All posts of Craig Farrow

Alterra appoints financial veteran to chair advisory board

By Matt Birney for Business News Western Australia Alterra has appointed Future  Fund Board of Guardians and Crown Resorts director John Poynton as the founding Chair of it’s advisory board as the company focuses on the development of underutilised and undercapitalised land and water assets in WA. Future Fund is an independently managed sovereign wealth […]
6 years ago

Alterra engages agricultural veteran as new MD

By Matt Birney for Business News Western Australia ASX listed Alterra is laying the groundwork for the expansion of its agribusiness with the appointment of veteran agricultural executive Oliver Barnes as the incoming Managing Director to strengthen its executive team. This follows the successful demerger of its carbon forestry business that it will continue to manage under contract. Mr Barnes will […]
6 years ago

Alterra to demerge carbon forestry business

By Matt Birney for Business News Western Australia ASX listed Alterra is taking a page out of Wesfarmers’ playbook with a proposal to demerge its carbon forestry business and focus on the development of its agribusiness products. Wesfarmers’ demerger will effectively create two companies, a lower growth but cash generating business in Coles and a […]
6 years ago

Restructure Potential Demerger of Carbon Business

ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER 344 Download the full report HIGHLIGHTS Alterra Board has committed in-principle to a restructure and demerger of its Carbon Business to better realise value to shareholders and enable the development of new agribusiness projects. A new company Carbon Conscious Investments Ltd has been established which will own the Carbon Business and is currently […]
6 years ago

Overview of Recent Activity

ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER 333 Download the full report The Company continued to manage its existing agro-forestry projects that generate quarterly cash-flow of circa $650,000, continued its due diligence and detailed Scoping Study of a System-5 dairy development in Western Australia (“WA”), and investigated other business opportunities.
7 years ago

Alterra (Carbon Conscious) showcased by the Federal Department of Environment

This video showcases Alterra’s Carbon Farming Initiative projects and the opportunities to participate in the Emission Reduction Fund. Alterra’s (formerly Carbon Conscious) planted trees on its own farms and independently owned farms to capture carbon and earn Federal Government issued Australian Carbon Credit Units.  Australian Carbon Credit Units contribute to reducing Australia’s carbon footprint and […]
8 years ago

Alterra banks $3.2m from NZ carbon forestry assets

Article by Matt Birney for Business News WA ASX listed Alterra, formally known as Carbon Conscious, is now debt free and have an additional $2m in cash to pursue new opportunities after settling the sale of their New Zealand forestry plantations. Alterra have owned the 800 hectare pine plantation for some years and previously had contracted forward […]
9 years ago

Alterra Ltd is the new name for Carbon Conscious Ltd

Article by Proactive Investors Alterra Ltd (ASX:1AG) is the new name and code for the previously known Carbon Conscious Ltd (ASX:CCF). Shareholders approved the name change at the AGM at the end of February 2016, with ASIC recording the change of name on 17 March 2016. The company said it is awaiting confirmation from the […]
9 years ago