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South Pole Group acquires Climate Friendly, splits business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
... integration of Climate Friendly's carbon and renewables business into the South Pole Group," while Climate Friendly's Carbon Farming Initiative business will continue as an independent company. South Pole Group will have a majority ownership in the CFI ...

Connecting off-grid communities with renewable tech: AllGrid Energy

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... into biodiesel," according to the AllGrid website. People can then use that biodiesel directly for their cars, use it in farming or sell it as a commodity. Pratt connected the company's foundation as an Indigenous-owned business as central to the business ...

Australian Ethical Investment engages on sustainability of meat

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... raising concerns about material risks in the growing demand for animal protein and the overreliance on"unsustainable factory farming of livestock" to meet that demand, and cite a briefing, The future of food - the investment case for a protein shake ...

Dimensional Fund Advisors launches Global Sustainability Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... derive revenue from practices such as tobacco, gambling, alcohol, child labour, cluster munitions, pornography and factory farming, the asset manager said. Dimensional's methodology is augmented by its internal research team in the US as well as third-party ...

Paris Agreement refers to mitigation co-benefits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... climate change'. For her part, Gerrard spoke on a panel examining the Australian Indigenous experience with the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) with particular reference to the savanna methodology, and the way in which Indigenous organisations are working ...

Assessing net benefits of Indigenous CFI projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) projects that have been conducted by Indigenous groups have provided net benefits beyond environmental savings, according to a senior associate with Allens. Emily Gerrard, Allens Arthur Robinson Emily Gerrard, a senior ...

Experts evaluate ERF baseline mechanism

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... ERF auction will take place on 15 April, and experts say the participants will most likely be drawn from existing Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) project owners. The ERF is the centrepiece of the Direct Action Plan (DAP) policy passed by Parliament in ...

Assessing likely process, impacts of first ERF auction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... (ERF) auction will take place on 15 April, and experts say the participants will most likely be drawn from existing Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) project owners. Jennifer Lauber-Patterson, director, Frontier Carbon Limited, and head, Climate Market ...

KKR invests in Sundrop Farms expansion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... create heat, electricity, and desalinated water for the agribusiness's operations. "We grow food where land is too arid for farming, fresh water is in short supply and domestic food security is a concern," said Philipp Saumweber, Sundrop Farms CEO. "Farming ...

Direct Action Plan, Emissions Reduction Fund approved

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... but now there's the chance of some types of projects getting more crediting periods." The government retained the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) as part of the DAP, with an increased role in the ERF. The CFI will be extended to be the basis of measurement ...