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Pathway to carbon neutral - life cycle analysis (LCA) in almond orchards
Tender ID: 492817
Tender Details
Organisation:
Tender #:
AL20005
Status:
Closed
Publish Date:
21 May 2022
Closing Date:
1 June 2022
Tender Description
Request for Proposal: Pathway to carbon neutral - life cycle analysis (LCA) in almond orchards (AL20005) Hort Innovation is a not-for-profit, grower-owned Research and Development Corporation (RDC) for Australia’s $15.1 billion horticulture industry. Hort Innovation invests around $120 million in research and development (R&D) and marketing programs annually to provide benefit to industry and the wider community.
Hort Innovation is seeking a suitably qualified, experienced and capable delivery partner for the project: Pathway to carbon neutral - life cycle analysis (LCA) in almond orchards (AL20005).
The objectives of the services being sought are to:
• Provide a Life Cycle Assessment to define the almond industry greenhouse gas emission (GHGE) footprint and potential pathway to optimise reduction of GHGE.
• Support the Australian almond industry to communicate the environmental impact for each life cycle component and develop future targets for environmental sustainability.
• Provide growers with an understanding on the potential to improve the sustainability of their businesses.
• Allow industry to identify the area of greatest return and value of progressing an application to develop approved offset methods and/or where further research is required to obtain the information needed to develop approved Carbon Market methods through the Commonwealth Government.
Hort Innovation has prepared a Request for Proposal (RFP) document that provides background information, outlines the scope of services, the procurement process and the information required from interested parties.
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