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GreenCollar secures funding for Queensland carbon farming projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... one or more of the three priority areas identified by the Priority Investment Plan. The fund gives financial support to farmers, land managers and landholders with the support to generate additional, regular and diverse income streams and protect their ...

CEFC invests $1.7 million in Australian agritech company

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... Cannon-Brookes and Artesian, the CEFC said. CEFC CEO Ian Learmonth said the SCC technology had the potential to offer Australian farmers another weapon in their battle against drought and extreme weather conditions, while contributing to lower greenhouse ...

DomaCom points to wind farm crowdfunding campaign as model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... Naoumidis said. "The positive outcome of this structure is that it gets buy-in from locals," he said. "It's not just the farmers whose land it's on, it's the wider community. What's interesting is the mix of investors in this fund - the youngest is 21 ...

Calix identifies six sustainability challenges impacting clients

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019  |  NEWS
... demand for safer alternatives. The cost to develop a new crop protection product averages US$250 million and 10 years but farmers need safe, affordable crop protection products now. There is increased interest in products that are safer and better for ...

Coca Cola, WWF-Australia, farmers mark 10 years of Project Catalyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
More than 130 Queensland sugarcane farmers are participating in a partnership between Coca-Cola and the World Wide Fund for Nature Australia (WWF-Australia), which provides funding to study innovative and more sustainable farming techniques to positively ...

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 ...