#Sustainability

A new report by RSM Australia outlines strategies for agribusinesses to reduce emissions while maintaining profitability and meeting market demands.

No speeches, no rehearsed responses, just honest answers to tough questions that focused on the future of food production, and the part that agtech innovation will play in it.

As the global population approaches 10 billion, the demand for sustainable protein is accelerating. Aquaculture, the farming of aquatic plants and animals, now supplies over half the seafood consumed globally, making it the fastest-growing food sector in the world.

But is aquaculture truly sustainable? Let’s unpack the challenges and innovations shaping its future.

Supermarket retailer Coles is shifting the dial on sustainability, not just within its own business but by working with farmers to develop more profitable and environmentally friendly food production.

Meet Hugh Killen, the pioneer mobilising global capital to turbocharge a new nature-positive future for Australian agriculture

Beanstalk AgTech will showcase eight innovators advancing to the second phase of its inaugural year of the Drought Venture Studio, using a new methodology to drive commercialising agtech investment innovation, at AgriFutures evoke^AG. in February 2025.

Sustainable agriculture is more than just a buzzword – it’s a fundamental shift in how we grow food, manage land, and support ecosystems for future generations. While initially driven by environmental concerns, sustainable agriculture is now proving to have significant long-term benefits for farmers, agricultural industries, and the ecosystems and communities they support.

When you’re 16, everything’s a big deal. Natalie Bell was a teenager from Sydney facing the tough decisions – to stay at a school that doesn’t feel like the right fit – or move to a school with an agricultural curriculum. Her grandma shared seven words that have impacted the founder of Hylo Ag every day since. ‘Natalie, it’s not a risk, it’s an adventure.’

This week we bring you our evoke^AG. 2024 series with Charlotte Weston and Justin Webb joining our contributor Jayne Cuddihy in conversation to break down the ins and outs of global sustainability requirements.

From oilseed crops to sugar cane and forestry by-products – when it comes to developing biofuels we should be looking to the sky. More specifically, sustainable aviation fuels. Global demand is poised to take-off and experts caution that Australia needs to get onboard to encourage the investment required to capture this opportunity.

This week we bring you our evoke^AG. 2024 series with Dave McKeon, Elders, joining our contributor Jayne Cuddihy in conversation.

As 2030 looms, our climate is in crisis, the sustainability targets set by big business seem a mile away – and food producers are being pressured to make up the shortfall. But is on-farm action enough? Or do we need to rethink the entire system that funds agriculture? Here, thought leaders in sustainability and finance unpack the path to a new climate economy, and why – in the defining race of our time – we can’t leave primary producers behind.