Indigo Ag & Truterra: Driving Agricultural Sustainability

In a significant step toward advancing agricultural sustainability, Indigo Ag and Truterra have announced a strategic collaboration.

The partnership aims to streamline the adoption of sustainability programs for farmers and enhance solutions for companies seeking to reduce their Scope 3 emissions—indirect emissions from supply chains.

The initiative expects to benefit farmers, ag retailers and downstream buyers while addressing environmental challenges in the food and agriculture value chain.

Addressing Scope 3 emissions: A central focus

One of the collaboration's primary goals is to expand Indigo's and Truterra's Scope 3 emissions programs, focusing on reducing emissions within grain and livestock ingredient supply chains. The initiative comes in response to the increasing demand from companies in the food, fuel, feed and fibre sectors to mitigate their environmental footprint.

By adopting consistent standards, the partnership aims to create a unified approach to Scope 3 emissions reductions, offering businesses clarity and actionable pathways to sustainability.

Creating consistency in agricultural sustainability

Farmers and companies often need clarification when navigating a landscape filled with diverse and sometimes conflicting sustainability programs. Recognising this challenge, Indigo and Truterra are committed to developing a standardised framework for agricultural sustainability programs.

The approach seeks to bring greater consistency to the market, allowing value chain participants to collaborate more effectively and confidently in the outcomes.

Ewan Lamont, Head of Indigo's Sustainability Solutions, states, "Working together, we can address the confusion among farmers and other value chain participants as they navigate multiple, often incompatible, ag sustainability programs."

"This is an important moment for the maturity of the market for agriculture sustainability solutions."

Expanding access to carbon markets

The collaboration prioritises expanding opportunities for farmers and ag retailers through Indigo's carbon credit program. Farmers within the Truterra network will have access to registry-based credit opportunities, enabling them to generate additional revenue streams by implementing sustainable practices. At the same time, companies purchasing these credits will benefit from high-quality offsets to balance their emissions.

The dual benefit is expected to encourage the adoption of sustainable farming methods while strengthening trust and participation in carbon markets.

Benefits for key stakeholders

For Companies

• Simplified access to agricultural carbon credits and large-scale Scope 3 emissions reductions.
• Consistent and standardised solutions to support sustainable sourcing.
• Increased confidence in sustainability outcomes across their supply chains.

For Farmers

• More straightforward navigation of sustainability programs tailored to their needs.
• Support from trusted ag retailers is needed to implement sustainable practices.
• New insights from aggregated and standardised data to optimise operations.
• Potential for additional revenue through participation in carbon credit markets.

Jamie Leifker, President of Truterra, emphasised the importance of collaboration, stating: "Truterra is confident in its ability to lead, drive cooperation and create certainty in the ag sustainability space. Our network of ag retailers is positioned to guide farmers to the programs that best match the needs of their operations, which in turn can drive confidence for downstream buyers."

Driving progress in sustainability

By aligning their expertise and resources, Indigo Ag and Truterra aim to accelerate the adoption of sustainability practices and enhance market maturity.

Their collaboration benefits farmers through expanded opportunities and simplified processes and provides businesses with reliable tools to meet their environmental goals.

"Working together with Indigo Ag will boost our shared goals to deliver more consistent and standardised solutions while advancing current and future value chain relationships," Jamie added.

The partnership highlights a shared commitment to fostering sustainable agriculture, ensuring farmers' profitability, and meeting the growing demand for environmental responsibility in the agricultural sector.

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