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Climate Friendly, Corporate Carbon Advisory in CFI project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... "This is the first composting project using integrated autoclaving and enclosed composting technology to be approved under the CFI," said Matthew Warnken, managing director of Corporate Carbon. "Biomass Solutions are a leading example of business innovation ...

Net Balance urges co-benefits approach for carbon offsets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... (DAP) for meeting the stated goal of reducing carbon emissions by 5% by 2020 will build on the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) and will establish an Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) to provide incentives for abatement activities. The CFI is integrated ...

EY: Direct Action Plan will offer opportunities for business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... listen to business during the consultation period." The government has said it will retain the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) as part of the DAP. The terms of reference outline an increased role for the CFI in the ERF, and will be extended to be the ...

Greenfleet registers two Carbon Farming Initiative projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... a reforestation not-for-profit, has had two of its reforestation projects registered under the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI). Greenfleet used the CFI's Sequestration: Quantifying Carbon Sequestration by Permanent Environmental Plantings of Native Species ...

Norton Rose launches clean energy law service

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... shifting nature of clean energy has meant that clients are coming to de Wit and her colleagues to develop methodologies for the CFI and to get projects approved under existing methodologies, but in the backdrop of continued political uncertainty as Prime ...

Sustainable development and Australia in the Asian Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... Energy Future legislative package as an area of innovation that may aid in this - specifically, the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) "We're all concerned about food production and biodiversity impacts," said Lauber Patterson. "If we don't look after our ...

Kidney: Australia should look to fund NBN with green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... going down that path, Kidney said. In addition to the national broadband network, the launch of the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) could provide other opportunities to originate bond issuance tied to agriculture and carbon assets such as Australian ...

CFI up and running, albeit more slowly than expected

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... process to gain accreditation for Australian carbon credit unit (ACCU) methodologies under the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) is functioning in such a way to yield legally robust and proscriptive processes, according to a partner at law firm Norton ...

Low Carbon Australia and Quantum Power offer biogas services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... projects that are eligible for Clean Technology Program grants, and with businesses working with the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) voluntary carbon offsets scheme, McDonald said. Quantum Power is a developer, owner and operator of power stations generating ...

Farming, forestry activities proposed for CFI positive list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... rotational grazing, passive oxidation of small landfills, waterponding and selective breeding for residual food intake. The CFI, which was launched last December, will implement certain national obligations under the Kyoto Protocol and the United Nations ...