Key Takeaways:
- Agreena’s Scope 3 Project has been validated by SustainCERT, ensuring compliance with global climate accounting standards.
- The validation marks a major step toward issuing Verified Impact Units (VIUs) for agricultural supply chain decarbonization.
- Builds on the company’s recent Verra VCS verification, which issued 2.3 million carbon credits across 1.6 million hectares.
- The initiative aligns with SBTi, CSRD, and upcoming SEC climate disclosure requirements.
- Agreena’s framework supports transparent, traceable reporting and collaboration between corporates and farmers.
Agreena Gains SustainCERT Validation Amid Growing Scope 3 Disclosure Demands
Agreena has achieved validation of its Scope 3 Project from SustainCERT, the independent validation and verification body recognized for ensuring transparency and credibility in climate accounting. The validation reinforces Agreena’s leadership in supporting companies transitioning toward regenerative agriculture and meeting emerging global disclosure standards.
This milestone comes as corporates face increasing regulatory pressure to disclose verified Scope 3 emissions under frameworks such as the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), and forthcoming US SEC climate disclosure rules.
Agreena’s Validation Paves the Way for Verified Impact Units
The SustainCERT validation serves as the first step toward the verification of Agreena’s on-farm regenerative interventions into Verified Impact Units (VIUs). Once issued, these VIUs will provide companies with a traceable and auditable mechanism to account for their investments in decarbonizing agricultural supply chains — typically the largest contributor to total Scope 3 emissions.
The system enables co-claiming and co-financing across the value chain, helping companies mitigate risks such as double counting and freeriding while supporting multiple partnership models. Whether corporations source directly from farms or through intermediaries, Agreena’s approach provides a consistent and verifiable pathway to report impact data with confidence.
Agreena’s Scope 3 Framework Builds on Verra Verification Success
This latest validation follows the Agreena Carbon Project’s successful verification under the Verra Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) in September, which resulted in the issuance of 2.3 million carbon credits across 1.6 million hectares of regeneratively farmed land. SustainCERT’s validation builds upon that integrity by focusing on Scope 3 reporting and safeguards such as tracking Impact Units and Proof of Sourcing.
Simon Haldrup, Co-founder and CEO of Agreena, stated: “SustainCERT validation reinforces Agreena’s role as the bridge between corporate ambition and farmer action. For companies with agricultural crops in their value chains, this milestone unlocks a way to collaborate directly with farmers and suppliers to transition to more sustainable practices, reduce emissions, and verify increases in soil carbon. By enabling verified impact to be transferred along the value chain with integrity, we’re helping build a more transparent and collaborative model for agricultural decarbonisation.”
SustainCERT Confirms Alignment with International Standards
According to SustainCERT, its validation assessed Agreena’s methodology, data model, and MRV (monitoring, reporting, and verification) framework, confirming alignment with globally recognized standards such as the Verra VM0042 methodology.
Marion Verles, CEO of SustainCERT, commented: “The Agreena S3 Project supports farmers across Hungary, Romania, Poland, Spain, and the UK in adopting regenerative agriculture practices to reduce emissions and increase soil carbon. Methodology VM0042 is used to measure GHG reductions and removals. We concluded that the design of the Agreena S3 Project meets the SustainCERT Verification requirements for Value Chain Interventions.”
Agreena
Agreena, headquartered in Denmark, operates Europe’s leading soil carbon program and supports the global shift to regenerative agriculture. The company partners with farmers managing 4.5 million hectares of cropland across 20 markets.
As the first large-scale cropland project under Verra's Verified Carbon Standard, Agreena finances sustainability transitions, verifies climate impact at field level, and provides climate solutions for corporates. Its proprietary digital MRV system uses AI and satellite data to deliver scalable, ground-level insights.
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