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Our mission is to support farmers in regenerating as much land as possible to address the climate & environmental urgency.
As a food & fiber company,
you have a unique opportunity to support the farming transition
... while improving your scope 3 emissions through insetting.
“Soil Capital has built trust and credibility with farmers through a unique system which integrates soil health agriculture techniques and farm business profitability. Our partnership with Soil Capital allows us to continue investing in soil health principles that helps enhance farmer livelihoods, while also reducing GHG emissions and improving water quality.”
"Transformation of global supply chains is critical to achieving true global net zero ambitions. Farming in a different, regenerative way is one of the tools we must use to both reduce emissions and improve livelihoods for the farmers in our supply chains”
A powerful tool aligning farmers and AgFood companies
to accelerate the Regen Ag transition.
The Soil Capital Unit starts on farms.
Let’s explore it from the ground up, with Alain, one of our farmers.
Alain, cereal crop farmer in France, registers to be rewarded for his regenerative practices and to be financially supported in his transition.
On the mySoilcapital platform, Alain provides selected information on his farming practices like cover cropping, tillage, fertiliser etc.
His data is subject to audit each year by a third party body for the duration of the programme.
Alain's information is processed to establish a baseline and enriched with satellite imagery, which informs recommendations for practice changes. We work in partnership with Regrow and Cool Farm Alliance for high integrity MRV.
Based on his baseline results, our argronomists provide support through our user-friendly online dashboard and on-farm visits.
Alain’s practices evolve and now include no tilling, increased cover cropping and a reduction in synthetic inputs. These deliver many environmental benefits, including: soil health improvement, biodiversity improvement, water retention, as well as carbon storage.
New data taking these practices into account is collected and processed by Soil Capital, and compared to baselines to determine progress.
Analysing the GHG Data allows Soil Capital to issue Verified Emission Factors, consistent with SBTi FLAG.
Corporates in the AgFood value chain join forces with Soil Capital and help finance Alain’s transition. In doing so, they reduce their Scope 3 emissions and increase their supply chain resilience.
Like over 1,600 farmers in the Soil Capital programme, Alain is financially rewarded for the environmental benefits of his practices. The more his practices improve, the more he earns. So far, he’s earned 9,100 €.
Since he joined the programme in 2021, his farms successfully decreased emissions by 84%, and he is now close to achieving 0 GHG net emissions per hectare.
For each Soil Capital Unit generated by his farm, Alain is paid 70% of the value
The Soil Capital Unit starts on farms.
Let’s explore it from the ground up, with Alain, one of our farmers.
Alain cereal crop farmer in France, registers to be rewarded for his regenerative practices and to be financially supported in his transition.
On the mySoilcapital platform, Alain provides selected information on his farming practices like cover cropping, tillage, fertiliser etc. His data is subject to audit each year by a third party body for the duration of the programme.
Alain's information is processed to establish a baseline and enriched with satellite imagery, which informs recommendations for practice changes. We work in partnership with Regrow and Cool Farm Alliance for high integrity MRV.
Based on his baseline results, our argronomists provide support throught our user-friendly online dashboard and on-farm visits.
Alain’s practices evolve and now include no tilling, increased cover cropping and a reduction in synthetic inputs. These deliver many environmental benefits, including: soil health improvement, biodiversity improvement, water retention, as well as carbon storage.
New data taking these practices into account is collected and processed by Soil Capital, and compared to baselines to determine progress. Analysing the GHG Data allows Soil Capital to issue Verified Emission Factors, consistent with SBTi FLAG.
Corporates in the AgFood value chain join forces with Soil Capital and help finance Alain’s transition. In doing so, they reduce their Scope 3 emissions and increase their supply chain resilience.
Like over 1,600 farmers in the Soil Capital programme, Alain is financially rewarded for the environmental benefits of his practices. The more his practices improve, the more he earns. So far, he’s earned 9,100 euros. Since he joined the programme in 2021, his farms successfully decreased emissions by 84%, and he is now close to achieving 0 GHG net emissions per hectare. For each Soil Capital Unit generated by his farm, Alain is paid 70% of the value
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Royal Canin has been working with Soil Capital to transition up to 300,000 hectares of farmland to regenerative agriculture by 2023, expecting to deliver 150,000 tonnes of CO2e reductions and removals on average each year.
Our high-integrity units are:
Each year, our programme generates high-integrity Soil Capital Units (SCU) to certify farmers’ results and fairly reward them for their ecosystem services and critical action towards food security. SCUs are third-party verified by TÜV Rheinland and listed on the CSA public registry.
AgFood value chains require more than carbon to demonstrate credible impact. That’s why Soil Capital has developed a comprehensive framework of 30+ indicators designed to capture the holistic picture of regenerative performance — from soil health, biodiversity, water and economic viability. Our upgraded programme enables companies and farmers to generate high-quality data across all aspects of regenerative agriculture.
AgFood companies struggle with Scope 3 emission reduction due to limited traceability and supplier information. Physical traceability is uncommon, and dynamic farming systems complicate impact accounting. The Supply Shed concept offers a pragmatic strategy for Food & Beverage companies to reduce Scope 3 emissions, improve traceability, and enable co-investment/co-claiming, preparing them for more complex demands on fully traceable supply chains.
For regenerative agriculture to scale, close collaboration with private and public stakeholders, innovative solutions and collective intelligence are essential. Soil Capital participates in diverse initiatives to build the environment for Regen Ag to succeed.
Arable farmers entering our programme come from different agricultural backgrounds, at different stages of their regenerative transition journey. From newcomers seeking know-how to regenerative practitioners seeking recognition for their work, all are welcome and eligible for our programme!
Soil Capital now counts more than 1’000 farmers in its ranks, spread across France, Belgium and the UK. Our producers primarily work on wheat, barley, oilseeds and legume crops, in farms covering more than 200 hectares on average.Some of these may already be in your supply shed. If not, let’s engage them!
Our regenerative transition program for corporate partners usually includes the following milestones:
1. Supply shed analysis: provides you with a thorough understanding of the current farming situation in your supply shed and the potential to improve it.
2. Farmers engagement: together with your industrial suppliers or directly with your farmers, we train and engage all relevant stakeholders into our certified carbon programme.
3. Scope 3 reduction: Farmers adopt (or maintain) regenerative practices, improve their GHG profile, and generate certificates.
Yes ! Even if you are unsure who are the direct farmer suppliers in your supply chain, you can still buy certificates generated from other farmers located in the same geographical area (your supply shed).
Furthermore, if you have no direct links with farmers within your supply chain activities, you can still buy certificates as part of your carbon strategy and contribute to global net zero.
Our certification programme brings together multiple monitoring techniques to provide the most robust quantification of our farmers’ GHG results. We combine modeling, using the Cool Farm Tool (CFT),together with direct soil analysis input collected from the fields.
All of our monitoring tools have been developed in line with the latest IPCC recommendations. In order to refine our quantification tool suite, we are also in the process of integrating an additional soil carbon model as well as remote sensing technology. We collect farmers’ carbon data through our in-house GHG assessment platform.
Let's explore together how to strenghten the resilience of your supply chain or contribute to global net zero thanks to regenerative farmers in your region!
