7:30 am Registration & Coffee
8:00 am Chair’s Opening Remarks
Comparing Carbon Accounting Programs to Ensure Farmer Engagement
8:15 am Growing Together: Lessons from the Frontlines of Sustainable Agriculture
Synopsis
- Comparing and contrasting programs to showcase real-world collaboration
- How sustainability programs are being implemented on the ground
- Explore how engagement is successfully fostered across the entire value chain
- Common hurdles in scaling supply chain sustainability and how to overcome them
- Farmer experiences on measurement, modelling, and verification at the field level to ensure accuracy and consistency
8:45 am This session is reserved for VERITY
9:15 am Speed Networking
Synopsis
A prime chance to make the most of in-person networking and forge new connections designed to maximize your introduction to numerous new individuals and serve as a catalyst for ongoing discussion during the summit
9:45 am Morning Refreshments
Creating Accurate & More Scalable Accounting Approaches
10:15 am Discussion: Overcome Standards, Accuracy & Scale Challenges in MMRV Accounting to Ensure Consistency
Synopsis
- Addressing the lack of fixed MMRV framework that can be used universally
- Tackling variability in measurement methodologies used by different apps and assess traceability concerns across the value chain
- Innovative sampling protocols and creating standards for accounting for removals
- Emerging innovations in methane capture, manure management and enteric methane reduction
- Criteria to pick protocol utilized and what consistency exists here and what is the potential to change protocol
11:15 am Bridging the Gap: Translating Project Accounting into Inventory Accounting
Synopsis
- Understanding Scope 3 emissions in livestock value chains
- Why current approaches to translating project impacts into inventory reporting are cumbersome
- Clearing the pathway for companies to integrate project-level results into inventory
- How it improves consistency, accuracy, and alignment with corporate reporting needs
- Understanding which method may be better suited to your needs
- Scaling implementation and ensuring accuracy in the value chain
11:45 am From Model to Measured: Ground-Truthing Scope 3 Claims Through Soil Carbon
Synopsis
- Insights from the nation’s largest database of physically measured soil carbon — trends, surprises, and why it matters for Scope 3 reporting
- Why EarthOptics carbon measurement is now cost-competitive and increasingly scalable
- How physical measurement unlocks co-benefits like biodiversity and nutrient indexing
12:15 pm Integrating Ag Project Accounting into Corporate Climate Inventories
Synopsis
- Understanding the basics of corporate inventory accounting and related GHG data quality considerations
- Introducing the differences and tensions between intervention vs. inventory accounting methodologies for ag projects
- Highlighting the benefits of developing emissions factors linked directly to sourced materials
- Demonstrating how Mars approaches project accounting in order to ingest ag data into its inventory
- Sharing the challenges of managing dozens of global projects with different accounting methodologies and intervention mechanisms
12:45 pm Lunch & Networking
Building Credible, Traceable & Transparent Carbon Market Across Agricultural Supply Chains
2:15 pm Discussion: Designing Regenerative Systems for Risk Reduction & Quantifying Resilience Through Agronomic & Supply Chain KPIs
Synopsis
- CPG strategies for mapping climate and sourcing risks and aligning procurement with resilient production zones
- Metrics for tracking system-level resilience, including reduced yield variability, input dependence, carbon intensity, and pest resistance
- How CPGs are integrating resilience data into Scope 3 models, and investment planning
- Evidence-based insights into how regenerative systems reduce synthetic fertilizer dependency and input volatility exposure
- Economic modelling: comparing short- vs. long-term cost and margin impacts for farmers and buyers
- Technical pathways for embedding resilience into farm operations through regenerative practices
3:15 pm Connecting the Animal Ag Supply Chain: Innovative Solutions for Reducing Livestock Emissions
Synopsis
- According to the EPA, the emissions related to the livestock industry may account for more than 30% of the total emissions from US agriculture, with beef and dairy being the largest contributors by animal type
- Attendees will learn about Truterra’s work with stakeholders across the animal ag supply chain to better estimate baseline emissions and potential reduction opportunities from on-farm interventions
4:15 pm Poster Session & Networking
Synopsis
More practical and highly interactive breakout roundtables where attendees can crowd-source solutions and share opinions around pre-assigned topic areas. A valuable chance for attendees to unite around hot topics and debate best practice. This is a dedicated opportunity for you to voice your experience and identify unique solutions.
- Who Pays? Who Verifies? How CPGs Are Structuring Incentive Programs to Encourage Credible Reporting & Climate Outcomes
- Identifying Current Shortfalls & Opportunities in MRV Platforms for Agriculture to Accelerate Progress