The first Value Chain Intervention Guidance for the Apparel and Footwear sector
The Value Change Initiative has just published the first Apparel & Footwear Value Chain Intervention Guidance. This sector-specific addendum to the VCI Guidance 1.1 (2021) provides a common reference for credible implementation, accounting, reporting, and claiming of Interventions. It builds...
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VCI launches the third Apparel and Footwear Working Group for a Net Zero fashion industry
The apparel sector is a $1.5 trillion-dollar industry and expected to continue growing in the coming years. Meanwhile, apparel production is responsible for up to 8% of global carbon emissions, with raw materials constituting as much as two-thirds of an apparel...
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How is the Value Change Initiative contributing to a Net Zero value chain?
Companies need to reach Net Zero by 2050 to remain on a 1.5°C pathway and help alleviate the worst impacts of climate change. Scope 3 emissions are a material part of reaching these targets because depending on the industry, they...
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3 challenges for a Net Zero Apparel & Footwear sector and how to address them
Apparel and Footwear companies are responsible for 3-8% of total greenhouse gas emissions. Much of this takes place in the value chains, such as in raw material production or weaving, otherwise known as Scope 3 emissions. Reducing these emissions to...
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Value Change Initiative launches its 4th Food and Agriculture Working Group – Aiming for Net Zero value chains
Bringing leading agricultural companies and experts together to create & share best practices to deliver on Scope 3 commitments and meet Science Based Targets The Value Change Initiative is pleased to announce it launched its 4th Food & Agriculture Working...
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Key insights from the VCI Food and Agriculture Technical Guidance
In 2023, the Value Change Initiative (VCI) published a new Technical Guidance titled Achieving Net Zero Through Value Chain Mitigation Interventions: Exploring Accounting, Monitoring & Assurance in Food and Agriculture. This guidance is the output from the 3rd Food &...
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Key insights from the VCI Food and Agriculture Technical Guidance
In 2023, the Value Change Initiative (VCI) published a new Technical Guidance titled Achieving Net Zero Through Value Chain Mitigation Interventions: Exploring Accounting, Monitoring & Assurance in Food and Agriculture. This guidance is the output from the 3rd Food &...
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A new Food & Agriculture Working Group to address sector-specific challenges for Scope 3 accounting
The Food and Agriculture sector is crucial for global nutrition but also a major contributor (30% in 2018) to greenhouse gas emissions. To meet the 1.5°C target, urgent emissions reductions are needed, yet the top 7 global food companies saw...
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VCI launches system of systems for Scope 3 action
On July 19th, Value Change Initiative (VCI) launched its vision for credibly accounting, claiming and reporting Scope 3 emissions. The publication entitled “Making value chain decarbonisation a scalable reality: Role of Scope 3 systems in enabling collective action and co-investments”...
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VCI Upcoming events
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Net Zero food and agriculture value chain in the making
The Food and Agriculture sector is directly responsible for close to one quarter of the total global CO2eq emissions. The sector faces increasing pressure to decarbonise, while also needing to transform to feed nearly 10 billion people. Despite increasing action...
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The first Value Chain Intervention Guidance for the Apparel and Footwear sector
The Value Change Initiative has just published the first Apparel & Footwear Value Chain Intervention Guidance. This sector-specific addendum to the VCI Guidance 1.1 (2021) provides a common reference for credible implementation, accounting, reporting, and claiming of Interventions. It builds...
Read more
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VCI launches the third Apparel and Footwear Working Group for a Net Zero fashion industry
The apparel sector is a $1.5 trillion-dollar industry and expected to continue growing in the coming years. Meanwhile, apparel production is responsible for up to 8% of global carbon emissions, with raw materials constituting as much as two-thirds of an apparel...
Read more
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How is the Value Change Initiative contributing to a Net Zero value chain?
Companies need to reach Net Zero by 2050 to remain on a 1.5°C pathway and help alleviate the worst impacts of climate change. Scope 3 emissions are a material part of reaching these targets because depending on the industry, they...
Read more
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3 challenges for a Net Zero Apparel & Footwear sector and how to address them
Apparel and Footwear companies are responsible for 3-8% of total greenhouse gas emissions. Much of this takes place in the value chains, such as in raw material production or weaving, otherwise known as Scope 3 emissions. Reducing these emissions to...
Read more
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Public consultation underway on Apparel & Footwear Value Chain Interventions Guidance
VCI is launching a public consultation for the Apparel & Footwear Value Chain Interventions Guidance, the output of the Apparel and Footwear Working Group II organised in 2023. The publication is a sector-specific addendum to the VCI Guidance 1.1 (2021),...
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4 questions to Organic Valley on joining the VCI Food & Agriculture Working Group
Kicking off in November 2023, the Value Change Initiative (VCI) is hosting a Food & Agriculture Working Group - bringing together companies from the Food & Agriculture sectors to collectively work on removing barriers to account, report and claim Scope...
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Value Change Initiative launches its 4th Food and Agriculture Working Group – Aiming for Net Zero value chains
Bringing leading agricultural companies and experts together to create & share best practices to deliver on Scope 3 commitments and meet Science Based Targets The Value Change Initiative is pleased to announce it launched its 4th Food & Agriculture Working...
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Enabling collaboration to unlock value chain decarbonisation at scale – takeaways from the VCI event at New York Climate Week
Companies are quickly realizing reaching their Net Zero commitment cannot be done without addressing Scope 3 emissions and certainly not alone. On the 21st of September, Scope 3 experts and practitioners joined the Value Change Initiative (VCI) flagship event at...
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