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KKR invests in Sundrop Farms expansion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... agribusiness's operations. "We grow food where land is too arid for farming, fresh water is in short supply and domestic food security is a concern," said Philipp Saumweber, Sundrop Farms CEO. "Farming with typical agricultural inputs would be unsustainable ...

ASX50 companies not making strategic case for sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... megaforces - population growth, climate change, energy and fuel, material resource scarcity, wealth, water scarcity, food security, deforestation, ecological decline and urbanisation. On average, ASX50 companies identified eight out of the 10 megaforces ...

Farmland attractive to super funds, but liquidity a concern

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... analyst, Inflection Point Capital Management Noble cited five megatrends in the farm sector that IPCM is focusing on - food security, urbanisation, rise of the developing world, obesity in the developed world and climate change - saying that those megatrends ...

Good Super launches, aims for ethical impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... overcome "grand challenges" facing Australian society, including affordable housing, extreme poverty, land use, food security, gender equality, Indigenous health, efficient mass transit, social justice and human rights, corruption energy, clean drinking ...

Valuing ESG risks, return potential in real assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... 10-15 year investor for farmlands, around five years for water. It's like a slow build. If you look at issues like food security - there are seven billion people in the world, and they get their food from 11% of the world's land surface. Only 3% of that ...

CEFC invests $536 million across 39 projects in first year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... The project "will be a demonstration of sustainable horticulture practices at scale, addressing the challenges of food security, water and energy availability," it added. The Clean Energy Finance Corporation also provided AU$75 million in corporate finance ...

University of Sydney opens Centre for Carbon, Water and Food

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... Sydney is launching the Centre for Carbon, Water and Food, a multidisciplinary research centre that will investigate food security and environmental challenges through an integrated approach. The Centre for Carbon, Water and Food has been founded as ...

Sustainable development and Australia in the Asian Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... time, it reflects on the constraints to growth - some of them are environmental, or water, or access to energy, or food security.... On the plus side, you have the need for companies to understand how the new markets that are growing in Asia impact on ...

Climate change top perceived likely risk to Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... risks, both environmental and social - the report notes that environmental risks are connected to water security and food security. "The rain appears to have doused the sense of urgency around securing fresh water supplies, at least temporarily, with ...

KPMG: agribusiness needs national food policy framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... plan while a lot of our customer countries - Asian countries, who are net importers - have a very clear view that food security is very important and they have developed food plans." The KPMG report was based on more than 20 interviews with industry ...