Sustainability

The greenhouses will be heated by waste heat from nearby water treatment facilities and result in a 75% carbon footprint reduction.

Senior vice-president for agriculture and public affairs Erin Heitkamp expects to see standardization of industry-sector issues and key performance indicators.

The group of farming families is offering a buyer the chance to return the water to the environment.

The latest annual update to the Australian Beef Sustainability Framework shows an industry trying to get on the front foot with consumers and investors.

The global market for organic food is estimated at over €80bn and forecast to grow, despite high production risks.

Brussels will inject €45m as well as attract private and impact investors.

The Nature Conservancy has partnered with a local ag manager to acquire the properties for A$55m in NSW.

The Sydney-based manager is leaning on climate-change research to pick properties and is ‘confident’ returns will beat more passive strategies.

Head of farmland Detlef Schoen believes self-certification will be a thing of the past, with large-scale investors increasingly wanting proof of funds’ environmental credentials.

Sustainable forestry models have great environmental benefits. Do they also make commercial sense?