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Partner case study – Indigo
Carbon by Indigo – scaling a durable new revenue stream for farmers
Call to Action Commitment 1 – Developing and scaling regenerative agriculture, in conjunction with similar approaches, underpinned by common metrics driving enhanced outcomes for productive and environmentally sustainable farming.
Call to Action Commitment 3 – Contributing to the development and alignment of public funding market-based incentives for nature restoration and delivery of other eco-system services.
Carbon by Indigo incentivises and rewards farmers for the adoption of regenerative agriculture practices which reduce on-farm emissions and removes carbon from the atmosphere and stores it in agriculture soils. Since its inception, the programme has sequestered or abated the equivalent of 300,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide over the first three carbon harvests. These high integrity, independently verified, registry-issued credits are used to compensate for unavoidable emissions incurred by companies within and beyond the value chain. With prices in the range of $60-80 per credit, they promise a durable new income stream for farmers making the transition to regenerative agriculture.
Learn more about Carbon by Indigo.
This project is focused on aligning public funding and market-based incentives for nature restoration and delivery of other eco-system services (CTA3). The work Indigo Ag is undertaking in this area is also supporting the development and scaling of regenerative agriculture (CTA1). Together with the company’s Source program, over 8 million acres of farmland are now enrolled in the transition to regen ag practices.
Partner case study – Indigo
Indigo Ag Inc. – delivering sustainably grown crops in the United States and Europe
Call to Action Commitment 1 – Developing and scaling regenerative agriculture, in conjunction with similar approaches, underpinned by common metrics driving enhanced outcomes for productive and environmentally sustainable farming.
Call to Action Commitment 3 – Contributing to the development and alignment of public funding market-based incentives for nature restoration and delivery of other eco-system services.
Call to Action Commitment 5 – Integrating sustainability into supply chains and the global agri-food trade system, leaving no one behind.
Indigo Ag has completed five years of successful Scope 3 ‘emission reduction’ solutions programmes in agriculture and is already used by six global multibillion dollar companies. In delivering these sustainably-grown crops, the company has reduced emissions by more than 20,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents and saved 7.4 billion gallons of water – in the supply chain. To date, farmers in Indigo Ag’s sustainability programmes (Sustainable Crops, Scope 3 reductions and Carbon) have earned more than $12 million.
In Europe, Indigo Ag is working with Wasa, part of the Barilla Group and the world’s biggest producer of crispbread, to cultivate a more sustainably produced rye crop. Read more about this partnership here.
Learn more about Indigo Ag’s Scope 3 program.
Indigo Ag has undertaken activity and progressed over the past year to integrate sustainability into supply chains in the pursuit of more resilient and sustainable agri-food system (CTA5). The work the company is undertaking in this area is also supporting the development and scaling of regenerative agriculture (CTA1) as well as the alignment of private market incentives (CTA3) to support the transition.