Wine Australia's Net Zero Expenditure

Question

1. What was Wine Australia's total 2024-25 expenditure on net zero, emissions reduction, carbon baselining, ESG reporting, sustainability guides, carbon calculators, Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions tools, circular economy, biodiversity and related activities? 2. Of the $4.31 million spent on ''Grow sustainable environments'' how much was directly related to emissions reduction, carbon accounting, sustainability reporting or market ESG requirements? 3. Of the $7.07 million spent on ''Build business sustainability, excellence and leadership'', how much related to ESG data capture, sustainability communications, auditing, reporting or compliance preparation? 4. What is the benchmark return Wine Australia requires before approving a project? Do you have a minimum RoI threshold for levy funded R&D? 5. Have you assessed whether emissions, carbon or sustainability reporting projects increase costs for wine growers and producers? Costs passed onto producers 6. Are industry levies or contributions used to fund climate, emissions, carbon accounting, net zero or sustainability-related R&D? If yes, what proportion of the total spend comes from producer or industry money? 7. Has Wine Australia modelled the downstream cost to wine growers and producers of adopting the net zero or emissions-related outputs from these projects?

Answer

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