Search Results

Showing 1 - 10 of 11 results for "sugar"

CEFC backs agriculture investment platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and a Canadian state investment manager have co-invested in a platform aimed at assisting Australian farmers at decarbonising while boosting farm production. CDPQ (Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec) ...

Investment opportunities in a changing global food system

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... diets globally, as emerging and frontier markets increase consumption of animal proteins, dairy products, wheat, oils, and sugar. While this convergence offers opportunities for increased food transportation and reliance on food imports, it also poses ...

Coca-Cola Amatil sets net zero carbon targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... said. Amatil has also set consumer wellbeing targets for 20205, including reducing total non-alcoholic beverages portfolio sugar grams per 100ml by 35 per cent in Indonesia, and by 20% in Australia and New Zealand by 2025 versus 2015 sugar content. Amatil ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
... "Before Project Catalyst, there was very little avenue to test the wind as far as new trials, and new techniques within the sugar industry," Bugeja said. "Everybody has ideas of what they'd like to trial, but it all costs money and it requires a lot ...

Ruling against Heinz shows risks in public shift towards health foods

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... Commission (ACCC) that Heinz's Little Kids Shredz children's food range was misleading to consumers because it suggested the high sugar products were nutritious and healthy is a reminder that public focus on what is healthy is both a risk and an opportunity ...

Sustainable returns versus ESG risk analysis: Stewart Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... Nick Edgerton portfolio manager for sustainable strategies at Stewart Investors. "That is different to saying, we like a sugar-pushing company that happens to be very efficient in their water use." Sugar, its role in impacting on public health and the ...

ARENA providing funding support for bio-energy project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... scale and type," Frischknecht said. "The project will also provide insights on the performance of super sweet sorghum and sugar cane for biofuels." If construction proceeds, it is expected to create 500 jobs during construction and up to 200 permanent ...

Agriculture, food and beverage pose ESG risks: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... rights violations might be exacerbated by an increased cost focus. There is also an issue of potential legislation such as sugar taxes that may impact on the food and beverage sector. "There's the issue of obesity and countries imposing taxes," Carlsson-Sweeny ...

Queensland government approves Clare Solar Farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... planning, will see the construction of the 130MW Clare Solar Farm. The project's development had been appealed by a local sugar cane harvesting and milling company, Wilmar Sugar, on the grounds that the farm would take up good quality agricultural land. ...

AMP Capital assesses ESG risks in food, beverage sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... harbingers, such as the Mexican government's decision to introduce an 8% tax on high-calorie food and a peso per litre tax on sugar-sweetened drinks in 2013, and the US city of Berkeley in California, which recently became the first US city to pass a ...
PAGE:
1
PREVIOUS
NEXT