Publications

Navigating climate reporting and claims for value chain decarbonization 

Practical guidance on claims, abatement within value chain, the grey zone between value chain and beyond, and preparing for net zero.

Traceability for GHG Inventory and Interventions 

Insights from a real-world agricultural value chain case study  Food and agriculture value chains are a major source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and traceability…

Advancing Scope 3 accounting in Food & Agriculture

Practical guidance on recalculation, substitution, removals, and traceability. Food and agriculture companies are scaling value-chain interventions, but major gaps remain in how to credibly quantify and report…

Activity Pools — Exploration by Value Change Initiative

Advancing credible Scope 3 accounting. This paper introduces the emerging concept of activity pools, a practical mechanism for accounting and claiming mitigation outcomes when full physical traceability to specific sources is not…

Physical traceability in Greenhouse Gas accounting

A practical publication from VCI and ISEAL for companies, standards, and verification bodies on how traceability and Chain of Custody (CoC) apply to Greenhouse Gas…

Case Study: Landscape-Level Renewable Energy Interventions in Tier 2 Manufacturing

Tier 2 processes such as dyeing, finishing, and textiles are among the most carbon-intensive stages of apparel production — and are often shared by multiple…

Case Study: Traceability and Scope 3 Emissions Accounting for Verified Cotton 

As the apparel and footwear industry accelerates its climate commitments, tackling Scope 3 GHG emissions is more critical than ever. Cotton — one of the…

Environmental Metrics Beyond Carbon

No Deforestation, Land Use Change, Land Tracking, and Freshwater  Environmental Metrics Beyond Carbon is a new publication from The Data Lab – Beyond Carbon, hosted…