Your upstream scope 3 weighs heavily. Fund agricultural and forestry projects certified Label Bas-Carbone close to your suppliers — with impact measured across 5 ecosystem dimensions.
Environmental labelling, Climate Act, EGAlim — the agri-food industry faces a regulatory wall. Anticipating turns constraint into advantage.
The Climate and Resilience Act (2021) imposes GHG emission reduction targets across all sectors, including agri-food. It provides for environmental labelling of food products and strengthens sustainability requirements in public procurement.
Law No. 2021-1104, 22 August 2021Environmental labelling will require displaying the impact of food products: GHG emissions, biodiversity, water consumption, pesticides. Funding Carbon Agri projects in your supply chain directly improves your product scores.
Trial in progress, deployment imminentThe EGAlim law (2018, strengthened in 2021) promotes healthy and sustainable food. It strengthens environmental quality requirements that align with a carbon contribution strategy: organic, HVE, short circuits, local sourcing.
Continuously strengthened requirementsThe European "Farm to Fork" strategy aims for a sustainable food system by 2030: -50% pesticides, -20% fertilisers, 25% organic farmland. It requires a deep transformation of agricultural practices in supply chains.
2030 targetsMassive upstream scope 3, supplier traceability, retail and consumer pressure — agri-food must rethink its climate strategy from farm to fork.
Agricultural raw materials (livestock, crops, animal feed) represent the majority of your emissions. This upstream scope 3 is the hardest to reduce but the most impactful for your carbon footprint.
Collecting carbon data from hundreds of agricultural suppliers is an operational challenge. Varied farm sizes, heterogeneous practices and lack of standardised data complicate management.
Purchasing departments integrate carbon criteria into their product listings. Without a documented climate strategy, your brands risk being delisted in favour of more committed competitors.
Consumers demand environmental transparency. Environmental labelling is coming. You need to communicate a credible climate commitment without falling into greenwashing.
Agricultural projects close to your supply chain, measurable biodiversity impact and credible storytelling for your brands.
Fund Carbon Agri and forestry projects in your suppliers' regions. An insetting approach coherent with your supply chain.
Each project assessed across 5 dimensions: carbon, biodiversity, water, soil and social. Concrete indicators for your environmental labelling and CSR reports.
Certificates, visuals and impact data usable for your packaging, websites and communication materials. A carbon contribution that resonates with consumers.
Certified LBC projects
tCO2 sequestered
Regions covered
Hectares committed
Why choose Label Bas-Carbone for the French agri-food industry?
| Criterion | Label Bas-Carbone | VCS / Verra | Gold Standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| French government recognition | Yes — Ministry of Ecological Transition | No | No |
| Project location | France exclusively | International (mostly emerging countries) | International |
| Territorial anchoring | Projects close to your sites | No territorial link | No territorial link |
| Independent audit | Yes — accredited auditors | Yes | Yes |
| CSRD / ESRS E1 consistency | Strong — traceable projects | Medium | Medium |
| Multidimensional impact | 5 dimensions (carbon, biodiversity, water, soil, social) | Carbon primarily | Carbon + co-benefits |
| Price per tonne | 30 to 80 EUR / tCO2 | 5 to 30 EUR / tCO2 | 15 to 50 EUR / tCO2 |
| Greenwashing risk | Very low | Documented controversies (2023) | Low |
From estimating your emissions to tracking impact, we handle everything. You stay in control.
Evaluation of your residual emissions (scope 1, 2 and 3) using BEGES/GHG Protocol methodology.
Choose from 326 certified Label Bas-Carbone projects based on your territory and values.
Project funding. Each tonne certified by an independent auditor with a registered certificate.
Real-time dashboard, 5-dimension reports exportable as PDF, registered certificates.
Over 326 certified projects available on our platform.
Low-carbon transition of an 89-hectare farm in Pays de la Loire. 657 tCO2 reduced through regenerative agricultural practices. Label Bas-Carbone certified project.
212-hectare farm in Pays de la Loire committed to the low-carbon transition. 603 tCO2 reduced. Rotational grazing practices and hedgerow management.
Input reduction on 225 hectares in Pays de la Loire. 533 tCO2 reduced through optimised fertilisation and farming practices.
“As quality director of a dairy cooperative in Brittany, I was looking for carbon projects consistent with our supply chain. Stock CO2 offered us Carbon Agri projects with farmers close to our members. Biodiversity impact is measured and the certificates are usable for our consumer communications. Distributors appreciate the territorial insetting approach.
Jean-Pierre M.
Quality Director — Dairy cooperative, Brittany
Answers to the most common questions about certified carbon contribution for the agri-food industry.
In the agri-food industry, upstream scope 3 (agricultural raw materials, transport, packaging) often represents 80% of total emissions. Animal production (livestock, animal feed) and intensive crops are the main contributors. Managing this scope 3 is essential for any credible climate strategy. Stock CO2 offers Carbon Agri projects directly with your agricultural suppliers for a coherent insetting approach.
Environmental labelling (Article 2 of the Climate and Resilience Act) will require displaying the environmental impact of food products. The score will integrate GHG emissions, biodiversity, water consumption and pesticides. Funding Label Bas-Carbone projects in your supply chain helps reduce your product footprint and improve your environmental labelling score.
The Carbon Agri methodology is one of the Label Bas-Carbone methodologies dedicated to livestock farms. It certifies emission reductions achieved through virtuous practices: optimised animal feed, effluent management, permanent grasslands, hedgerows. An initial diagnostic (CAP'2ER) is carried out, then an action plan is implemented with 5-year monitoring. Each tonne of CO2 reduced is certified.
Major retail purchasing departments increasingly integrate carbon criteria into their product listings. Documenting a certified Label Bas-Carbone carbon contribution, with projects close to your production sites, strengthens your positioning during commercial negotiations and meets retailer CSR specifications.
Yes, provided you follow ADEME and Net Zero Initiative framework recommendations. You must never display "carbon neutral product" (greenwashing practice). However, stating "This product contributes to funding certified Label Bas-Carbone carbon sequestration projects in France" is responsible communication. Stock CO2 provides visuals and certificates usable for your packaging.
Offsetting involves funding carbon projects disconnected from your value chain. Insetting involves funding projects directly within your supply chain — with your agricultural suppliers, in your sourcing areas. Insetting is more credible and coherent for agri-food. Stock CO2 offers Carbon Agri and forestry projects in your suppliers' regions.
The EGAlim law (2018, strengthened in 2021) aims to rebalance commercial relationships in the food supply chain and promote healthy, sustainable food. While it does not directly target carbon, it strengthens environmental quality requirements (organic, HVE, short circuits) that align with a Label Bas-Carbone carbon contribution strategy.
Making sense of carbon transition vocabulary in the food supply chain.
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