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International Finance Corporation issues $300m Kangaroo social bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... proceeds from the social bond support projects "that provide finance to low-income people, including buying from smallholder farmers, or offering housing, education, and affordable healthcare. The funds will also be used to help lending to women-owned ...

New Forests to sell carbon credits via Emissions Reduction Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... previously told The Sustainability Report that New Forest has around 450,000 acres of projects under our forest carbon farmers program.

New Forests purchases timberland estate in northern California

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... California emissions trading scheme, and we've basically built up about 450,000 acres of projects under our forest carbon farmers program," said David Brand, New Forests CEO. "We've built that base, and we thought the next logical transition for the ...

Putting Sustainable Beef on the Table

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... if the end goal of industry-wide sustainability is to be realised. First, as presented there is no required buy-in from farmers. The focus of the Framework is on the national level. Regional level requirements are acknowledged although effectively unaddressed. ...

South Pole Group acquires Climate Friendly, splits business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
... reinforce its position as Australia's leading developer of domestic carbon projects," Sharpe said. "We will continue to help farmers, landowners and traditional owners to unlock value from their land whilst reducing significant volumes of greenhouse ...

Red Meat Advisory Council developing sustainability framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... and stakeholders. The framework will be voluntary, Bondfield said. "Over the long term, it's all about the resilience of farmers, and the need for them to continue on in their business," she said. "There are a lot of complex issues involved, because ...

Family businesses using impact investment in philanthropy: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... water rights in the Southern Murray-Darling Basin and allocated those rights to provide water security for Australian farmers and protect 'culturally significant wetlands that support threatened species.' The way businesses organise their philanthropic ...

Australian grain industry poised for export gains: ANZ

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... "Consolidation is happening, that's nothing new," Whitehead said. "Australian farms are going to get bigger, and those farmers that stay in the sector are going to be enthusiastic and passionate about doing it. As the industry gets bigger, it will get ...

Forest protection CFI project issued 160,000 carbon credits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... been revealed, but the Sunset Ranch project is being jointly developed by Climate Friendly, South Pole Carbon and Carbon Farmers of Australi a, with Climate Friendly originating the project. The Clean Energy Regulator issued 164,472 carbon credits in ...

Business begins unwinding of carbon tax arrangements

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... vibrant, strong voluntary carbon market will provide greater certainty for agribusinesses in the land sector through a farmers co-op model."