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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."

Farmland attractive to super funds, but liquidity a concern

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... decades and are already influencing investments of major pension funds globally," Noble said in a speech to the Victorian Farmers Federation Conference, which Noble provided to The Sustainability Report. "... The global understanding of the megatrends ...

NSW leasehold approved for Carbon Farming Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... been revealed, but the Sunset Ranch project is being jointly developed by Climate Friendly, South Pole Carbon and Carbon Farmers of Australia, with Climate Friendly originating the project. "The landowner had been investigating carbon projects for quite ...

Westpac discloses environmental, social, financial metrics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... the Westpac Group." The bank also launched "Solar Shed' in New Zealand in partnership with Meridian Energy, which offers farmers "easy and affordable access to solar energy through a package including a high quality grid connected solar system and a ...

Bush Heritage Australia fund pays farmers for conservation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... has joined the Midlands Conservation Fund. (Photo courtesy Bush Heritage Australia) The fund is designed to compensate farmers who are safeguarding native grasslands and grassy woodlands on their properties through diversification. Ten landowners have ...

ETS proposal put auctions, carbon hedging on tighter agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... million. "The cuts around the Biodiversity Fund and the Carbon Farming Futures will have an impact because we work with farmers and others looking to invest in the Carbon Farming Initiative," de Wit said. "The good news is that the CEFC isn't going to ...