GIC Group (www.gicgroup.com), a long-standing international agribusiness company specializing in financial services, has developed a series of new futures contracts—CPC (commodity plus carbon) to ensure premiums, based on emission reduction practices on farm. Our pilots confirm Purdue U. survey findings that farm participation rates in direct carbon payment programs remain under 3% of the total number of growers and confirm 80% positive response rates to CPC. Our first roll-out is CPC corn, offering lower carbon footprints and Scope 3 opportunities for the ethanol industry.

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