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Tax group to seek green results
24 November 2017
Finance Minister Grant Robertson wants the Michael Cullen-led tax working group to think about how the tax system can support better environmental outcomes, given Labour’s planned water tax was sidelined by its coalition agreement with NZ First.
Aussie meat to steal a march
23 November 2017
The Australian red meat industry can aim to be carbon neutral by 2030, Meat and Livestock Australia says.
Air NZ wants to pay for trees
22 November 2017
Air New Zealand wants to set up a scheme to give money to landowners to plant trees in exchange for the carbon benefits created.
Good move or gutless betrayal?
22 November 2017
Dairy farmers are ready to tackle the perception the sector has no social conscience and lacks accountability, Federated Farmers dairy chairman Chris Lewis says.
Fonterra opens farms to public
16 November 2017
Fonterra farmers are opening their farms to the public as a way of showing the efforts they are making to increase water quality.
Super Fund wants ag in ETS
8 November 2017
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund says a standard way of estimating farm level emissions should be a priority for agriculture in the transition to a low-carbon economy.
Forget cows, milk sheep
3 November 2017
Sheep are a better answer than cows for New Zealand to appeal to consumers demanding green attributes in their dairy products.
DairyNZ welcomes water discussion
26 October 2017
The dairy industry has responded positively to the new Government and ministerial appointments saying it shares a desire to see sustainability and environmental practice at the heart of an anticipated transformation in the sector.
EDS: Water conference could set reform back years
26 October 2017
The country’s leading environmental lobby group, the Environmental Defence Society, is warning Labour’s pre-election proposal to run a national conference on freshwater management in its first 100 days could set back reform efforts by years.
Changes leave Parsons uneasy
26 October 2017
Beef + Lamb New Zealand is uneasy with projected changes to water policy, introduction of a Zero Carbon Act, tree planting and trying to renegotiate free-trade agreements, chairman James Parsons says.
