Exploring innovation, sustainability and the future of farming.
Agriculture plays a critical role in achieving net zero, yet it's often overlooked in mainstream climate conversations.
This exciting webinar session, taking place during our Net Zero Week 2025, will explore how agri-tech innovation is helping reduce emissions, improve resilience and shape the future of sustainable food production.
From carbon measurement and precision farming to tech-enabled land use and finance, this conversation brings together voices from farming, government, agri-tech start-ups and the wider supply chain.
What the sessions will cover:
- The role of agri-tech in reducing on-farm emissions.
- Examples of new technologies and innovation in practice.
- Opportunities for climate mitigation and resilience in agriculture.
- The importance of standards in enabling adoption and scalability.
- Cross-sector collaboration across farming, retail, finance and data.
Webinar details:
Date: Wednesday 24 September 2025
Time: 14:30 – 16:00 (BST)
Location: Online .
Agenda:
14:30 Welcome & BSI Introduction
- Emily Field, Food Sector Lead, BSI
14:35 Agriculture’s role in reducing emissions Scene setting - Discussing the analysis for the CCC’s 6th carbon budget for agriculture and land use
- Vera Eury, SRUC
14:50 Net zero farming and the role of tech
- Jonathan Scurlock, Chief Adviser, Renewable Energy and Climate Change, National Farmers Union
15:05 Government priorities for driving economic growth
- Sarah Kaya, Senior Policy Advisor, DEFRA
15:20 Financing the transition
15:35 Audience Q&A
16:00 Close
Speaker details:
 Jonathan Scurlock
Chief Adviser, Renewable Energy and Climate Change, National Farmers Union
A senior NFU adviser since 2007, Jonathan Scurlock leads a small team providing analysis and advice on energy, climate change and net zero policy to the NFU's management, office holders and members. His background is in university and government research in the UK and USA, covering energy and climate policy, plant physiology, all kinds of biomass fuels, bio-based products and other renewables. The author of more than 50 publications, he was educated at Oxford and London, and is a Visiting Fellow at the Open University.
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 Sarah Kaya
Policy advisor in the Agri Tech Sector Policy team
Sarah Kaya is a policy advisor in the Agri Tech Sector Policy team, part of the Agri-Food Chain Directorate at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
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