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Sodexo Australia moves to cage free eggs for fresh egg supply

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... to Australia's corporate sector for more than 80 years, and to ensure that only cage-free eggs are going to Sodexo, the farms are being third party audited to the industry Egg Standards Australia accreditation, said Bruce De Lacy, Farm Pride Foods chief ...

Meat and fish producers not managing ESG risks: FAIRR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... McDonalds and KFC, including Chinese firm Fujian Sunner and Indian firm Venky's, among those graded 'high risk'. Sanderson Farms, third largest poultry producer in the US, was also given bottom-tier ranking. FAIRR also found that the sector is not responding ...

ACSI supports "if not, why not" reporting for Modern Slavery requirement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... supply chains expose them to significant risks: recently we've seen reports of extreme labour exploitation on Australian farms, not to mention the slave-like conditions people work in, in other parts of the globe, to produce products which end up on ...

CEFC invests in north Queensland integrated wind, solar, battery project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... The CEFC has committed almost $260 million to the Kidston and Ross River projects, as well as five other large-scale solar farms in north Queensland. Since inception, the CEFC has committed around $350 million to Queensland clean energy projects with ...

Woolworths facing shareholder resolution asking for human rights supply chain disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... supply chains expose them to significant risks: recently we've seen reports of extreme labour exploitation on Australian farms, not to mention the slave-like conditions people work in, in other parts of the globe, to produce products which end up on ...

Investec Australia provides development finance to Eco Energy World

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... projects include the Chinchilla (20MW), Yarranlea (37MW), Aramara (130MW), Broadlea (100MW) and Bouldercombe (278MW) solar farms. Several of the projects are expected to reach financial close using a "merchant" revenue model and Eco Energy is in discussions ...

CEFC commits to large-scale solar projects developed by Edify Energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... projects in the Great Barrier Reef catchment area as part of its Reef Funding Program. "By financing the development of solar farms in the Reef Catchment Area, we are developing cleaner ways of powering local communities, which can have a positive impact ...

Fashion retailers increase reporting of human rights in supply chain: Baptist World Aid

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... found that companies are pushing into their third tier suppliers to find the source of their raw material - usually cotton farms. The report notes that "as the majority of the world's child labourers work in agriculture, the risks at this stage of the ...

CEFC allocates $80 million to Bodangora wind farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... Farm near Glen Innes. The CEFC has also committed $150 million to accelerate the construction of three large-scale solar farms in NSW, to be built in Dubbo, Parkes and Griffith. The solar projects have a combined value of $230 million. "With these projects ...

CEFC invests $75m in new Palisade Investment Partners fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... new investment to clean energy projects. PREF already has three assets in the portfolio - the Waterloo and Hallett 1 wind farms in South Australia, and the $225 million Ross River Solar Farm, near Townsville in Queensland. The CEFC has committed $20 ...