Environmental Sustainability

Today we are all aware of the urgent need to drastically reduce emissions of so-called greenhouse gases, which accumulate in the atmosphere, the natural gas layer that surrounds the Earth, contributing to overheating the Planet.

Carbon dioxide (CO2) is one of the main greenhouse gases, it is also found in nature and plays a vital role in the balance of terrestrial ecosystems. If it were present in small quantities, in fact, plants could not exploit photosynthesis to produce oxygen. However, high levels of carbon dioxide in the air, mainly caused by human activity, increase atmospheric warming, leading to climate change.

To get an idea of ​​how carbon dioxide emissions, mainly produced by burning oil and fossil coal, have reached levels that are no longer sustainable today, just look at the data released by the UN in the definition of objective 13 (Fighting climate change) of the 2030 Agenda: since 1990, global C02 emissions have increased by approximately 50%, with the fastest increase recorded from 2000 to 2010 compared to previous decades.

Alarming data that have made it necessary to introduce a series of measures aimed at reducing emissions, urging the involvement of companies and institutions, but also of individual citizens in the necessary decarbonisation process.

Among these measures, we find carbon credits, introduced with the Kyoto Protocol, the first international treaty on global warming that came into force in 2005, and then confirmed by the subsequent Paris Agreement of 2015 which further sealed the commitment of all EU countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

So what are carbon credits and what are they used for specifically? These are special certificates, corresponding to a ton of CO2 not emitted or absorbed.

Each company can limit its carbon footprint by using renewable energy sources and with energy efficiency interventions or by adopting sustainable production systems or processes.

Bioagricert and Foodchain ID are partners of Reseed, a company that collects and processes data for carbon credit measurement protocols to enable the monetization and incentives of farmers who adopt sustainable practices in the field.

Carbon credits are certificates that attest to the capture or non-emission of 1 ton of CO₂. They therefore certify the actual commitment to offsetting emissions, with a specific and measurable quantity.