Matthew Warnken
AgriProve
Founder and Managing Director
Matthew Warnken, BA/BSc, MRes(Eng), MBA(Ent), is a pioneering entrepreneur leading AgriProve’s mission to commercialise soil as a climate solution.
AgriProve integrates satellite and proximally data with in-field soil sampling collection and digital analysis to produce novel Soil Organic Carbon models for enhanced measurement and management. AgriProve’s approach has gained widespread recognition, being the first to receive Australian soil carbon credits (ACCUs) under the Emission Reduction Fund in 2019 and the first to receive digital soil carbon model enabled ACCUs in 2023.
Matthew’s innovative efforts in developing climate solutions has been recognised with Agriprove winning the 2024 AFR Sustainability Leaders Award for Agriculture and Environment, the 2022 Financial Review BOSS Most Innovative Companies Best Service Innovation and Most Innovative Company Agriculture, Mining, and Utilities Sector and has also been recognised as one of Australia’s ‘Top 100 Green Power Players’ 2022. Matthew’s commitment to sustainability and data-driven insights highlight the potential to decarbonise the global agricultural sector through recarbonising soils.