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Aussie farmers call for climate courage

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... addressing climate change. She called on the finance community to drive decarbonisation, invest in renewables, and fund cleaner farming practices so that Australia can protect its food security and economy. "There are so many opportunities within our ...

Demystifying ACCUs: What are carbon credits and how do they work? - Gary Wyatt

THE GREENER WAY  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... Group Managing Director of Corporate Carbon - Australia's largest Emissions Reduction Fund project owner. The Carbon Farming Initiative offsets developer has more than 3 million acres of land under active management and more than 100 projects across ...

Australia releases "first ever" statement on climate in ag

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... that will support low-emissions agriculture. Farmers for Climate Action board director Brett Hosking, who runs a mixed farming operation in Victoria's Mallee region, said three elements stood out from the statement. "There's a commitment to make ...

$20.5 billion cash infusion for Australia's green bank

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... and CDPQ (Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec) invested $150 million and CEFC has invested $50 million in Wilga Farming, which will be managed by Gunn Agri Partners, a mid-market sustainable agriculture manager. CDPQ and CEFC have purchased a minority ...

CEFC backs agriculture investment platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... CDPQ (Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec) has invested $150 million and CEFC has invested $50 million in Wilga Farming, which will be managed by Gunn Agri Partners, a mid-market sustainable agriculture manager. CDPQ and CEFC have purchased a minority ...

Investment opportunities in a changing global food system

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... AgTech, farmland debt and equity, as well as potential risks associated with trends like alternative meats and vertical farming. "From farm to fork, our global food system is vast, complex, inefficient and increasingly unfit for purpose," said Shehriyar ...

Mike Cannon-Brookes, CEFC back biosequestration startup

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... of carbon units farmers can produce per hectare, makes participating in carbon projects more economically valuable for farming enterprises." Loam has officially launched their CarbonBuilder seed inoculum and SecondCrop carbon projects in the Australian ...

Global food systems at risk: Barclays

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... new solutions relating to regenerative agriculture, new irrigation systems, types of alt protein, things like vertical farming, and that has meant that for many years, the solutions were in agtech." But the geopolitical conflict from the Ukraine invasion ...

Carbon markets, biodiversity on tap at COP27

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... restoration - to what extent am I funding activities that promote the regeneration of natural capital i.e. regenerative farming practices, planting of new trees? "

Cultiv8, Fidante launch agriculture, food tech fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... reduce livestock methane emissions, the replacement of anti-biotics in livestock production, reducing chemical residues in farming, and high value alternative food products.