare fallowing, and heavy reliance on chemical fertilizers and biocides) have considerably altered our terrestrial ecosystems and now play a key role in the global climate system. It is now estimated that conventional food and agriculture systems currently generate approximately 30% of our total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions[1]. 12Tree is actively working to reverse these trends and to turn agriculture from being a culprit, to being part of the solution. Rather than functioning as a source of carbon emissions, croplands, plantations, and agriculture under our auspices are quickly becoming effective carbon sinks.

OUR APPROACH TO REGENERATIVE AND CLIMATE-SMART AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES ARE ACTIVELY SEQUESTERING CARBON AND HELPING TO MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE WHILE MAKING CROPLANDS MORE PRODUCTIVE AND RESILIENT.

[1] P. R. Shukla et al. 2019. “Summary for Policymakers,” in Climate Change and Land: An IPCC Special Report on Climate Change, Desertification, Land Degradation, Sustainable Land Management, Food Security, and Greenhouse Gas Fluxes in Terrestrial Ecosystems (Geneva, Switzerland: International Panel on Climate Change). Available at: https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/sites/4/2020/02/SPM_Updated-Jan20.pdf

[2] McKinsey Sustainability. 2021. Putting carbon markets to work on the path to net zero. Available at: https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/sustainability/our-insights/putting-carbon-markets-to-work-on-the-path-to-net-zero

[3] World Bank. 2022. State and Trends of Carbon Pricing 2022. State and Trends of Carbon Pricing;. © Washington, DC: World Bank.

[4] T. Engin, M. Amiot, M. Evans, R. Lord, B. Burks. 2022. Carbon Pricing, In Various Forms, Is Likely To Spread In The Move To Net Zero. S&P Global Rating, ESG Research. Available at: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/insights/featured/special-editorial/carbon-pricing-in-various-forms-is-likely-to-spread-in-the-move-to-net-zero