Can carbon neutrality be achieved without carbon offsets? The World's Largest Organic Consumer Brand Reveals Key Solutions   According to the estimates of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the global livestock industry accounts for 18% of the global greenhouse gas emissions, and it can be said that it is a "large carbon emitter". In order to contribute to the improvement of climate change, most livestock industries choose to achieve carbon neutrality through carbon offset. However, "Organic Valley", one of the world's largest organic consumer brands, achieves carbon neutrality through breeding management and renewable energy utilization. neutralize. According to the "Livestock's Long Shadow" report published by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in 2006, the global greenhouse gas emissions froam animal husbandry account for about 18% of global human activities. more than the transportation industry. Therefore, how the livestock industry can achieve carbon neutrality, or even net zero emissions, is the key to whether climate change can be mitigated.   Global organic consumer brand "Organic Valley" announces that it will not rely on carbon offsets to achieve carbon neutrality Under global climate change, carbon neutrality and even net zero emissions are the direction that all industries are striving for. However, although animal husbandry is a major global carbon emitter, milk and meat are the main sources of nutrition, and it is difficult to reduce the amount of animal husbandry. To reduce carbon, it is even more difficult to achieve carbon neutrality, and "Organic Valley", one of the world's largest organic consumer brands, announced its latest carbon neutrality plan in 2022. carbon neutrality.   Achieving carbon neutrality with carbon offsets is not a viable stand-alone solution There are two ways to achieve carbon neutrality. The first is carbon offset, which is to offset one’s own carbon emissions by reducing carbon emissions in other places, such as planting trees, increasing carbon absorption or purchasing carbon rights. Carbon neutrality, including the energy company Shell (Shell) and the technology giant Microsoft (Microsoft), all use this method. Another method is to optimize the production and supply chain of enterprises, such as improving energy efficiency. Currently, due to carbon The method of compensation is simpler and more direct, and most companies adopt this method. However, at the UN climate summit in 2021, some environmental watchdogs pointed out that carbon offsets are not a viable single solution, and companies must start by reducing their own greenhouse gas emissions. Otherwise, taking tree planting as an example, trees not only need time to grow, but also cannot survive forever. Afforestation also requires land. As the global population continues to increase, there is not much land that can be used for tree planting all the time.   Organic Valley achieves carbon neutrality through improved manure management, energy efficiency In the carbon neutral policy of Organic Valley, carbon offset is not used as a way to achieve carbon neutrality, but through improved manure management and energy efficiency to achieve the goal. It is the first large-scale dairy factory in the world that does not rely on carbon offset. It is a brand that achieves carbon neutrality through production management and the use of renewable energy. First of all, in the manure management of Organic Valley, the manure produced by animal husbandry is used as compost for farm crops to reduce the use of chemical fertilizers, or the manure is supplied to the farm as a raw material for biogas power generation to improve energy efficiency. Furthermore, Organic Valley values ​​soil health and sustainable management, does not overuse land, ensures biodiversity, and allows the land and crops on the farm to actually play a role in sequestering carbon to achieve carbon neutrality.   Reducing carbon emissions from the production process is the fundamental way to improve climate change Although animal husbandry is an important source of protein, it is difficult to directly reduce carbon emissions by reducing carbon emissions, but it can also contribute to global climate change by improving production efficiency and using renewable energy. Under the current wave of global pursuit of carbon neutrality and net zero emissions, carbon offset is one of the ways, but for each industry, reducing carbon emissions from itself or optimizing from the production process and production chain is the solution. the root of the problem.    

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