澳大利亚甘蔗种植中ESG标准的整合:加速ESG采用和创新的协同设计方法

IF 6.1 1区 农林科学 Q1 AGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Ana Carla Leite de Almeida , Carlos Bueno , Allan Dale , Rachel Hay , Ben Jarihani , Yvette Everingham , Stewart Lockie
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摘要

环境、社会和治理(ESG)实践对农业部门至关重要,特别是对甘蔗等高影响和敏感的消费者需求行业。在澳大利亚,甘蔗产业面临着越来越大的环境和监管压力,包括对影响大堡礁的养分和农药径流的担忧,气候变化驱动的水资源挑战,以及减少碳排放的必要性。为了提高环境绩效,促进进入环境市场和新的收入来源,本研究侧重于开发和测试为澳大利亚北昆士兰甘蔗农民量身定制的ESG快速评估框架。在本研究中,我们采用协同设计方法,整合利益相关者的见解和行业需求,开发ESG工具,以促进ESG标准在农场的采用。结果和结论研究结果强调了简化ESG工具、明确实施路线图和持续支持对推动采用的重要性。解决知识差距、改进数据收集和协调政策激励措施对于提高透明度、可持续性和长期经济弹性,同时最大限度地减少监管负担至关重要。两个涉及甘蔗生产商和利益相关者的案例研究结果显示,超过75%的参与者认为ESG评估易于使用,62.5%的参与者认为它对支持他们的ESG管理有价值。然而,只有25%的受访者表示愿意改变做法,这可能是由于之前参与了可持续发展的最佳实践。这些发现验证了该工具的可用性,并突出了农业采用ESG的主要障碍和机会。意义本研究为北昆士兰甘蔗种植者提供了一个实用和创新的工具,以加强他们的可持续性证书。ESG快速评估工具是通往资本和环境市场的门户,支持向新的脱碳途径过渡。通过向农民提供可行的见解,该工具可以增强韧性,推动可持续实践,并为实现净零目标做出贡献。
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Integration of ESG standards in Australian sugarcane farming: A co-design approach to accelerate ESG adoption and innovation

Integration of ESG standards in Australian sugarcane farming: A co-design approach to accelerate ESG adoption and innovation

Context

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) practices have become critical for the agricultural sector, particularly for high-impact and sensitive consumer demand industries like sugarcane. In Australia, the sugarcane industry faces mounting environmental and regulatory pressures, including concerns over nutrient and pesticide runoff affecting the Great Barrier Reef, climate change-driven, water resource challenges, and the need to reduce carbon emissions.

Objective

Aiming to enhance environmental performance and facilitate access to environmental markets and new income streams, this research focuses on developing and testing an ESG Rapid Assessment framework tailored to sugarcane farmers in North Queensland, Australia.

Methods

In this research we adopted a co-design approach, integrating stakeholder insights and industry needs to develop the ESG tool, to facilitate the adoption of ESG standards on farm.

Results and conclusions

Findings highlight the importance of simplified ESG tools, clear implementation roadmaps, and ongoing support to drive adoption. Addressing knowledge gaps, improving data collection, and aligning policy incentives will be crucial for fostering transparency, sustainability, and long-term economic resilience while minimising regulatory burdens. Results from two case studies involving sugarcane producers and stakeholders showed that over 75 % of participants found the ESG assessment easy to use, and 62.5 % considered it valuable in supporting their ESG management. However, only 25 % indicated a willingness to change practices, likely due to prior engagement in sustainability best practices. These findings validate the tool's usability and highlight key barriers and opportunities for ESG adoption in agriculture.

Significance

This research offers a practical and innovative tool for North Queensland sugarcane farmers to strengthen their sustainability credentials. The ESG Rapid Assessment tool serves as a gateway to capital and environmental markets, supporting the transition to new decarbonisation pathways. By empowering farmers with actionable insights, the tool can enhance resilience, drive sustainable practices, and contribute to achieve net-zero goals.
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Agricultural Systems
Agricultural Systems 农林科学-农业综合
CiteScore
13.30
自引率
7.60%
发文量
174
审稿时长
30 days
期刊介绍: Agricultural Systems is an international journal that deals with interactions - among the components of agricultural systems, among hierarchical levels of agricultural systems, between agricultural and other land use systems, and between agricultural systems and their natural, social and economic environments. The scope includes the development and application of systems analysis methodologies in the following areas: Systems approaches in the sustainable intensification of agriculture; pathways for sustainable intensification; crop-livestock integration; farm-level resource allocation; quantification of benefits and trade-offs at farm to landscape levels; integrative, participatory and dynamic modelling approaches for qualitative and quantitative assessments of agricultural systems and decision making; The interactions between agricultural and non-agricultural landscapes; the multiple services of agricultural systems; food security and the environment; Global change and adaptation science; transformational adaptations as driven by changes in climate, policy, values and attitudes influencing the design of farming systems; Development and application of farming systems design tools and methods for impact, scenario and case study analysis; managing the complexities of dynamic agricultural systems; innovation systems and multi stakeholder arrangements that support or promote change and (or) inform policy decisions.
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