Viresco developed and tested a Carbon Accounting and Insetting Framework for the National Corn Growers, Soil Health Partnership, Bayer and other partners through a USDA Conservation Innovation Grant. The Framework is designed to be adapted to a variety of practice changes for agri-businesses. In this CIG project, participating companies partner with farmers in their supply chain who take steps to reduce Greenhouse Gases on their farms. Although many different pathways have been explored for corporate GHG reduction, such as purchasing offsets, the concept of insetting brings many co-benefits that offsetting doesn’t have. As an investment, insetting can move the company several steps closer to being carbon neutral, while also improving efficiency, strengthening communication and trust within the supply chain and improving communities.
