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By Yvette Barry & Cameron Wilson
Thursday, 24/07/2008
A system to prove the environmental credentials of Tasmanian wool growers has been funding by the Federal government's Caring for our Country program.Seven Tasmanian landcare projects will share in nearly one million dollars in the first round of funding.One successful applicant is a joint project between Roberts Wool Link and Agricultural Resource Management who are designing an environmental accreditation system for the Tasmanian wool industry, called "EnviroWool".Project manager Leanne Sherriff from Agricultural Resource Management says there was national competition for the money."Many companies around the world are starting to look for environmentally friendly options in products and there's a real need to be able to prove what you're saying."Some examples are outdoor retailers who sell outdoor clothing, socks, thermals, all of those sorts of things ... there's a big demand in that sector, the sort of people that are buying that gear, to have that kind of level of accreditation."The system we're hoping to develop we hope will be available to for any farmer in the wool industry in Tasmania to be involved in and it will be rigorous, it will ... accredited with an external organisation."
In this report: Leanne Sherriff, Envirowool project manager
Thursday, 24/07/2008
A system to prove the environmental credentials of Tasmanian wool growers has been funding by the Federal government's Caring for our Country program.Seven Tasmanian landcare projects will share in nearly one million dollars in the first round of funding.One successful applicant is a joint project between Roberts Wool Link and Agricultural Resource Management who are designing an environmental accreditation system for the Tasmanian wool industry, called "EnviroWool".Project manager Leanne Sherriff from Agricultural Resource Management says there was national competition for the money."Many companies around the world are starting to look for environmentally friendly options in products and there's a real need to be able to prove what you're saying."Some examples are outdoor retailers who sell outdoor clothing, socks, thermals, all of those sorts of things ... there's a big demand in that sector, the sort of people that are buying that gear, to have that kind of level of accreditation."The system we're hoping to develop we hope will be available to for any farmer in the wool industry in Tasmania to be involved in and it will be rigorous, it will ... accredited with an external organisation."
In this report: Leanne Sherriff, Envirowool project manager
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