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NAB backs green bank for Aussie farmers

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
Australia's green bank has announced a $300 million asset finance partnership with NAB to help Aussie farmers upgrade their vehicles and equipment to drive down emissions. Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) will support discounted interest rates ...

Green bank returns $5.4bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... invested $1.1 billion through the economy-wide general portfolio including $200 million with Rabobank Australia to help farmers plant trees for carbon sequestration, $100 million for AXA IM Alts-managed build-to-rent strategy, and CBA's EV Access Pro ...

Investors zero in on nature, human rights nexus

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... correctly, leading to poor financial returns for investors. For example, the report cites mass protests in 2024 by EU farmers against perceived socioeconomic burdens of the EU Nature Restoration Law. "Throughout the protests, the disruptions also caused ...

BHP, Rio Tinto, Qantas back carbon credits fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... obligations with high-integrity carbon credits. We also believe it is important to enable more carbon projects that partner with farmers and local communities to integrate agriculture with nature repair," he said. Qantas' chief sustainability officer ...

RIAA warns against carbon capture

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... The Senate Committee said the risks of underground CCS "to water security and food production outweigh the benefits." Farmers For Climate Action supports the ban. Queensland's environmental regulator banned future CCS project applications in the basin ...

Flawed carbon credits add to business risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... research has been published in the peer reviewed scientific journal Communications Earth & Environment published by Nature. Farmers for Climate Action responded to the findings. CEO Natalie Collard said" "Our organisation has raised concerns in the past ...

CBA launches green business loan

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... customers in implementing sustainability initiatives. Prior sustainable financing solutions included the Agri Green Loan for farmers, the Green Vehicle and Equipment Finance offering, and the Green Buildings Tool, which aims to help commercial property ...

Tracking nature: finance lags on biodiversity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... pesticides, pollution, land use change, climate change and invasive species. The legislation has been hotly contested. Farmers have protested a range of policies designed to protect nature, which they say they cannot afford. 6000 scientists last year ...

GreenCollar makes strategic acquisition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... by providing end-to-end services leveraging an array of environmental services, markets and products." Link noted that farmers are increasingly wanting to understand how to identify and calculate the Scope 1, 2 and 3 greenhouse emissions associated with ...

VC initiative to catalyse AgTech for climate solutions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... the Drought Venture Studio, which will seek to support the development of drought resilience products and services for farmers, while delivering commercial returns for Australian farms, innovators and agrifood investors. The Beanstalk Drought Venture ...