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UniSuper helps raise $30m for PlasmaLeap Technologies

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2026  |  NEWS
... energy efficiency. We see strong potential for this technology to scale competitively and reduce the climate impact of farming," Yara Growth Ventures investment director Stian Nygaard said. Uniseed appointed Alastair Hick as chief executive in January ...

Green moves: Aware Super, Australian Retirement Trust

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
... focused on agricultural productivity, land management and carbon projects. Board joins from Climate Friendly, the carbon farming operator, where he served as chief investment officer and head of markets. In that role, he oversaw one of the largest nature-based ...

Green moves: a2 Milk Company, ANZ Biochar Group

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
... strategic oversight to help inform the annual allocation of funds supporting Australian dairy farmers in advancing sustainable farming practices. "My career has centered on integrating business performance with positive societal impacts-supporting organisations ...

NAB delivers over $2bn in green finance lending

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
... supports the heightened demand for businesses investing in energy-efficient equipment, electric vehicles, sustainable farming projects and commercial property upgrades. NAB executive corporate banking Casey Morecroft said the finance option fills the ...

Green moves: Agscent, HSBC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... agricultural innovation, and I'm incredibly proud to be part of a team working on solutions that support climate-smart farming and future-focused animal health." Lamont called his job at the two top brokers "a pretty wild ride" with some incredible highs ...

Warakirri adds kiwifruit orchards to farmland fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... governance, and financial outcomes as part of portfolio construction. It will specifically exclude assets involving the farming of tobacco, hemp, cannabis, palm oil, planned or historic deforestation, and short-hold farmland strategies. The fund's indicative ...

Silva Capital to capture 460k tonnes of carbon with first plantings

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... mixed species, native trees on the Queensland project. Boasting an environmental planting method, along with integrated farming activities, habitat restoration and biodiversity protection, the project will "balance agricultural productivity and environmental ...

New landscapes, natural capital strategy launches

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... he said. "Australia's agricultural sector has the potential to be at the forefront of the transition from traditional farming methods to new, innovative practices and technologies that improve environmental outcomes, and lead to wider adoption of regenerative ...

Agtech for Earth and space gets backing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... and La Trobe University will co-invest $500,000 through La Trobe's Eagle Fund to support the development of sustainable farming solutions for both Earth and space. Gaia Project Australia is a Melbourne-based agricultural technology company looking to ...

FarmCap enhances lending solutions for farmers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... diversified portfolio of mortgage-backed loans and is being launched to improve access to finance for farmers, with the farming sector having typically been underserved by banks. Positions in the fund range from $200,000 to $15 million, with a tenure ...