New markets for sustainable products, such as low-carbon foods or low-carbon fuels, typically require commodity inputs to provide a carbon intensity (CI) score — an estimate of how much carbon was emitted in the production of the product. For agricultural commodities, some of the biggest drivers of the CI score are fertilizer use, fuel and electricity use and transportation emissions.
Products with sufficiently low CI scores may find marketing opportunities in the following:
- Regulation-induced clean fuel markets such as California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard and Canada’s Clean Fuel Regulations
- Future EU market access (once Sustainable EU Food System Framework is finalized)
- Emerging Sustainable Aviation Fuel markets in the U.S. and abroad
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