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Farming, forestry activities proposed for CFI positive list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... Efficiency is considering a series of new activities to include on its "positive list", meaning that activities including farm forestry, intensive rotational grazing and aspects of small landfill operation could potentially qualify under the Carbon Farming ...

Farmers, land managers examine Carbon Farming Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... Industry professions in the project development fields are reporting that while they have had enquiries from farmers, forestry developers and landfill operators, three areas are causing potential developers from committing to the investment necessary ...

Mercer: green bonds deserve investment consideration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... sectors including energy, building and industry, climate finance, water, waste and pollution controls, agriculture and forestry. Green bonds are tied to financing projects that benefit the environment, mitigate climate change or adapt to the impacts ...

Report: US$174bn global market for climate-themed bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... sectors including energy, building and industry, climate finance, water, waste and pollution controls, agriculture and forestry, according to a report by the Climate Bonds Initiative and the HSBC Climate Change Centre of Excellence. The report, which ...

Carbon Farming Initiative grants for biochar research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012  |  NEWS
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) has awarded AU$2m in funding to five research projects that will investigate how farmers can participate in the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) by using biochar to reduce carbon emissions. ...

QIC selects Molpus Woodlands Group for timber mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... Fund" to Molpus. QIC first identified Molpus as a potential investment partner in 2010. Molpus' commitment to sustainable forestry played into QIC's decision to invest with them, Dick said. "Managers who are good operators are the ones who take care ...

Fourth Carbon Farming Initiative methodology approved

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... the CFI and converting existing credits to ACCUs. There are technical differences, and the main areas of concern are forestry and landfill gas. I sit on the landfill gas technical working group... the baseline for transitional projects has been dealt ...

KPMG: agribusiness needs national food policy framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... significant portion of the national economy, with gross value farm production for 2010/2011 representing AU$49.3bn, gross value forestry and fisheries for 2010/2011 representing AU3.9bn and the total value of exports of both categories equalling AU$36.2bn. ...

ANZ's employee engagement, net profit increases

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... and relevant" principles when making investment decisions in socially and environmentally sensitive sectors - water, forestry and forests, energy and extractive industries. "Together, these policies and tools are helping us to embed a culture of responsible ...

Miners, stakeholders agree to actions in Upper Hunter Valley

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... needs of the region, such that the mines are integrated with the landscape, "whether that is agriculture, biodiversity forestry, housing development or other land uses," the report said. The NSW government is currently developing a land use plan for ...