About Yara Climate Choice fertilizer
Yara Climate Choice fertilizers are the same trusted, high-quality Yara crop nutrition, produced with new technologies that further reduce the carbon footprint.
When integrated with Yara’s proven agronomic advice and digital services, Yara Climate Choice fertilizers offer a pathway to optimizing yield while reducing negative climate effects. Therefore, choosing Yara Climate Choice fertilizers means helping farmers prosper while growing the food the world needs, while contributing to decarbonizing the value chain for food production.
Why choose Yara Climate Choice fertilizers?
Food and agriculture are the largest sources of environmental degradation and are responsible for more than one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions. At the same time, food systems are highly vulnerable to climate change.
Choosing Yara Climate Choice Fertilizers means contributing to effortlessly decarbonizing food and reducing climate impact, now and for generations, while helping farmers prosper as they grow the food the world needs.
Effortless
No changes needed in agricultural practices or the logistics chain
Impactful
Reduces the product carbon footprint (PCF) of food by up to 20%
Fast Scaleable
Our CCS-based lower carbon fertilizers will be produced at large-enough volumes for a fast, significant impact
Renewable
Our renewable-based lower carbon fertilizers promote the transition to a fossil free future through innovative technology
Two categories of lower carbon fertilizers
Yara Climate Choice Lower Carbon Fertilizers
Produced using natural gas with carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology, these fertilizers permanently remove a large portion of CO2 emissions from the production process. Depending on nitrogen content and CCS application, emissions are reduced by 35-75% compared to conventional fertilizers.
Yara Climate Choice Renewable-Based Lower Carbon Fertilizers
Made with ammonia sourced from renewable feedstocks like electrolysis-based hydrogen (powered by renewable electricity) or renewable natural gas (RNG), these fertilizers can cut emissions by up to 95%.
How YCC fertilizers enable lower carbon footprint in food production
- Lower scope 3 upstream emissions: Reduce supply chain emissions, a key step in meeting climate targets
- Lower product carbon footprint of individual food items: helps generate premium product lines for the climate conscious consumer
- Credible climate claims: Third-party verification ensures transparency for customers and regulatory compliance
- Data for reporting: Yara provides estimates on carbon footprint reductions to help businesses measure and communicate their climate impact
Our partners
A full value chain approach is essential to decarbonizing the food system. By choosing Yara Climate Choice fertilizers, our partners reduce their climate impact while maintaining productivity and quality.
From grains to coffee, leading food producers worldwide are already embracing lower carbon solutions. See how our partners are making a difference:
The first deal in the world
Lantmännen, Sweden
In 2022, Lantmännen became the first to adopt Yara Climate Choice fertilizers This builds on their 30% reduction in wheat cultivation emissions since 2015, with an additional 20% cut now possible.
One thousand PepsiCo farms in Europe
PepsiCo, Europe
By 2030, Yara will supply up to 165,000 tons of lower-carbon fertilizers annually to PepsiCo, covering 25% of its European crop fertilizer needs. These will be used on 1,000 farms, starting with potatoes and expanding to oats and corn.
Lower Carbon chips in Argentina
El Parque Papas, Argentina
Walter Hernandez, who runs Argentina’s largest potato farm, supplies 14,000 metric tons of potatoes yearly to the country’s potato industry. Yara Climate Choice fertilizers help cut the carbon footprint of these chips by 5-10%.
Decarbonizing beer and whiskey in the UK
Simpsons Malt, United Kingdom
Simpsons Malt, a major malting company, aims for carbon-neutral barley and wheat production by 2030. Since 2024, they have used Yara Climate Choice fertilizers to reduce emissions in crops supplying top beer and whisky brands.
Brazil's biggest coffee producer
Cooxupé, Brazil
Brazil’s largest coffee cooperative, Cooxupé, began using Yara Climate Choice fertilizers in 2024,and is expected to cut coffee bean emissions by up to 40%.
Lower carbon sandwich bread
Bindewald & Gutting Milling Group, Germany
Harry-Brot’s Sammy's Super Sandwich is made with wheat grown using Yara Climate Choice fertilizers. Applied to 1,212 hectares, they’ve reduced wheat’s carbon footprint by 24%, leading to an 8% CO₂ cut in the final bread.
At Yara, we have already reduced our direct emissions by 45 percent since 2005. By delivering lower carbon solutions quickly and at scale, produced with either carbon capture and storage (CCS) or renewable energy, we are uniquely positioned to create value for customers, shareholders, employees, and society at large” —
What makes Yara Climate Choice fertilizers different?
Yara Climate Choice fertilizers are produced with advanced technologies that significantly reduce emissions during production, which helps lower scope 3 emissions and support the transition to a decarbonized food system.
Nearly all Yara nitrate-based fertilizers, including our trusted nitrate-based fertilizer brands YaraMila, YaraBela, YaraRega, YaraTera, and YaraLiva) are now available in lower carbon alternatives.
The carbon footprint of Yara Climate Choice fertilizers is independently verified using the "Fertilisers Europe" Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) methodology. Customers receive full PCF documentation, which they can use for sustainability reporting and carbon footprint calculations of their own food products.
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Where are these fertilizers produced?
Low emission ammonia for Yara Climate Choice fertilizers is produced in key locations worldwide, using innovative technologies to minimize emissions. Some examples are
- Sluiskil, The Netherlands (planned start 2026): To produce ammonia with CCS, reducing CO2 emissions by 800,000 tons per year, allowing for production of 1.8 million tons fertilizers with up to 60% lower carbon footprint
- Porsgrunn, Norway: Home to Europe’s largest 24 MW renewable hydrogen plant, cutting 41,000 tons of CO2 annually, allowing for production fertilizers with up to 95% lower carbon footprint
- Cubatão, Brazil: Transitioning to 100% renewable ammonia in partnership with Raizen, utilizing RNG from the grid.
Join us in transforming the food system
Choosing transformation with Yara Climate Choice Fertilizers means contributing to decarbonizing food and reducing climate impact, now and for generations.
