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OPINION: Is the Government's taxonomy proposal dead in the water?
ACT won't back making the proposed sustainable finance taxonomy - a classification tool giving banks and investors guidance on how farms are delivering on sustainability - mandatory.
As ACT agriculture spokesman Mark Cameron says: "the whole idea is about of slapping farms with a red, amber or green label so the banks know which ones tick the 'right' boxes, according to a Wellington-approved definition of what's 'sustainable'."
Cameron says it might sound harmless if it stays voluntary.
"But the proposal spells it out: the plan is to make it mandatory down the track. That's where ACT says no."
Associate Agriculture Minister and Manawatu dairy farmer Andrew Hoggard says the free trade agreement (FTA) negotiated with India is not a bad deal and his party, Act, will support it when it goes before Parliament.
The ACT Party says media reports that global dairy giant Nestle has withdrawn from the Dairy Methane Action Alliance shows why New Zealand needs to rethink its approach to climate.
The ACT Party's call for a better deal on the Paris Agreement on climate change is being backed by farmer organisations.
OPINION: For most farmers and readers, the term Sustainable Finance Taxonomy will make little sense.
OPINION: ACT MP Mark Cameron isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but he certainly calls it how he sees it, holding nothing back when ‘climate scientists’ had a crack at Kiwi farmers recently:
A New Zealand agribusiness helping to turn a long-standing animal welfare and waste issue into a high-value protein stream has won the Australian dairy sector's top innovator award.
Dairy Women's Network (DWN) has announced that Taranaki dairy farmer Nicola Bryant will join its Trust Board as an Associate Trustee.
Rural Women New Zealand (RWNZ) says it welcomes the release of a new report into pay equity.
Red meat exports to key quota markets enjoyed $1.4 billion in tariff savings in the 2024-25 financial year.
Remediation NZ (RNZ) has been fined more than $71,000 for discharging offensive odours described by neighbours as smelling like ‘faecal and pig effluent’ from its compositing site near Uruti in North Taranaki.
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