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ARENA, CEFC changes open door to CCS, hydrogen investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... remit of ARENA and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) towards investing in carbon capture and storage, carbon farming and other technologies, and away from renewable energy. Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced a $1.9 billion investment package ...

IIG launches alternative fund-of funds impact strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... startups which meet the fund's impact thesis, impact debt, social impact bonds, environmental assets and regenerative farming. The fund has a pipeline of early investments, with the first deals expected to happen before the end of the year. "This ...

GreenCollar secures funding for Queensland carbon farming projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
Environmental markets project developer and investor GreenCollar has secured funding for a series of carbon farming projects under the Queensland Government's $500M Land Restoration Fund (LRF). The approved projects will generate an estimated value ...

Analysis: climate change, Australia and the fierce urgency of now

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... response thus far to this tragedy has been horror at the loss of wildlife, and then the loss of productive capacity in the farming and agriculture and tourism industry, but we have no means by which to measure that," Petersen said. "There are no means ...

Calix identifies six sustainability challenges impacting clients

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019  |  NEWS
... said. "It's pretty well understood through most of the world now, the chemicals we've used to increase productivity of farming activities, have negative effects and they're quite substantial impacts on things like global insect population, global contamination ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
... World Wide Fund for Nature Australia (WWF-Australia), which provides funding to study innovative and more sustainable farming techniques to positively impact on the Great Barrier Reef. Project Catalyst began in 2008 with 19 farmers, and at current count ...

Meat and fish producers not managing ESG risks: FAIRR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... weighed the relative issues without prioritising one over the other, Lettini said. The index shows that 60% of the intensive farming sector - 36 large companies worth $152 billion - is categorized as 'high risk' by the FAIRR index. The index also found ...

Citi, Credit Suisse recognised at ESG Research Australia awards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... research considered for awards included retail supply chain management, workplace safety, gender diversity on boards, farming and antibiotic use, and climate change. Emerging issues included food safety, plus a return to coverage of environmental issues ...

Climate Bonds Initiative CEO speaks on 2017 green bond market outlook

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... create broader systems, at least in Asia. Don't just get it right here - export it!" Kidney also pointed to the Carbon Farming Initiative as a unique area of expertise that should be considered in markets like Europe and the United States. "[CFI] is ...

Putting Sustainable Beef on the Table

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... what can be done to stop the initiative ending up as greenwash and to demonstrate foresight and leadership for the animal farming sector? Recent events Australian beef production, distribution, slaughter and supply chain treatment has been through testing ...