In early 2023, Resource Innovation Institute and leading international greenhouse and indoor farms joined forces to establish agreed-upon methodologies to guide environmental accounting and reporting related to controlled environment agriculture, and how it can be compared to traditional farming.
Throughout 2023 & 2024, the group is meeting to determine how to measure:
Energy
efficiency
Water
efficiency
Carbon
footprint
Other environmental outcomes
The goals of the initiative are to:
- Develop an international environmental accounting framework through consensus to enable complete, consistent, ongoing evaluation of modern farming methods
- Provide tools to enable CEA producers and stakeholders to adopt standardized measurement as put forth by the CEA Footprint Project
- Advance a broader understanding of the environmental benefits and impacts of CEA at a critical inflection point
The collaborative Guide to Environmental Accounting and Reporting for Controlled Environment Agriculture Operations is now available!
Developed by a team of collaborating entities involved in the CEA Footprint Project, the guide is a how-to resource for energy, water and carbon emissions accounting and reporting. Download the report today to get started on your journey towards standardized environmental accounting and reporting systems and methodologies.
Participating companies
Steering Committee
