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Centuria acquires SA agricultural property

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... "This high-quality glasshouse facility was constructed in 2016, incorporating modern renewable energy, heating and irrigation sources, which creates highly sustainable, premium fresh produce," said Andrew Tout, Centuria's head of agriculture. "These ...

Global food systems at risk: Barclays

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... viewpoint," Patel said. "There is growth in companies proposing new solutions relating to regenerative agriculture, new irrigation systems, types of alt protein, things like vertical farming, and that has meant that for many years, the solutions were ...

Evolution Mining links value generation to sustainability goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... Mungari." Evolution notes that they use recycled water primarily to process ore and in other activities such as paste fill, irrigation, dust suppression and construction. "If you can reduce your dependence on raw water - water for municipal use, or water ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
... reducing chemical runoff from farms by 180 tonnes per year, providing research into improved soil, nutrient, pesticide, irrigation and storm water management across 20,458 ha of land, and attracting increased funding to improve water quality. But for ...

ARENA providing funding support for bio-energy project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... with petrol, making ethanol a much more viable long-term renewable fuel." ARENA's funding will support growing and irrigation trials, due diligence activities required for financial close and "preliminary work to support the procurement of engineering ...

CEFC launches $250m Local Government Finance Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... Greenop said. "The finance is backing investments in agricultural and manufacturing plant and equipment, as well as irrigation equipment and low emissions vehicles. A notable aspect of the finance is the interest it is receiving from a variety of agricultural ...

Ross Hill Wine Group certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... manufacturing process, Pangolin Associates said. "Our environmental policy sees no use of insecticides, and reduced irrigation impact through a program of mulching cover crops planted between the rows between autumn and winter," said. Peter Robson, chairman ...

CEFC, NAB launch $120m green finance fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... equipment." The CEFC-NAB program will also focus on financing purchases of equipment such as variable speed pumps for irrigation purposes, upgrades to industrial and commercial refrigeration, investments in biogas, bio-digesters, micro turbines, and ...

Valuing ESG risks, return potential in real assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... assets to have a significant piece "In terms of climate change, when you invest in rural farmlands that are certified irrigation systems, you are hedging yourself against climate change to the sense that modern irrigation systems use a lot less water ...

CEFC invests $536 million across 39 projects in first year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... greenhouse development near Port Augusta, SA, "which will use solar-thermal technology to desalinate seawater to provide irrigation, and to heat and cool the greenhouses," the Clean Energy Finance Corporation said. The project "will be a demonstration ...
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