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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
... related to improving water quality." Project Catalyst has benefitted the Great Barrier Reef by reducing chemical runoff from farms by 180 tonnes per year, providing research into improved soil, nutrient, pesticide, irrigation and storm water management ...

40% of Chinese Coal Power Plants are Losing Money: Carbon Tracker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... are either unable or unwilling to provide this data." The report also found it will be cheaper to build new onshore wind farms than operate existing coal plants by 2021. New solar PV will be cheaper than running coal by 2025. Further, the report found ...

CEFC reports 39 direct commitments worth $2.3 billion in FY18

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... Finance Corporation highlighted that in the past financial year, it invested in 10 large-scale solar projects, and four wind farms, to deliver an additional 1,100MW in clean energy Australia-wide. Overall, the CEFC has financed more than 20 large-scale ...

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 ...