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Flawed carbon credits add to business risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... research has been published in the peer reviewed scientific journal Communications Earth & Environment published by Nature. Farmers for Climate Action responded to the findings. CEO Natalie Collard said" "Our organisation has raised concerns in the past ...

CBA launches green business loan

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... customers in implementing sustainability initiatives. Prior sustainable financing solutions included the Agri Green Loan for farmers, the Green Vehicle and Equipment Finance offering, and the Green Buildings Tool, which aims to help commercial property ...

Tracking nature: finance lags on biodiversity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... pesticides, pollution, land use change, climate change and invasive species. The legislation has been hotly contested. Farmers have protested a range of policies designed to protect nature, which they say they cannot afford. 6000 scientists last year ...

GreenCollar makes strategic acquisition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... by providing end-to-end services leveraging an array of environmental services, markets and products." Link noted that farmers are increasingly wanting to understand how to identify and calculate the Scope 1, 2 and 3 greenhouse emissions associated with ...

VC initiative to catalyse AgTech for climate solutions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... the Drought Venture Studio, which will seek to support the development of drought resilience products and services for farmers, while delivering commercial returns for Australian farms, innovators and agrifood investors. The Beanstalk Drought Venture ...

COP28 key outcomes: what it means for finance

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... capital - the public sector can use their dollars to be that capital to catalyse massive amounts of private sector money." Farmers for Climate Action CEO Natalie Collard said that the markets that purchase Australian produce are moving to reduce emissions ...

Nature Market Repair Bill passes Senate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... Minister for the Environment and Water Tanya Plibersek. "Investment in the Nature Repair Market means landholders, including farmers and First Nations groups, will get paid to improve the environment on their properties. "The Nature Repair Market will ...

Nearly a quarter of Australian bank debt has nature-related risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... been significantly altered by human activity." She also commented that valuation methods incentivise nature degradation: "Farmers who promote the long-term resilience of their farms and landscapes - by taking actions like retaining biodiversity corridors ...

Record number of soil ACCUs issued for Queensland graziers

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
Two Queensland farmers have been awarded a record amount of 94,666 Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) by the national Clean Energy Regulator - the largest allocation for an individual soil carbon farming project in Australia to date. Regenerative ...

Warakirri AM properties certified sustainable

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... sustainability verification and reporting across the agriculture industry with the aim of "resolving inefficiencies faced by farmers, producers, and customers in providing sustainability assurances that the market demands." The standard went through ...
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