AgCarE is an evaluation of your natural capital, including an initial audit of carbon and biodiversity assets.
AgCarE is a tool to tell you where you stand, to tell your story if you choose, and to monitor your progress and identify the people and methods best able to help you do it.
AgCarE is your first step, but also a critical link to the very best of public and private natural capital tools and markets.
AgCarE provides landowners with direct benefits including:
AgCarE is based on national and international standards for environmental sustainability.
AgCarE evaluation is delivered at three optional levels:
AgCarE
Assessment
Assessment Overview
Outputs for Producers
Potential Market Opportunities
#Cost (ex GST)
(per property)
Level
This assessment includes the following modules:
The Commodity (Beef) module recognises your business’s (commodity) practices and assesses them against national and international standards. Access to funding and best practice certification opportunities.
The Ecological Values module identifies your property’s ecological values and attributes that can link to potential alternative revenue streams i.e. ecosystems services and biodiversity offsets.
Assessment Report detailing:
NB, Commodity modules other than for Beef still in development. Cane, Grains and Sheep, Wool & Goats will launch by October 2022 and are currently in development.
Tier 1 - $6,000
(1 to 5 Lot on Plan)
Tier 2 - $7,500
(6 to 10 Lot on Plan)
Tier 3 – POA
(11 or more Lot on Plan)
ADVANCED
Level
This assessment includes the following modules:
Carbon Balance module recognises your business’s carbon footprint and potential carbon project areas. Links to third party carbon neutral certification for future market access and to project (ERF & VERA) providers for potential carbon revenue streams.
Sustainability Management module recognises your business’s activities in accordance with International ESG goals. Meets risks requirements associated with the financial and insurance sectors.
Assessment Report detailing:
Tier 1 - $8,000
(1 to 5 Lot on Plan)
Tier 2 - $10,000
(6 to 10 Lot on Plan)
Tier 3 – POA
(11 or more Lot on Plan)
CUSTOM
Level
Any mixture of the above modules as requested by the landowner.
from $3,000 per module/assessment
FUTURE Assessments
Consideration maybe given to reassess modules in the future. This will be dependent on your original assessment report and what actions you may consider to improve your scorecard.
*POA
* POA (will be dependent upon modules to reassess and frequency of reassessment, for example, $500 for a simple reassessment)
# - Prices shown are for AgForce members. Join now at www.agforceqld.org.au.
Click here to view an example of an AgCarE Assessment Report.
A reference panel has been established to verify the scientific integrity of the program and advise on effective governance certification and audit. Members include the Chief Scientist of Queensland and other eminent scientists involved with biodiversity, offsets, biocondition, soils, water, vegetation, farm business, and drought management.
Questions about AgCarE – please email or phone the AgForce Brisbane office, E: agcare@agcare.org.au, P: 3236 3100
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