More low-carbon fertilizers, quicker.
Improve the business case of your decarbonization efforts with Proba's Insetting Solution and help reduce your supply chain’s Scope 3 emissions.
Are you a fertilizer manufacturer who wants to:
• Reduce your climate impact
• Help supply chain partners achieve their SBTi goals and reduce their Scope 3 emissions
• Improve the ROI of your sustainability initiatives
• Ensure your efforts are credibly verified and recognized for their integrity
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Proba x IFA Project
Together with the International Fertilizer Association (IFA), Proba is developing a robust quantification and verification methodology to encourage the adoption of enhanced-efficiency fertilizers, focusing on nitrification and urease inhibitors to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Through an insetting approach backed by carbon finance, this program aims to reduce nitrous oxide emissions across the fertilizer supply chain
Success stories
“Downstream supply chain partners support our efforts by purchasing impact units, contributing to the expansion of low-carbon production capacity.”
“By incentivizing the wider adoption of enhanced efficiency fertilizers, we effectively reduce emissions from fertilizer application, making us eligible for Impact Units."
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“Integrating sustainable practices like precision agriculture and advanced fertilizers reduces emissions, helping to lower downstream Scope 3 footprints.”
Maximize the value of your sustainability efforts with Proba's Insetting Solution
Our unique insetting solution transforms your climate action into tradable Impact Units.
They enable you to:
- Monetize your sustainability efforts
- Get access to co-financing for your decarbonization projects
- Demonstrate commitment to SBTi Net-Zero Standards
- Decouple emission reduction claims from the logistical challenges of full supply chain traceability
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Featured blogs
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What are nitrification and urease inhibitors?
"When fertilizers, especially nitrogen-based fertilizers like urea, are applied to soil, some nitrogen can be lost due to processes like nitrification and urea breakdown, leading ..."
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Reducing GHG emissions in fertilizer production: A guide to Proba’s new methodology
"The production of fertilizers, particularly nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium (NPK) fertilizers, contributes a lot to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions globally..."
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FAQs
Synthetic nitrogen fertilizers are a major source of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Nature reports they account for 6.8% of agri-food system emissions, 10.6% of agricultural emissions, and 2.1% of total global GHGs. Cambridge estimates synthetic fertilizers and manure together emit 2.6 gigatonnes of carbon annually. The Food and Agriculture Organization found they contributed 13% of agricultural emissions in 2018, while the Environmental Protection Agency noted agriculture, forestry, and land use made up 22% of global emissions in 2019. This initiative promotes enhanced-efficiency technologies like nitrification and urease inhibitors to cut nitrous oxide (N₂O) emissions.
These inhibitors slow the breakdown of nitrogen in soil, preventing it from escaping into the atmosphere as nitrous oxide (N₂O), a potent greenhouse gas. Fertilizer emissions are a significant contributor to global GHG emissions, making these technologies key in reducing the sector’s environmental footprint.
The IFA and Proba project aims to incentivize the adoption of enhanced-efficiency fertilizers, allowing the fertilizer industry to cut GHG emissions by up to 50%. Insetting strategies help share the costs and risks, making adoption more widespread.
Companies downstream in the supply chain, such as food producers, can report reduced Scope 3 emissions, allowing them to market more sustainable products. The verifiable reductions from fertilizers used in crop production help them avoid greenwashing while enhancing their sustainability credentials.