Day Two

• Examining rotation-driven fluctuations in soil carbon to inform reporting
• Documenting rotation outcomes in LSRS-consistent ways to strengthen reliability
• Highlighting rotation programs with stable multi-year results to improve confidence

• What carbon accounting decisions are companies actively making today versus explicitly deferring?
• Where are companies seeing alignment in interpretation, and where is divergence emerging?
• What risks or constraints are shaping decision‑making, including assurance, data availability, or system readiness?
• What questions remain unresolved and are being actively monitored?

The SBTi Corporate Net Zero Standard V2 is published, and it allows companies

to count value chain-associated “market-instruments” and “projects” (as SBTi calls

them). In this session, Winrock will first summarize the main changes in V2 and then

focus on examples of when “market-instruments” and “projects” can be used to meet

SBTi targets. We will wrap-up with a short quiz and discussion to test the audience’s

knowledge of these concepts.

Moderated by our Hosting Partner

• Revealing how practice-level data from a large-scale producer survey challenges common Scope 3 assumptions to improve decision confidence
• Comparing producer priorities, technology uptake, and incentive responses across systems to strengthen value chain alignment
• Explores on-farm decision-making related to sustainability and aims to support the value chain in finding common ground on sustainability

• Setting carbon reporting expectations for suppliers to increase compliance
• Using GHG data to inform sourcing decisions to improve alignment
• Delivering unified supplier communication to reduce confusion

• Comparing internal collaboration models to accelerate decision-making
• Improving communication habits that reduce internal friction
• Spotlighting success stories that demonstrate Scope 3 progress to inspire adoption

• Examining cost‑sharing models across producers, processors and retailers to allocate carbon costs fairly and improve durability
• Clarifying how inventory versus project accounting shapes who pays, who claims and who benefits to strengthen trust
• Addressing how to embed carbon costs into P&Ls and product pricing to move beyond pilots and enable scale

• Identifying weaknesses in short-term funding to reduce drop-off
• Creating durable incentive pathways to support long-term engagement
• Sharing risk between buyers and producers to increase stability