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CEFC makes $25m allocation to Orica to manage nitrous oxide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... abate nitrous oxide emissions. The $25 million allocation will allow Orica to upgrade processing plants used in the production of ammonium nitrate with technology designed to abate nitrous oxide emissions. CEFC notes that this represents one of the largest ...

New Forests to partner on African forestry strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... plastics as we try to move to a society based on renewable, recyclable materials." Increasing the sustainability of timber production and improving forestry and landscape management practices is critical in combatting climate change and creating nature-positive ...

Kilter Rural in $70m mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... management. Kilter Rural's farmland fund utilises emerging technology to achieve carbon sequestration at scale in the production of sustainable food. "The next iteration of the Australian farmlands funds is that we've been sequestering more carbon than ...

CEFC allocates seed capital for lithium production technology

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... Finance Corporation has allocated $1.5 million to a company developing new technology to extract lithium for battery production. The CEFC, through the Clean Energy Innovation Fund, has invested in Novalith's $2.5 million seed round. The Australian-based ...

CEFC in $50m agri-platform investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... use of research from groups such as the CSIRO to deliver energy efficiency improvements to farms as well as optimize production, soil carbon, biodiversity and other environmental outcomes," said CEFC CEO Ian Learmonth. "Smaller scale, mixed use Australian ...

ESG managed funds see surging inflows: Calastone

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... faltered on concerns over rising inflation and higher bond yields, energy supply constraints and falling industrial production in China." Meanwhile, data from Rainmaker Information found that wholesale ESG managed funds delivered a sector median return ...

Managing biodiversity loss a governance risk: Vontobel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... thing is to figure out how much we can reduce our waste, because if you reduce our waste, which constitutes 30% of production, that takes immediate pressure of the growth of humanity off the environment," he said. Much of the intensive agricultural activity ...

Brisbane firm to build organic waste to biogas system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... and environmental benefits, including the diversion of waste from landfill, a reduction in greenhouse gases and the production of nutrient-rich fertiliser which would have otherwise gone to waste," Hawley said. The MMAD system converts organic waste ...

Tightening climate focus on world's biggest emitters: Aviva Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... to contribute to the delivery of related sustainable development goals such as reduced inequalities and responsible production. The Climate Escalation Programme is our flagship 'climate action' programme. It is focused on 30 companies within the oil ...

New Climate Action 100 engagement to tackle food and beverage sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... are in the supply chain and the emissions also, a large proportion of them are at the farm level, from agricultural production - livestock, fertiliser and land use, and there is a real need to have engagement on the deepest levels of supply chain," Richards ...