ST. LOUIS, MO (December 4, 2007) - Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) today announced that it has joined the Chicago Climate Exchange® (CCX), North America’s only voluntary, legally-binding greenhouse gas emissions reduction, registry and trading program.

As part of its agreement, the company will, by 2010, reduce its own direct carbon emissions from major U.S. operations by 6 percent below its 2000 levels or purchase carbon emission offsets as specified in the CCX contract. …more