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CEFC, Grok Ventures back solar tech firm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... seeking to expand the fund's existing 100,000-acre landholding to 500,000 acres. CEFC notes that its sustainable land management strategies will include 'responsive grazing' strategies, satellite monitoring of ground cover and feed availability, state-of-the-art ...

Leading Harvest to bring ag sustainability standard to Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
Warakirri Asset Management and Kilter Rural will take part in a pilot program that will bring an agriculture and food production sustainability assurance program to Australia. Leading Harvest is a non-profit that has developed the Farmland Management ...

CEFC in $50m agri-platform investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... environmental advisers including the CSIRO, and will include integrating regenerative farming methods and improved land management techniques to optimise yield productivity, reduce carbon emissions and sequester carbon. Data from the CSIRO, including ...

Research project to study sustainable forestry in East Arnhem

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... the Sunshine Coast (USC), the Gumatj Corporation, the National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA), Aboriginal land management organisations, Northern Territory government bodies and other Aboriginal workforce development organisations in the region. ...

New Forests joins World Business Council on Sustainable Development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... forestry stocks in the California market," Brand said. "We've been active in a whole range of finance relating to land management and forestry management. We've also conducted a whole series of major efforts to work with community groups around forest ...

Mining sector showing "signs of progress" on emissions management, face continued risk: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... operational emissions by 2050.... South32 intends to achieve this through wholesale energy switching, intelligent land management and purchasing offsets." "The mining sector must take stock and not risk being left behind in the global transition towards ...

New Forests launches responsible investment policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... local communities," Hanlon said. "We are seeking the win/win opportunities that can be found thru forestry and land management. Respecting local land rights is very important to us. With the Tropical Asia Forest Fund, we conduct expert reviews of land ...

CFI a source of economic opportunity for Indigenous groups

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... Crown land reserve, but on the condition that is immediately leased back to, and/or managed by the government. Land management arrangements can be agreed with funding for Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander ranger programs. Federal government reserves ...

SVA provides $800,000 financing to Indigenous company

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... Thiess, Iman Operations is looking to further diversify its business lines. At the moment, Iman Operations offers land management and commercial cleaning, but now the company will look to seek mining camp maintenance contracts as well, Doyle said. "We ...

Australian mining companies report on human rights policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... implemented across the company's global operations. The Newmont case study looks at the company's Wiluna Martu land management collaboration with the Central Desert Native Title Service and the Martu people. "Under this initiative, Martu rangers provide ...