Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) data and outcomes underpin corporate ESG disclosures and reporting frameworks such as the Greenhouse Gas Protocol and are increasingly being referenced in regulatory contexts. Outcomes from these LCAs influence investment decisions, where good values promote investment in a given ingredient, supply chain, business or even land purchase, and poor values can result in disinvestment.
Evaluating the food safety impacts of cover-crop grazing in fresh produce systems to improve cover crop adoption, crop-livestock integration, and soil health