Australian red meat sector cuts carbon emissions in half
The annual update published by the Red Meat Advisory Council’s (RMAC) shows that Australia's red meat sector has reduced carbon emissions in half, which means that the goal of becoming the world's first carbon-neutral beef producer by 2030 is achievable.
"Australian agriculture has set a goal in the National Farmers’ Federation’s Roadmap for all-of-agriculture to be trending towards carbon neutrality by the year 2030. The red meat industry, through Meat and Livestock Australia, has gone further and committed to being carbon neutral by that year," NFF President Fiona Simson said.
The report disclosed that the amount of land coverage from trees and shrubs, including remanent and regrowth has increased each year from 2017 in beef producing areas.
Tess Herbert, who chairs the Australian Beef Sustainability Framework, says as well as celebrating achievements the Annual Update was also about identifying where further work was required and outlining Framework plans to support this work.
“The industry will now begin to develop targets, which will take the framework from a tool primarily to measure and report sustainable beef production, to one that helps direct change and encourage more action on sustainability,” Ms Herbert said.
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