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New Forests to partner on African forestry strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... combine philanthropy, innovation and commercial transactions. Secondly, it will embed rural economic opportunities, agriculture and forestry, outgrower schemes, and supporting people to develop services business and paying them on time. All of that gets ...

Credible COP26 outcome needed to catalyse private investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... looking at is commodity supply chains," Dodwell said. "How do you establish deforestation-free supply chains for food, agriculture and commodities trade and support dialogue on that? The UK has been trying to get producer and consumer countries to come ...

Kilter Rural in $70m mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... received $70 million from an unnamed US institutional investor with the mandate to invest in sustainable Australian agriculture and water assets. Investors are seeking natural capital investments in response to changing regulatory frameworks and a revised ...

CEFC in $50m agri-platform investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... increase profitability and productivity while cutting their carbon footprint. This is a win-win development for farmers, agriculture and emissions reduction." The platform will use expert advice from a team of agronomic and environmental advisers including ...

Managing biodiversity loss a governance risk: Vontobel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... nature and food and actually what it is to us as animals and the planet we live on. "It's easy to miss the enormity of agriculture because we're so used to thinking about it as a small part of the market." Waste reduction and increased resource efficiency ...

Brisbane firm to build organic waste to biogas system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... of food annually, which equates to around 300kg per person, according to statistics from the federal Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. "Often food waste is co-mingled with general waste, creating health hazards for the community and ...

Plant agriculture sector in net zero policies: Grattan Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
The agriculture sector is a key contributor to Australia's greenhouse gas emissions and must be included in net zero policies, according to the Grattan Institute. The Grattan Institute has published Towards net zero: Practical policies to reduce agricultural ...

SGX proposes mandatory TCFD, diversity reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... highest climate-related risks be prioritised for mandatory climate reporting. SGX states that the financial industries, agriculture, food and forest products, energy, materials and buildings and transport are the priority sectors. In the same paper ...

Assessing the financial, ESG benefits of agricultural investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... generate additional financial return. Warakirri Cropping chief executive officer and head of cropping and diversified agriculture Adrian Goonan noted that the agriculture sector is Australia's fastest growing sector and represents 4% of Australia's GDP ...

Venture capital takes on impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... produce goods and services in three key areas - sustainable living, including clean-tech, waste reduction, sustainable agriculture and water use, health and wellbeing, including aged care, mental health, medical innovation and longevity, and empowering ...