Net Zero Value Chains

Join us for the 4th edition of our Net Zero Value Chains event during New York Climate Week!

2025 marks a pivotal year for corporate climate action. As companies face a fast-changing landscape—defined by shifting standards, increased scrutiny around GHG emissions accounting, and growing political uncertainty—the pressure is on to evolve. Organizations are demanding more flexibility in how they set and meet climate targets, and in the instruments they can use to do so.

Many companies are ramping up efforts to cut emissions across their value chains, yet a crucial challenge persists: how to credibly account for the outcomes of these interventions within corporate inventories and how to make claims towards science-based targets, in a way that aligns with evolving standards and regulatory expectations.

This moment of uncertainty also brings opportunity. With trust in climate claims more critical than ever, the market is rapidly moving toward higher-integrity approaches that reward credible, measurable impact.

This year’s event will explore how companies can navigate this evolving landscape — by embracing proven methods, aligning with updated guidance, and unlocking scalable, high-impact solutions for Scope 3 decarbonization.

What to expect:

• Tackle Scope 3 traceability and data challenges with practical solutions, including innovative aggregation methods and new traceability frameworks.

• Explore market-based instruments like Supply Sheds and activity pools, and how they can drive credible emissions reductions in complex value chains.

• Hear from leading standard-setters on the evolving relationship between accounting, reporting, and claiming emissions reductions.

• Gain clarity on key debates, such as direct vs. indirect mitigation, and prepare for the next wave of Scope 3 guidance and safeguards.

Join a collaborative space of industry leaders, standards organizations, and sustainability experts to shape the future of net-zero value chains and credible climate action.

Agenda

2:30-2:50 Welcome words by the Value Change Initiative

• Silvana Paniagua, Director of VCI
• Naomi Montenegro, Senior Technical Program Manager, VCI

3:00-4:00 Panel #1: Scaling Scope 3 Action: Accounting Pathways Using GHG Inventories and Market-Based Instruments

As companies advance their Scope 3 strategies to reduce emissions across complex, multi-tiered value chains, they often encounter critical challenges—limited traceability, a lack of supplier-specific data, and highly dynamic sourcing systems. These barriers directly impact how companies can account for and claim emissions reductions in alignment with Science Based Targets and regulatory disclosure requirements.

This session will explore how leading companies are overcoming these challenges by implementing practical solutions—ranging from novel data aggregation approaches to market-based instruments. We’ll examine innovative models such as Supply Sheds, which offer an approach to measure and attribute impact in systems without full traceability, and look at emerging traceability frameworks that enhance visibility across the supply chain. The discussion will highlight credible accounting pathways that reflect the current evolution of standards and support robust, transparent reporting in a dynamic and interconnected value chain landscape.

Speakers:

• Sally Flis, Director, Sustainable Ag Program Design and Outcome Management, Nutrien
• Steven Rosenzweig, Soil Scientist, General Mills
• Tory Hoffmeister, Climate Strategy Manager, Global Business Solution, 3Degrees
• Autumn Fox, Global Sustainability Director, Mars 

Moderated by: Thomas Blackburn, VP Sales and Partnerships, SustainCERT

4:00 – 4:30 Networking coffee break

4:30- 5:30 Panel #2 : Scope 3 Standards in Transition: Accounting, Reporting & Claiming in an Evolving Landscape

In a rapidly shifting regulatory and geopolitical context, the standards governing Scope 3 emissions are undergoing significant updates. Key initiatives—such as the Science Based Targets initiative’s (SBTi) Corporate Net-Zero Standard v2.0, the Greenhouse Gas Protocol’s Land Sector and Removals Standard, the revision of their whole suite of standards and the Actions and Markets Instrument process — are at the forefront of redefining how companies measure, report, and claim emissions reductions.

This panel brings together leaders from major standard-setting bodies to discuss how these updates are shaping the future of Scope 3 climate action. The conversation will focus on the evolving relationship between accounting, reporting, and claiming GHG emissions and the associated requirements and safeguards.

Panellists will also explore critical issues such as the distinction between direct and indirect mitigation, the role of traceability, and how new guidance is helping define credible corporate action. Attendees will gain clarity on what to expect and how to prepare for the next generation of climate standards.

Speakers:

• Alberto Carrillo Pineda, Chief Technical Officer, Science Based Targets initiative
• Pankaj Bhatia, Global Director, Greenhouse Gas Protocol, World Resources Institute
• Alistair Monument, Director of Programmes, International Social and Environmental Accreditation and Labelling (ISEAL)
• Claire Wigg, Head of Climate Performance Practice, Exponential Roadmap Initiative and Project Lead, ISO Net Zero Standard

Moderated by Silvana Paniagua, Director of VCI

Participation:

Please note that this event is for free:

• For VCI members, 2 participants per company can join. To request additional slots, please contact us—approval will depend on availability.

• For Non members, a maximum of 1 participant per company can join