Food & Agriculture Working Group

The Working Group brings together companies, experts, and standards bodies to address the most pressing challenges in Scope 3 accounting.

Through collaborative sessions, participants align on emerging guidance, test new ideas, and co-create solutions that strengthen climate impact across the sector.

By taking part, organizations can:

• Shape standards and policy: Contribute evidence-based recommendations that influence global frameworks.
• Advance your climate strategy: Learn from peers and best practices to enhance value chain decarbonization.
• Strengthen credibility: Develop and apply robust approaches for co-investment and co-claiming.
• Gain visibility: Profile your organization through VCI publications and events.

The Working Group transforms evolving standards into practical, sector-ready solutions.

Members collaborate to clarify guidance, close gaps, and test new approaches to credible Scope 3 accounting.

Focus areas include:

• Impact traceability for food and agriculture value chains.
• Accounting for removals (including crop rotation allocations and reversals monitoring)
• Defining physical traceability pathways with the VCI Traceability Lab.
• Aligning sourcing region and activity pool concepts under LSRS and CNZS.

From December 2025 to September 2026, members will co-develop the Food & Agriculture VI Addendum to the Value Change Guidance—providing clear, harmonized methods for Scope 3 accounting in the sector.