Accounting for Livestock Emissions: Today’s Methods, Tomorrow’s Needs

Thursday, Mar 5, 2026 2:00 PM EST /  /

Accurately accounting for livestock emissions is one of the stickiest problems in agricultural climate reporting, with beef supply chains stretching across cow-calf operations, feedlots, processors, and brands. Meanwhile, pressure is rising from SBTi FLAG, the GHG Protocol, and buyers who need credible numbers for Scope 3 reporting.

Join Regrow and SE Advisory for a webinar exploring how companies can reduce, quantify, and confidently report emissions from beef supply chains.

We will walk through the current state of livestock emissions accounting, including how inventory approaches differ from intervention methods, what enteric quantification looks like in practice, and how to join primary and secondary data into a compliant emissions factor.

The conversation will also cover where standards are aligning and where gaps remain, from allocation rules and leakage to uncertainty and data coverage, and what this means for teams trying to move from ambition to action.

You’ll learn:

  • Why enteric methane dominates beef footprints
  • The difference between inventory and intervention approaches
  • How to quantify emissions from cow-calf systems today
  • How substitution methodologies work, with a practical mock example
  • How this approach aligns with PACT, the GHG Protocol, and ISO guidance
  • What the future holds for this key sector of climate action

This session will leave you with a clear model for livestock emissions accounting, a realistic view of what is credible today, and a practical foundation for shaping your own reduction and reporting strategies.

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