Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Optimizing sustainability in agriculture
• Providing opportunities for employees and rural/agricultural communities
• Climate Action
• Life on Land
• Responsible Consumption and Production

Environmental Achievements

• Completed first GHG emissions inventory (Scope 1 and 2), with a goal to complete Scope 3 estimation in 2024. SWAT CAM reduced manpower and vehicle use (and their associated GHG emissions).

Social Achievements

• Implemented a Human Resources Information System with features for diversity tracking. Increased cell phone and internet subsidies for remote employees. Provided $1,000 home office subsidy to each new employee. Granted employees eight paid volunteer hours annually.
• Revitalized Performance Management program with annual review and mid-year follow-up. Conducted twice-yearly employee wellbeing checks.

Governance Achievements

• Developed Croptimistic’s mission, vision, and core value statements. Implemented a code of business conduct.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Reducing GHG emissions from operations and supply chain.
• Reducing water usage while maintaining biosecurity protocols.
• Refining responsible procurement criteria to ensure ethical sourcing.

Mitigation Strategies

• Assessing GHG inventory and identifying reduction opportunities in 2024. Assessing water and waste consumption and evaluating reduction opportunities in 2024. Refining procurement criteria in 2024.

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement

• Ethical criteria (avoiding child labor and forced labor), environmental criteria (regulatory compliance and resource conservation), geographical criteria (local vendor preference).

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI, SASB

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• SDG 2
• SDG 3
• SDG 8
• SDG 12
• SDG 13
• SDG 15

Detailed in report.

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• SWAT CAM
• SWAT BOX