Epoch

Agriculture and forestry-linked supply chains contribute over 30% of global carbon emissions and are major drivers of biodiversity loss. Yet, at the heart of these supply chains are smallholder farmers in the Global South, whose sustainable practices often outperform industrial plantations. At MCV, we believe in the potential to reduce CO2 emissions through regenerative practices. That’s why we’ve invested in Epoch’s platform, which champions an open-data approach to revolutionize supply chains, support smallholders, and drive meaningful climate action. Discover how smallholder production offers a more sustainable alternative to industrial methods and the crucial role of open data in empowering these farmers amidst increasing regulatory pressures. Read our latest article on AgFunder by Jinal Surti, CEO at Epoch and Timothy Rann, Managing partner at MCV 🔗 https://lnkd.in/epPTh2xY #ClimateResilience #SmallholderFarming #OpenData #AgTech #SustainableAgriculture

🎉 Celebrating 5 Years of Building Thriving Businesses with Women Coffee Farmers! 🌟 Join us on Thursday, June 27 in Copenhagen, as we toast to our incredible journey! In just five years, we’ve: ✨ Supported 1,100+ women coffee farmers in Costa Rica and Mexico 🌱 Disbursed $60,800 in seed funds to support income diversification ☕ Sold 67 tons of women-powered coffee, bringing in $870k+ for farmers in our program 🤝 Hosted two Women Powered Coffee Summits with 350+ attendees We couldn’t have done it without your support! Let’s gather, celebrate, and dream big for the next fifty years together. We are grateful to partners Falcon Coffees Ltd and Epoch for co-hosting this event with us. See you there, coffee community! ❤️ 📍 Lagoni & Co, Ryesgade 76, Copenhagen 📅 Thursday, June 27, 6PM onwards! 🔗 RSVP here: https://lnkd.in/gwJbdSc6 Don’t miss it! ☕✨

Nature restoration is in many cases more cost-efficient than climate mitigation options now subsidized by governments. The economically sensible thing to do for countries that pursue climate goals is to invest more in nature – even if we look only at climate benefits and disregard all other benefits such investments may bring. Theoretically. In practice things are not always so easy. There are many constraints on investments in nature. Fundamentally, those constraints are mostly about information: how do we know whether investment in nature are additional to a business-as-usual scenario? How do we know that restored nature will be given sufficient time to realize carbon sequestration potential? These constraints explain why only 2% of climate finance is directed towards nature, even though so-called Nature-based Solutions (NbS) make up 23% of the measures countries propose to reach their goals under the Paris agreement. What we need, therefore, is better information on NbS. Satellite data can help. They are now granular enough to give insight to countries looking to invest in nature and host countries looking to develop NbS projects. They can serve as additional information for investment decisions, and also help with monitoring, reporting and verification of individual projects. In this paper in the journal Climate Policy, William Ouellette and I present a proof of concept. We use satellite data, William's expertise, to calculate MACC-curves for Lesotho and Rwanda. Coupled with the institutional improvements necessary to create a reliable intergovernmental carbon credit market, these technological developments have the potential to boost international investment in nature. See the link below for the full article.  https://lnkd.in/eMa7zU4j Also, check out all the cool things William and his business partner Jinal Surti do with satellite data to help the international carbon market forward: https://www.epoch.blue/

Today, we're announcing a strategic alliance with Epoch Blue! Altana's Value Chain Management System combined with Epoch Blue's environmental intelligence and insetting capabilities provides comprehensive environmental monitoring, enabling full traceability, environmental impact analysis and decarbonation levers. Read more about this important step toward a global net zero carbon footprint for public and private organizations alike here. https://lnkd.in/ezrb-ycX

At Cerulean, we've looked at the carbon markets and MRV sector and long asked ourselves where the alpha and impact lies within them. There's no real market for carbon dioxide (we've had to stretch ourselves into pretzels to create one), and no one wants to pay for MRV, yet every NGO and government on the face of the Earth will tell you they want to invest in the [nature-positive, regenerative transition]. So who's going to pay for it? That's what the team at our next investment, Epoch, set out to build — emissions monitoring and payments for sustainable supply chains, starting with food and ag. We're extremely impressed by Jinal Surti and William Ouellette's ability to move quickly, understand customer problems, ship new products, and book early revenue. We estimate the market for monitoring cross border commodities and their land use associated emissions at somewhere near $700B — MRV is a part of the puzzle, but delivering payments to the actually existing human beings who do the work is a key, non-negotiable part of said puzzle, and they have great traction on this front. We're honored to add them to our portfolio in the #naturetech space. Read more below for our investment case! 👇 Epoch Nature Tech Collective Raviv Turner Giora Kaplan (Gig) John Henry Clippinger Peter Olivier Julie Pullen Chadwick Manning Ichsani Wheeler, PhD Gordon Gould Courtney Nichols Gould Amer Vohora Jack Wielebinski Will P. Gregory Landua Will Szal Pablo Alonso Aja Matt Portman Dr. Holger Sprengel Tom O'Keefe

It's hard to find a company that isn’t claiming to move toward Net Zero these days. But how many are making good on their claims, and how many can prove it? The challenge, as ever, lies in supply chains. Scope 3 emissions — those that echo down the supply chain and represent up to 70% of a company’s carbon footprint — are notoriously hard to track and monitor, which makes it even harder to hold ourselves and each other to account.   What the world needs is incentivization, collaboration, and accountability, all hard-coded into our technology and our supply chains.  So it’s a good job Epoch exists. Led by Jinal Surti and William Ouellette, Epoch is making agricultural and forestry supply chains transparent and sustainable with technology that makes carbon reduction a win-win for growers and buyers.  We could not be more excited to support Jinal & William as co-pilots to help them build this plane. Find the full story on what Epoch is working on and why we're excited below!👇

Why We Invested: Epoch is making agricultural supply chains more transparent, effective and resilient to climate disruption. ◾ Smallholder farmers produce a third of the world’s food supply. ◾ In emerging economies, this number is larger. ◾ These farmers face significant climate vulnerabilities that directly affect their productivity and income.  ◾ Any effective transition to a green economy must factor smallholder farmers. Epoch connects brands with local producers in their supply chains by managing inset payments through cross-border channels and last-mile mobile money networks, providing MRV (monitoring, reporting, and verification) capabilities. The result is that smallholder farmers can strengthen, adapt, and improve livelihoods through sustainable production methods. "We are fortunate to have an opportunity to bring meaningful economic uplift to the most vulnerable communities, drive emissions emissions reduction in the order of gigatons, AND drive meaningful economic value to the buyers, brands and retailers in agriculture and forestry-linked supply chains. This is exactly the right time to be working on this opportunity and we are excited about what the future holds." Jinal Surti, Co-founder & CEO of Epoch Read more on why we invested in 'Driving Resilience, Sustainability, and Decarbonization in Soft Commodity Supply Chains' https://lnkd.in/evd6psvU #Decarbonization #SustainableSupplyChains #RegenerativeAgriculture #GreenTransition #ClimateSmart

Why We Invested: Epoch is making agricultural supply chains more transparent, effective and resilient to climate disruption. ◾ Smallholder farmers produce a third of the world’s food supply. ◾ In emerging economies, this number is larger. ◾ These farmers face significant climate vulnerabilities that directly affect their productivity and income.  ◾ Any effective transition to a green economy must factor smallholder farmers. Epoch connects brands with local producers in their supply chains by managing inset payments through cross-border channels and last-mile mobile money networks, providing MRV (monitoring, reporting, and verification) capabilities. The result is that smallholder farmers can strengthen, adapt, and improve livelihoods through sustainable production methods. "We are fortunate to have an opportunity to bring meaningful economic uplift to the most vulnerable communities, drive emissions emissions reduction in the order of gigatons, AND drive meaningful economic value to the buyers, brands and retailers in agriculture and forestry-linked supply chains. This is exactly the right time to be working on this opportunity and we are excited about what the future holds." Jinal Surti, Co-founder & CEO of Epoch Read more on why we invested in 'Driving Resilience, Sustainability, and Decarbonization in Soft Commodity Supply Chains' https://lnkd.in/evd6psvU #Decarbonization #SustainableSupplyChains #RegenerativeAgriculture #GreenTransition #ClimateSmart

"The enhanced API will connect key stakeholders, allowing them to monitor their emissions, generate consistent and transparent assessments of their fields and seamlessly collaborate to reduce carbon emissions."💚 Today we announce our partnership with Epoch, the fintech company that provides an infrastructure for data sharing and payments to make agricultural and forestry supply-chains more transparent and sustainable. Epoch Blue’s API will leverage Varda’s #GlobalFieldID to connect key stakeholders; including farmers,  agribusinesses and ag retailers, allowing  them to generate consistent, transparent assessments of their fields, and seamlessly collaborate to monitor and reduce their emissions.🌿 Epoch’s Supply Chain CO2 API provides transparency on sustainability metrics on insetting practices. Through this partnership, farmers can monitor on-demand metrics for their land plots, and buyers of supply-chain carbon credits can purchase carbon removals to lower their Scope 3 footprint. Read more about our collaboration here:  https://lnkd.in/d4QheVM2 #regenerativeagriculture #agtech #technology #collaboration #scope3