Spring Update 2025
Hopeful progress on regulations and methodologies for carbon farming
The year quickly kicked into gear for regenerative agriculture. Despite the news that the final version of the Land Sector Removal Guidance of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol will be delayed until Q4 of 2025, other key standards and methodology highlighted their progress on topics that will lead to the widespread adoption of regenerative agriculture projects.
Highly anticipated methodological changes that embrace new technologies for soil carbon projects were released for public consultation for both Gold Standard and Verra. On an EU level, the draft for the European Union Carbon Removals and Carbon Farming Framework (EU CRCF) was discussed in detail at the Carbon Farming Summit in Dublin. The Summit provided a forum for our industry to come together to push for speedy and thorough regulation that enables high quality carbon farming projects.
We’ll break down some of the highlights from the last couple of months in our industry and at Seqana and give a hint at what’s to come in the near future.
The EU CRCF shows promise and demonstrates the momentum in Europe to adopt regenerative agriculture at scale
The Seqana team attended the Carbon Farming Summit in Dublin at the beginning of March. It showcased the progress that has been made on research related to furthering soil carbon sequestration across a variety of projects.
The summit also highlighted the work that still needs to be done in order to see the shift to regenerative agriculture come to fruition at scale.
Our CEO, Stefan Gönner, shared his thoughts on the conference and what it means for the industry at large in a recent blog post.
You can read the full post here.
Adaptations to the EU CRCF are still needed to reach its full potential
In addition to attending the Summit, Seqana co-hosted a workshop discussing the practical realities of MRV for the EU CRCF, highlighting the challenges and offering potential solutions. It was exciting to see the level of engagement from a variety of different types of stakeholders and the promise that the discussions from the summit could have a direct impact on the final version of the EU CRCF.
Our Co-Founder and CTO, Julian Kremers, outlined Seqana’s recommendations for EU CRCF, which aim to improve the ability of carbon farming projects to be implemented at scale.
You can read the full blog post here.
Gold Standard’s SOC Model Requirements and Guidelines released for public consultation
In January, Gold Standard released the initial version of the “Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) Model Requirements and Guidelines” for public consultation.
Seqana developed the new Guidelines in collaboration with the Gold Standard team and Sustainable AG. These requirements leverage new technologies and approaches, including Digital Soil Mapping, to enable scalable, scientifically rigorous soil carbon quantification. The public consultation period is now closed, but the initial draft gives an indication of where the industry is headed.
Stay tuned for more information on the Guidelines as it becomes available.
Verra releases the Digital Soil Mapping Tool for public consultation
Gold Standard was not the only methodology to release updates on soil carbon quantification approaches. Verra released the Digital Soil Mapping (DSM) Tool for public consultation, as well. While it differs from the Gold Standard approach, both methodologies share a common goal – leverage new technologies to increase the scientific rigor and scalability of carbon farming projects.
If you are interested in what Digital Soil Mapping could mean for your VM0042 project, Seqana can guide you on how to incorporate DSM into your project, keeping you ahead of the curve when it comes into force. Registered VM0042 Version 1 projects can already incorporate the methods into their projects.
We’re pleased to announce our latest partnership with Klim!
We are delighted to collaborate with Klim on 29,000 hectares across Germany. Seqana enabled the project’s MRV of soil carbon with Sample Size consultation and an accompanying Sampling Design. Klim greatly reduced the number of physical soil samples required to execute a scientifically rigorous SOC project using Seqana’s sampling design.
Read more about our collaboration here.
Co-Founder and CTO, Julian Kremers is elected President of ISCIA
We’re pleased to announce that our Co-Founder and CTO, Julian Kremers, was elected President of the International Soil Carbon Industry Alliance (ISCIA). ISCIA is an industry alliance that advocates for the prioritization of soil carbon initiatives in the fight against climate change. Recently, ISCIA published a position paper on the CRCF that highlights where improvements can be made before the final draft of the CRCF is released.
You can read the full position paper here.
Want to catch up in person?You can find us at these events:
- April 8 - 10: Soil Health Now Conference in Wageningen, Netherlands
- May 13 - 14: The Future of Food and Beverage in Amsterdam. Netherlands
- June 3 - 4: Scope 3 Innovation Forum in Amsterdam, Netherlands
That’s all for now!
Until next time,
The Seqana team
