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<blockquote data-quote="Soil Capital" data-source="post: 7896135" data-attributes="member: 165031"><p>A couple of points here [USER=25962]@puppet[/USER] & [USER=81810]@Muddyroads[/USER] I hope I can clear up.</p><p></p><p>On carbon markets, offsets and trading...</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Carbon certificates are traded on the voluntary carbon market (a quick google will reveal more and much better than I can explain), but basically as its name suggests, its when companies voluntarily purchase carbon offsets for social, environmental and economic reasons.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I can't emphasise enough that carbon certificates do not allow pollution companies to offset their emissions to claim they are carbon neutral. Mr airline or manufacturer cannot buy a carbon certificate on the voluntary market and claim carbon neutrality.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Buyers of the carbon include supply chain companies looking for evidence of supply chain emission reductions (e.g. a food company); or companies with no supply chain relationship who can make an "impact claim" i.e. for a company to publicly talk about the difference that farmers have made that they have supported <u>but they cannot use it for carbon offsetting, or to claim carbon neutrality/net zero.</u></li> </ul><p></p><p>On emission reduction generating certificates rather than being net zero...</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It is not our decision to reward emission reductions with generating carbon certificates; that is the stance of the voluntary carbon market and is 'industry-wide'</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Many defintions will go along the lines of 'a carbon certificate represents the avoidance (reduction) or removal (sequestration) of a ton of CO<span style="font-size: 9px">2.</span><span style="font-size: 15px">'. To use the example previous, if a farm emits 100t of carbon, but an incentive in the form of a certificate encourages an 80t reduction in that, then 80t of carbon is saved from being emitted in the next year - rather than the farm continuing to emit 100t in the following year.</span></li> </ul><p>On livestock...</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">[USER=25962]@puppet[/USER] you say your farm is emitting 4.5t/ha, and you say you have 'polluting cows' - this is one of the reasons we cant take farms with a high number of livestock into account. Current calculators available all say livestock farms are highly emitting. It's something we don't believe and we're working to find a comprehensive and correct calculator that takes a more fair and balanced view of livestock that we can integrate into our system.</li> </ul><p></p><p>I want to add that many in Soil Capital are farmers, have agricultural backgrounds and we originate from an independent agronomic advisory background - we aren't market fanatics. Its not my aim to exclusively advertise us here either, much of what I said will be applicable industry wide. I appreciate all your views and feedback even if it is negative, its good to hear the opinions from farmers on a subject which is controversial for many.</p><p></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Soil Capital, post: 7896135, member: 165031"] A couple of points here [USER=25962]@puppet[/USER] & [USER=81810]@Muddyroads[/USER] I hope I can clear up. On carbon markets, offsets and trading... [LIST] [*]Carbon certificates are traded on the voluntary carbon market (a quick google will reveal more and much better than I can explain), but basically as its name suggests, its when companies voluntarily purchase carbon offsets for social, environmental and economic reasons. [*]I can't emphasise enough that carbon certificates do not allow pollution companies to offset their emissions to claim they are carbon neutral. Mr airline or manufacturer cannot buy a carbon certificate on the voluntary market and claim carbon neutrality. [*]Buyers of the carbon include supply chain companies looking for evidence of supply chain emission reductions (e.g. a food company); or companies with no supply chain relationship who can make an "impact claim" i.e. for a company to publicly talk about the difference that farmers have made that they have supported [U]but they cannot use it for carbon offsetting, or to claim carbon neutrality/net zero.[/U] [/LIST] On emission reduction generating certificates rather than being net zero... [LIST] [*]It is not our decision to reward emission reductions with generating carbon certificates; that is the stance of the voluntary carbon market and is 'industry-wide' [*]Many defintions will go along the lines of 'a carbon certificate represents the avoidance (reduction) or removal (sequestration) of a ton of CO[SIZE=1]2.[/SIZE][SIZE=4]'. To use the example previous, if a farm emits 100t of carbon, but an incentive in the form of a certificate encourages an 80t reduction in that, then 80t of carbon is saved from being emitted in the next year - rather than the farm continuing to emit 100t in the following year.[/SIZE] [/LIST] On livestock... [LIST] [*][USER=25962]@puppet[/USER] you say your farm is emitting 4.5t/ha, and you say you have 'polluting cows' - this is one of the reasons we cant take farms with a high number of livestock into account. Current calculators available all say livestock farms are highly emitting. It's something we don't believe and we're working to find a comprehensive and correct calculator that takes a more fair and balanced view of livestock that we can integrate into our system. [/LIST] I want to add that many in Soil Capital are farmers, have agricultural backgrounds and we originate from an independent agronomic advisory background - we aren't market fanatics. Its not my aim to exclusively advertise us here either, much of what I said will be applicable industry wide. I appreciate all your views and feedback even if it is negative, its good to hear the opinions from farmers on a subject which is controversial for many. [U][/U] [/QUOTE]
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