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Making resilience actionable and budgetable Climate risk is now a measurable and financeable threat. Corporate clients increasingly embed resilience KPIs into procurement contracts and supplier scorecards, structuring performance incentives for water efficiency, soil health and climate adaptation measures.
“ Corporate customers are integrating climate metrics into supplier management, funding initiatives that improve supplier climate resilience for a specific crop, area, or group of farmers,” Luke says. The result is a resilient value chain where operational and financial risk is collectively managed, rather than pushed downstream.
When companies fund fieldlevel interventions, their sourcing strategies align with real climate outcomes – the basis for competitive allocation, priority supply agreements and multi-year partnerships that withstand market volatility.
Avoiding greenwash and overstatement Transparent verification frameworks are crucial in an era of regulatory uncertainty and rising greenwash scrutiny. They establish what counts as business value – only quantified, independently verified emissions reductions achieved through direct interventions count toward regulatory and voluntary targets.
“ Only credible, verified and quantified impact should inform decisions and external reporting and third-party verification frameworks must be deployed to ensure integrity and prevent greenwashing or double counting,” Luke recommends.
Gone are the days of“ generic sustainability messaging,” Luke notes. Instead, executives“ must now prioritise credibility, transparency, measurable reductions and shared value creation”. Action not only reduces emissions but protects margins, strengthens resilience and unlocks capital.
90 February 2026