About Our Sponsors
The Landcare CarbonSMART project is proudly supported by the following generous sponsors:
Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
CarbonSMART is one of the Australian Government's Native Vegetation Regional Pilot Projects funded through the National Heritage Trust. The aim of the Native Vegetation Regional Pilot Projects is to investigate and pilot improved arrangements for native vegetation management such as:
- more flexible and practical regulatory implementation approaches;
- least cost regulatory compliance mechanisms; and
- complementary non-regulatory approaches, including government, industry and regional initiatives.
Through CarbonSMART, the Australian Government is investigating the broader benefits of providing incentives to farmers for native vegetation plantings as well as their contribution to diversified farm income streams.
Westpac Banking Corporation
Established in 1817, Westpac is Australia's first and oldest bank, and its first and oldest company.
Our ambition is to see each generation of Australians live better than the last.
Westpac's own sustainability practices are world-leading. In fact, for the fifth year running, Westpac has been recognised by Dow Jones Sustainability Index as the most sustainable bank in the world.
Being a responsible bank is about keeping things simple and focusing on practical steps to secure our future. This means managing our business for long-term success, with an unwavering commitment to socially and environmentally responsible behaviour.
Freehills
Freehills has provided legal advice to Landcare Australia Limited (LAL) on a pro bono basis for over 15 years. Given that relationship, Freehills was delighted to be able to assist LAL to set up the Landcare CarbonSMART project. As climate change emerges as a mainstream political issue in Australia, there are increasing opportunities to take part in initiatives aimed at offsetting greenhouse gas emissions.
The strength of the Landcare CarbonSMART project is that it enables individual land owners to take part in such initiatives. For Freehills, the Landcare CarbonSMART project has also provided the opportunity to draw on our increasing involvement in this novel area of law. It was exciting being involved with the project at its very inception but to now see the project launched is an achievement indeed!
Landcare Australia
Landcare Australia is the not-for-profit public company undertaking the promotion and sponsorship marketing for the Landcare and Coastcare movements. Landcare Australia established a wholly-owned subsidiary company CarbonSMART Pty Ltd to provide income to those farmers who undertook revegetation since 1990. CarbonSMART Pty Ltd has applied to IPART to be an accredited carbon trading broker and is expecting approval in the first half of 2007.
Elders Ltd
Elders Ltd is the agribusiness arm of Futuris Corporation, a top 120 company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. Elders was established in South Australia 1839 to serve the interests of Australia’s rural sector and has grown and developed significantly since then, to now employ 4500 people and deliver $2.3 billion in annual revenue.The company’s core business is its extensive branch network which comprises more than 400 strategically-placed branches and agencies across Australia. Through this branch network, Elders is the only Australian agribusiness company offering primary producers a complete range of agricultural products and services relating to all aspects of their enterprises.
Elders Acting Managing Director Les Wozniczka says, “Elders is backing the CarbonSMART project because it not only promotes a general reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, but it also supports landholders who plant and maintain trees on their land.”
Elders’ support for the Landcare CarbonSMART initiative is an extension to the Elders Landcare Farming Partnership in which Elders and Landcare Australia have been working together to promote and encourage uptake of environmentally sustainable practices on Australian farms.
www.elders.com.au
