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CEFC in active discussions with project proponents

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... Rudd announced the government would cut the Biodiversity Fund's forward funding by AU$213 million and cutting the Carbon Farming Futures program's forward funding by AU$143 million, as well as cuts to the Clean Technology Investment Program. The CEFC ...

Greenfleet registers two Carbon Farming Initiative projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
Greenfleet, a reforestation not-for-profit, has had two of its reforestation projects registered under the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI). Greenfleet used the CFI's Sequestration: Quantifying Carbon Sequestration by Permanent Environmental Plantings ...

Companies advised to manage carbon price future uncertainty

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... the Emissions Reduction Fund, which would be used to purchase abatement. The Coalition says it will retain the Carbon Farming Initiative, but without a domestic market, its role is unclear. "The main issue is really how the carbon price has been factored ...

Norton Rose launches clean energy law service

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... Australia's clean energy policies including the carbon pricing mechanism, renewable energy, energy efficiency, the carbon farming initiative, fuel tax credits, synthetic greenhouse gases, accounting and disclosures, grants, and taxation incentives. Norton ...

A view on Woolworths' corporate responsibility report

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... working with farmer groups are realistic and would seem to be paying dividends. The desire to build a more sustainable farming community seems real, though the dairy farmers supplying $1 milk will be hoping the efforts accelerate. On 'responsible gaming' ...

Capturing the upside potential of Australia's carbon market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... at the moment." See Also: Companies, investors prepared for carbon price launch Farmers, land managers examine Carbon Farming Initiative

Sustainable development and Australia in the Asian Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... of the Clean Energy Future legislative package as an area of innovation that may aid in this - specifically, the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) "We're all concerned about food production and biodiversity impacts," said Lauber Patterson. "If we don't ...

CDP: increased water risk awareness, lagging board response

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... food Futures Program to invest in supply chain resilience. "The initiative is a $3.25 million commitment to sustainable farming projects and building leadership capacity in agriculture, improving water use and supporting the development of a water footprint ...

Kidney: Australia should look to fund NBN with green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... interested in going down that path, Kidney said. In addition to the national broadband network, the launch of the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) could provide other opportunities to originate bond issuance tied to agriculture and carbon assets such ...

CFI up and running, albeit more slowly than expected

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
The process to gain accreditation for Australian carbon credit unit (ACCU) methodologies under the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) is functioning in such a way to yield legally robust and proscriptive processes, according to a partner at law firm Norton ...