Bayer Crop Science (China) × Carbon Newture | Better Life Farming Promotion and Product Carbon Footp

On June 10, the opening day of the Shanghai International Carbon Neutrality Expo, Bayer Crop Science (China)’s Better Life Farming promotion and product carbon footprint certification ceremony was successfully held at the Carbon Newture booth. Guests, partners, and green-transition peers from the fields of agriculture, low-carbon services, and third-party certification gathered to witness Bayer Crop Science (China)’s phased achievements in low-carbon agricultural practices and explore new pathways for empowering sustainable agricultural development through technology.

From left to right: Zhang Jun, Vice General Manager of Park and Government Business at Carbon Newture; Deng Dan, Operations Director of the Sustainability Center, East China, Certification Business Group, Bureau Veritas Group; Wang Siyang, Retailer and Better Life Farming Execution Manager at Bayer Crop Science (China); Zheng Guangyu, Go-to-Market Director at Bayer Crop Science (China); Huang Yanxiang, CEO of Carbon Newture; and Jia Lebo, Chief Risk Consulting Expert Advisor of COFCO Zhongyi Global, a subsidiary of COFCO Group.

During the event, Huang Yanxiang, CEO of Carbon Newture, and Deng Dan, Operations Director of the Sustainability Center, East China, Certification Business Group, Bureau Veritas Group, delivered speeches. Zheng Guangyu, Go-to-Market Director at Bayer Crop Science (China), introduced Better Life Farming, while Zhang Jun, Vice General Manager of Park and Government Business at Carbon Newture, served as the event host.

Better Life Farming Advances Low-Carbon Agriculture

Zheng Guangyu, Go-to-Market Director at Bayer Crop Science (China)

During the event, Zheng Guangyu, Go-to-Market Director at Bayer Crop Science (China), gave a systematic presentation on Bayer Crop Science’s low-carbon agricultural practices and the achievements of Better Life Farming. As an important initiative through which Bayer Crop Science deepens its sustainable agricultural practices, Better Life Farming focuses on serving farmers in China. Through customized cultivation solutions, green and low-carbon planting services, retailer empowerment, and digital support, it helps farmers improve planting efficiency and overall income, while promoting the development of a more resilient agricultural ecosystem.

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Better Life Farming is also one of Bayer Crop Science (China)’s concrete actions to achieve its sustainability goals. Bayer Crop Science (China) is steadily advancing its 2030 sustainability targets, including reducing greenhouse gas emissions per kilogram of crop output by 30%, reducing the environmental impact of crop protection by 30%, and improving water-use efficiency in rice production by 25%, with the aim of benefiting 100 million smallholder farmers worldwide.

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In agricultural carbon reduction scenarios, Bayer Crop Science is exploring the development of sustainable supply chains that connect smallholder farmers with downstream enterprises by promoting five designated pilot crops for carbon emissions reduction: wheat, rice, potatoes, coffee, and green tea. Data show that, compared with local practices, crop lifecycle carbon emissions under Bayer’s solutions have decreased to varying degrees, providing quantifiable practical references for carbon reduction and efficiency improvement in agricultural production.

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For the green value of agriculture to be truly seen and recognized, it must be built on carbon data that is quantifiable, traceable, and verifiable. Carbon Newture, leveraging its self-developed AI Native digital carbon management platform Cyacle, provided Bayer Crop Science (China)’s Better Life Farming with professional low-carbon service support, including carbon footprint accounting, transforming complex agricultural production processes into accurate and compliant product carbon footprint data. Bureau Veritas, with its rigorous third-party authoritative certification, added international credibility to the digital accounting results. This represents a typical application of crop science, digital technology, and authoritative certification in the agricultural sector.

Certification Ceremony Successfully Held, Further Deepening the Sustainable Value of Low-Carbon Agriculture

At the event, Carbon Newture and Bureau Veritas issued product carbon footprint verification opinion statements for three agricultural products under Bayer Crop Science (China)’s Better Life Farming.

From left to right: Deng Dan, Operations Director of the Sustainability Center, East China, Certification Business Group, Bureau Veritas Group; Wang Siyang, Retailer and Better Life Farming Execution Manager at Bayer Crop Science (China); Zheng Guangyu, Go-to-Market Director at Bayer Crop Science (China); and Huang Yanxiang, CEO of Carbon Newture.

Huang Yanxiang, CEO of Carbon Newture

Huang Yanxiang, CEO of Carbon Newture, stated that sustainable agricultural development is an important component of achieving global climate goals. As a global leader in crop science, Bayer Crop Science’s implementation of Better Life Farming not only demonstrates the company’s concrete achievements in sustainable agricultural development, soil carbon sequestration, and field-level carbon reduction and efficiency improvement, but also sets an industry benchmark for the low-carbon transition of the entire agricultural supply chain. Relying on the AI Native digital carbon management tool Cyacle, Carbon Newture provided the program with professional low-carbon service support, including carbon footprint accounting.

Looking ahead, Carbon Newture will continue to leverage its expertise in digital carbon management to support responsible industry leaders such as Bayer Crop Science. Through digital carbon management tools, Carbon Newture will help connect the upstream and downstream of the agricultural value chain, promote industrial ecosystem collaboration, and jointly build a new ecosystem for low-carbon agriculture.

Deng Dan, Operations Director of the Sustainability Center, East China, Certification Business Group, Bureau Veritas Group

Deng Dan, Operations Director of the Sustainability Center, East China, Certification Business Group, Bureau Veritas Group, noted in her speech that compared with standardized industrial products, carbon footprint accounting for agricultural products faces more complex production scenarios. It involves multiple aspects, including agricultural input use, field management, energy consumption, cultivation methods, yield levels, and supply chain coordination. Scientific methodology, authentic production data, professional modeling and accounting, and rigorous third-party verification are all essential to carbon footprint accounting for agricultural products.

Deng Dan stated that Carbon Newture, as a low-carbon service provider, demonstrated industry-leading professionalism, systematic capability, and rigor in the project, providing important support for the quantified presentation of Bayer Crop Science (China)’s low-carbon agricultural practices under Better Life Farming.

As a globally recognized third-party professional institution, Bureau Veritas will continue to leverage its extensive expertise and technical strengths in sustainability. Together with Bayer Crop Science (China), Carbon Newture, and all like-minded industry partners, Bureau Veritas will help more enterprises transform green practices into market value, promote the extension of low-carbon agriculture from production to consumption, and support the transition from individual products to full value-chain collaboration, jointly writing a new chapter in the green and high-quality development of Chinese agriculture.

For Bayer Crop Science (China), this certification is not only a phased achievement of Better Life Farming in low-carbon agricultural practice, but also an important milestone in further connecting green and low-carbon cultivation, regenerative agriculture concepts, and credible carbon certification. As Better Life Farming continues to deepen its presence in the fields, Bayer Crop Science (China) will keep promoting the expansion of low-carbon agricultural practices from individual crop demonstrations to broader supply chain collaboration.

Looking ahead, Carbon Newture will continue to leverage its professional capabilities in digital carbon management and product carbon footprint accounting. Together with Bayer Crop Science (China), Bureau Veritas, and other green partners, Carbon Newture will provide sustainable professional support for the green transition of agriculture.