Defined farm boundary
The entities, land, activities and reporting period covered, with ownership or control decisions and exclusions recorded.
Agricultural emissions, with clear boundaries
Farm Carbon and FLAG Emissions Accounting
A processor or customer is asking for your farm’s emissions information. Aethiro helps turn livestock, fertiliser, land-use and energy records into a documented inventory and a summary matched to the request.
FLAG requirements, customer requests and legal reporting obligations are different. We assess the applicable purpose and accounting rules before defining the work.
Start with the farm and the buyer’s question
Queensland grazing, cropping and mixed farming operations have emissions sources that a fuel-and-electricity calculation alone cannot describe. Livestock methane, manure, fertiliser, soils and land-use change may all need consideration, depending on the boundary and activity.
This is the agricultural specialist option within Carbon Footprint Analysis. Based in Gladstone, we support regional Queensland and Australia-wide enquiries, with methods and specialist requirements assessed before accepting an engagement.
An inventory with the distinctions kept visible
Agricultural emissions inventory
Relevant livestock, fertiliser, manure, soil and land-use emissions calculated using identified data sources and applicable methods.
Separate energy emissions
Fuel, electricity and other energy or industry emissions identified separately from forest, land and agriculture emissions.
Buyer-ready summary
A summary in the agreed format, with the methodology, assumptions, data gaps and limits on use clearly stated.
Build the scope from available evidence
Clarify the request
Review the processor’s questions or target-setting purpose. Agree the boundary, reporting period, output, fee and any specialist work needed.
Review farm records
Match activity records to the calculation requirements. Identify missing information, estimation choices and land-history evidence.
Calculate and explain
Prepare the inventory and review the results with you. Record what can be reported now and what needs better data in future.
Records that help define the work
Bring the buyer’s request, property and enterprise details, herd movements and livestock classes, fertiliser and manure information, land-use history, and fuel and electricity records. Feed, crop or production records may also be relevant to the selected method.
We distinguish measured activity data from estimates and document the source of emission factors. Missing records can affect precision and the claims the output supports; they do not automatically prevent a scoped initial assessment.
FLAG is not the same as every farm footprint
Which farm emissions count as FLAG?
Under SBTi’s voluntary framework, FLAG covers applicable forest, land and agriculture emissions and removals. Fuel, purchased electricity and other energy or industrial sources are treated separately. A buyer’s farm-data request does not by itself create a legal obligation or mean the farm needs its own SBTi target.
For targets and submission preparation, see SBTi Target Setting and Validation Support and the SBTi FLAG guidance.
Accounting update, 28 August 2026: the GHG Protocol Land Sector and Removals Standard becomes effective on 1 January 2027. We identify the rules applicable to the engagement and any transition needs, rather than treating it as already governing every farm inventory.
Can land removals offset the farm’s emissions?
Removals need applicable accounting rules, evidence, monitoring and appropriate treatment of reversals and uncertainty. They are not automatically interchangeable with gross emissions or carbon credits. This service does not establish carbon-finance eligibility or promise premium prices or preferred-supplier status.
What if I need a customer response or action plan?
Supplier support prepares a specific questionnaire response. Reduction Planning addresses operational actions. The tender snapshot covers a narrower Scope 1 and 2 package, not a complete agricultural inventory.
Background: FLAG emissions for Queensland farmers and customer Scope 3 requests.
Start with what the processor needs
Bring the request, farm activities and reporting period. We will identify the appropriate accounting scope and the records needed before proposing the work.
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