How does Regenagri’s Carbon Programme align with the GHG Protocol Land Sector and Removals Standard?

As businesses prepare for LSRS to come into force on January 1, 2027, many are seeking trusted guidance to ensure their existing carbon accounting practices align with emerging global requirements.

The Land Sector and Removals Standard (LSRS) is the first GHG Protocol standard that provides companies with a consistent framework for measuring, reporting, and tracking greenhouse gas emissions and carbon removals from land-based activities, while also covering technological CO₂ removals and carbon capture with geological storage.

Organisations using Regenagri’s Carbon Standard and Insetting Standard can rest assured that both standards have been developed with these evolving requirements in mind, incorporating the principles of the GHG Protocol LSRS.

A framework built on internationally recognised guidance

Regenagri’s Carbon Programme follows best practice by aligning with internationally recognised methodologies and frameworks, including:

• IPCC Guidelines
• ISO 14064 principles
• FAO guidance
• Article 6 of the Paris Agreement
• GHG Protocol Land Sector and Removals Guidance

This provides a robust, science-based foundation for quantifying GHG emission reductions and carbon removals across agricultural systems, including soil organic carbon (SOC), biomass sequestration, fertiliser-related emissions, livestock emissions, land-use change, and energy use.

Dynamic baselines and additionality

A key area of alignment with LSRS is the Regenagri Carbon Programme’s implementation of dynamic baselines and additionality requirements.

The Regenagri Insetting Standard combines a Dynamic Additionality Benchmark (DAB) with an Innovative Regenerative Practice (IRP) model to ensure that reported emission reductions and removals go beyond business-as-usual scenarios.

By accounting for changing regional practices, policy developments and technology adoption, Regenagri’s framework reflects the LSRS emphasis on dynamic baselines and credible attribution of climate outcomes while helping to avoid over-crediting.

Permanence, leakage, and environmental integrity

The LSRS places significant emphasis on ensuring that carbon removals remain credible over time. Regenagri’s Carbon Programme addresses these requirements through comprehensive permanence and reversal risk management mechanisms.

Both the Carbon Standard and Insetting Standard require risk assessments, ongoing monitoring, and contributions to permanence buffer pools for carbon sequestration claims. The standards also incorporate leakage assessments, uncertainty quantification and conservative accounting adjustments to strengthen environmental integrity and support transparent reporting.

Robust monitoring and verification

Reliable measurement is a fundamental component of credible carbon accounting.

The Regenagri soil monitoring protocol further strengthens further strengthens alignment with LSRS by establishing rigorous procedures for soil stratification, representative sampling, soil organic carbon quantification, uncertainty management, and long-term monitoring. The protocol supports both direct measurement and hybrid measurement-model approaches, applying internationally recognised methodologies consistent with IPCC and FAO guidance.

Supporting the transition to the LSRS

Regenagri’s Carbon Programme offers a practical pathway towards alignment for organisations preparing for the implementation of the GHG Protocol Land Sector and Removals Standard. By integrating science-based accounting methodologies, dynamic additionality, permanence safeguards, robust MRV systems and internationally recognised guidance, our Carbon Programme not only helps agricultural supply chains prepare for emerging reporting expectations – they also support regenerative agriculture, Scope 3 decarbonisation, ecosystem restoration, and long-term climate resilience.

Does Regenagri’s Carbon Programme sound like a good fit for your organisation? Intrați în contact with our team to learn more.