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Sustainability

How the Holidays Can Shape Your Family Legacy

By Jeanne Bernick | November 19, 2021

Agriculture, Next Gen, Sustainability, Tax & Accounting

Reading Time: 2 minutes By Jeanne Bernick, Certified Family Business Advisor For many of you the stress of harvest season is over and now you enter a new season in family business: the holidays! As if working with family isn’t challenging enough, now there are mandatory meals and celebrations and traditions to recreate, not …

Ethanol Producers Must Start Now to Support RFA’s Net-Zero Commitment

By Donna Funk | August 4, 2021

Biofuels, Sustainability

Reading Time: 3 minutes The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) has announced its commitment: Ethanol will achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 (or sooner), and 70% GHG reduction vs. gasoline by no later than 2030. With demand for affordable zero-emission and innovations like sustainable aviation fuel on the rise, this commitment creates an exciting …

How Dairies Can Claim Renewable Energy Revenue in 2021

By KCoe Editorial | December 22, 2020

Animal Ag, Biofuels, Strategic Advisory, Sustainability, Tax & Accounting

Reading Time: 3 minutes While ethanol and biodiesel fuels are among the most common renewable energy sources accepted into the California Air Resources Board (CARB) program for Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) credits, dairy producers across the U.S. are taking notice of the benefits these credit opportunities pose for biomethane suppliers as well. California …

KCoe Advisors Earn Credential to Help Food & Ag Businesses Improve Sustainability Performance and Reporting

By KCoe Editorial | November 2, 2020

Food And Beverage, Permanent Specialty Crops, Sustainability

Reading Time: 2 minutes K·Coe Isom is excited to announce that sustainability advisors Zach Pinto and Lisa Becker have completed the training and testing required to become credentialed as The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) Trained Service Providers for THESIS. “Many of our clients are being asked to do more to report on and address their …

Money Watch for Manufacturers: Making Proactive Supply Chain Decisions Now Can Add Up

By KCoe Editorial | October 27, 2020

Food And Beverage, Manufacturing, Strategic Advisory, Sustainability

Reading Time: 3 minutes With major disruptions accelerating the “reshoring” of manufacturing back to the U.S. – the trade war and import tariffs, and now the pandemic – the tremendous effects on global supply chains have been seemingly the knock-out punch to globalization as we once knew it. How manufacturers respond to supply chain …

5 Tips to Move Ag Business Forward During Economic Disruption

By KCoe Editorial | August 20, 2020

AgKnowledge, Agriculture, Animal Ag, Commodity Crops, Next Gen, Peer Groups, Permanent Specialty Crops, Sustainability, Tax & Accounting

Reading Time: 3 minutes While production agriculture is no stranger to facing adversity and adaptation, no one could argue that the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has required unprecedented response and strategy. As business advisors, K·Coe has been on the front lines of hearing concerns, navigating issues and fielding questions during these unsettling …

Food, Beverage and Manufacturing Companies Face New Risks Due to COVID-19 Contagion

By KCoe Editorial | June 9, 2020

COVID-19, Food And Beverage, Manufacturing, Sustainability

Reading Time: 2 minutes The effects of the Coronavirus pandemic are far from over. Though most businesses are in the midst of a gradual return to the workplace, they continue to face risks from further outbreaks. Supply chain partners, investors, and other stakeholders are watching carefully to ensure that when businesses do reopen, they …

Are Changes in Sustainability Reporting and Audits Coming?

By KCoe Editorial | January 27, 2020

Agriculture, Animal Ag, Sustainability

Reading Time: 2 minutes What a whirlwind start to the New Year for businesses in regard to their environmental impacts, as recent events have created questions surrounding what’s in store for reporting and reduction processes, and what actions organizations should be taking. Let’s revisit the sudden causes for uncertainty across the nation. First, on …