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GreenCollar secures funding for Queensland carbon farming projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... stabilise soil and retain vegetation cover to significantly reducing the risk of sediment mobilisation to a Great Barrier Reef management priority river. Forest Retention Project (Coverty QLD) 15,000 total carbon credits (ACCUs) estimated to be generated ...

Coca Cola, WWF-Australia, farmers mark 10 years of Project Catalyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
... which provides funding to study innovative and more sustainable farming techniques to positively impact on the Great Barrier Reef. Project Catalyst began in 2008 with 19 farmers, and at current count "helps improve the quality of more than 150 billion ...

CEFC commits to large-scale solar projects developed by Edify Energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... benefits to the grid." The solar projects also reflect the CEFC's focus on funding clean energy projects in the Great Barrier Reef catchment area as part of its Reef Funding Program. "By financing the development of solar farms in the Reef Catchment ...

CEFC makes tenth large scale solar project allocation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... for the Collinsville Solar Plant is also part of the CEFC's focus on delivering clean energy solutions in the Great Barrier Reef Catchment Area, as part of its Reef Funding Program. Other Large Scale Solar Program commitments include finance commitment ...

CEFC reports $837m in commitments for 2015-2016

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... 2016, Yates noted. "We anticipate further changes in 2016, to support investments to improve the health of the Great Barrier Reef and Australia's cities," Yates said. "We look forward to continuing to work with all types of business, co-financiers and ...

ESG concerns a challenge for mining projects: MSCI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... environmental groups, local council and Chamber of Commerce around ESG issues such as climate change and impacts on the Great Barrier Reef. "While on the trip it was apparent that environmental problems at the Gladstone harbour due to dredging activity ...

Abbot Point Port Expansion leads controversy list: RepRisk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... projected to produce around three million cubic meters of debris, which would be dumped on the seabed near the Great Barrier Reef, the report noted. The projected environmental threats have galvanised opposition from groups including the Australian Greens ...

UN Statistics Division releases ecosystem accounting system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... usable way. "We are probably a lot closer to looking at discrete pieces such as water or the ecosystem of the Great Barrier Reef - rather than an entire system of ecosystem accounting," said Karen McWilliams, head of business policy and sustainability ...

Insurer Catlin Group sponsors survey of global coral reefs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... and statistical data to allow the scientific community to monitor the health of coral reefs, including the Great Barrier Reef. "As an insurance company, Catlin helps clients manage the risks they face," said James Burcke, group head of communications ...

Will sustainability survive the end of the boom?

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... value of small things like the willingness of our society to accept regulation or to risk changing jobs, or the Great Barrier Reef, or artesian water, or the capacity of the atmosphere to absorb the greenhouse gases we emit. So, if any of these assets ...