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Ross Hill Wine Group certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... manufacturing process, Pangolin Associates said. "Our environmental policy sees no use of insecticides, and reduced irrigation impact through a program of mulching cover crops planted between the rows between autumn and winter," said. Peter Robson, chairman ...

CEFC, NAB launch $120m green finance fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... equipment." The CEFC-NAB program will also focus on financing purchases of equipment such as variable speed pumps for irrigation purposes, upgrades to industrial and commercial refrigeration, investments in biogas, bio-digesters, micro turbines, and ...

Valuing ESG risks, return potential in real assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... assets to have a significant piece "In terms of climate change, when you invest in rural farmlands that are certified irrigation systems, you are hedging yourself against climate change to the sense that modern irrigation systems use a lot less water ...

CEFC invests $536 million across 39 projects in first year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... greenhouse development near Port Augusta, SA, "which will use solar-thermal technology to desalinate seawater to provide irrigation, and to heat and cool the greenhouses," the Clean Energy Finance Corporation said. The project "will be a demonstration ...

City of Melbourne certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... buildings with energy efficient technologies. City of Melbourne has also installed stormwater tanks in parks and improved irrigation and is extending their bike network and encouraging walking and use of public transport. "As part of our work we're delivering ...

CDP: U.S. farmers' GHG disclosures and management varied

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... impacts like increased danger of bushfire and damage to crops and soil erosion, and likely impacts such as salinization o irrigation water because of increased incidence of extreme high sea level. The report noted that farms' GHG emissions come from ...
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