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We are a science-led company that see ourselves as a part of agriculture. We partner with motivated organisations and primary industries to explore sustainable pathways for our food and fibre systems.
Industry-Leading, Science-Based,
Agri-Environmental Consultancy.
At Integrity Ag we work extensively with businesses across agri-food and fibre industries in Australia and around the world. We are their partners in sustainability assessment, strategic advice, carbon (reporting, project development and product branding). We are at the forefront of advising companies, industries, and state and federal governments on measuring and reducing emissions. Our values of Integrity, Innovation and Care set us apart, and we work with like-minded businesses to deliver the best outcomes for the environment and business.
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Integrity Ag & Environment is a specialist provider of expert sustainable agriculture services to the agricultural industry as a whole. At the core of how we do business is integrity in all we do. That’s why integrity is in our name.
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Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Footprinting
- Strategies to reduce environmental impacts from textiles: Extending clothing wear life compared to fibre displacement assessed using consequential LCA
- Reducing environmental impacts from garments through best practice garment use and care, using the example of a Merino wool sweater.
- Building consensus on water use assessment of livestock production systems and supply chains: Outcome and recommendations from the FAO LEAP Partnership.
- Environmental impacts associated with the production, use, and end-of-life of a woollen garment.
- Clothing lifespans: What should be measured and how.
- Review of Methodological Choices in LCA-Based Textile and Apparel Rating Tools: Key Issues and Recommendations Relating to Assessment of Fabrics Made from Natural Fibre Types.
- Resource use and GHG emissions from three wool production regions in Australia.
- Resource use and environmental impacts from Australian export lamb production: LCA.
- Resource use and environmental impacts from beef production in eastern Australia investigated using LCA.
- Resource use and GHG emission from grain finishing beef cattle in seven Australian Feedlots.
- Resource use and environmental impacts from Australian chicken meat production.
- Environmental impacts and resource use from Australian pork production assessed using LCA: 1. GHG emissions. & 2. Water, energy and land footprints.
- Resource use and GHG intensity of Australian beef production:1981 – 2010.
- Application of LCA to sheep production systems: Investigating co-production of wool and meat using case studies from major global producers.
- Environmental impacts and resource use of Australian beef and lamb exported to the USA determined using LCA.
- An LCA approach to quantifying GHG emissions from land-use change for beef production in eastern Australia.
- Quantifying carbon sequestration on sheep grazing land in Australia for LCA studies.
- Livestock meat processing: inventory data and methods for handling co-production for major livestock species and meat products.
- Impacts of land-use change on the assessment of water use in grazing systems and interactions with carbon sequestration.
- Assessing agricultural soil acidification and nutrient management in LCA.
- Red meat production in Australia: LCA and comparison with overseas studies.
- Review of water assessment methodologies and application to Australian agriculture
- LCA of Australian egg production, in Proceedings of the LCA Food 2010 VII conference, Italy
- LCA of two Australian pork supply chains.
- Accounting for water use in Australian red meat production.
Agri-Environmental Research
- Environmental impacts of the Australian poultry industry: 1. Chicken meat production.
- Environmental impacts of the Australian poultry industry: 2. Egg production.
- Establishing soil nutrient distribution zones across free-range egg farms to guide practical nutrient management strategies.
- Reducing environmental impacts from garments through best practice garment use and care, using the example of a Merino wool sweater.
- Potential contaminants and hazards in alternative chicken bedding materials and proposed guidance levels.
- Analysis of resource use and GHG emissions from four Australian meat production systems, with an investigation of mitigation opportunities and trade-offs.
- Nitrous oxide, Ammonia and Methane from Australian Meat Chicken Houses measured under commercial operating conditions and with mitigation strategies applied.
- Methane, nitrous oxide and ammonia emissions from a conventional Australian piggery with short and long hydraulic retention time effluent storage.
- Emissions of nitrous oxide, ammonia and methane from Australian layer hen manure storage with a mitigation strategy applied.
- Methane, nitrous oxide and ammonia emissions from pigs housed on litter and from stockpiling of spent litter.
- Soil nitrate and phosphorus accumulates rapidly with a non-uniform distribution in two outdoor pig areas.
- Field measurement of beef pen manure methane and nitrous oxide reveals a surprise for inventory calculations.
- Water use by livestock: A global perspective for a regional issue.
- Ruminant enteric methane mitigation: a review.
- An investigation of lot-fed cattle drinking water consumption under Australian conditions.
- Water usage of individual activities within Australian cattle feedlots, in Agriculture Technologies in a Changing Climate.
- Energy usage of individual activities within Australian cattle feedlots, in Agriculture Technologies in a Changing Climate.
- Trends in the environmental impacts from the Australian pork industry: 1980-2020.
- Nutritional comparison of chicken and plant protein
IAE in the News
- Harvest Road to cut carbon emissions | Farm Weekly | WA
- Water security in the chicken meat industry | AgriFutures Australia
- Big cut to feedlot emissions from inventory revision | North QLD Register
- Carbon assessed history made at weaner sales | Weekly Times
- New guide to carbon neutrality for feedlots | MLA
- Katanning Research Station – Strategy to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030 | Agriculture and Food
- Coles expands carbon neutral beef range | Retail World Magazine
- Australia’s chicken and egg industries aim for carbon neutral | Poultry World
- Coles expands industry–leading carbon neutral beef range | Farmer News
- Carbon Neutral Wool and Wool Tops | Fuhrmann-Argentina
- Media release | Coles Group
- Supermarket giant says Coles Finest carbon-neutral beef to deliver ‘real change’ | Countryman
- AWTA Wool Testing – Wool for Future Markets | AWTA
- Woolmark launches new Sustainability and Wool online course for textile and fashion industry | Woolmark
- Coles’ carbon neutral beef brand unpacked at AMPC conference | Farm Online | ACT
- IWTO 2016 Congress | Wool Industries
- MLA releases guide to carbon neutrality for feedlots | International Leather Maker
- Wool Industry Releases First Full Wool LCA | Renewable Carbon News
- SSF hosts inaugural Consultative Committee meeting | Sheep Sustainability
- Sheep Sustainability Framework’s first meeting to determine direction towards sheep sustainability | Stock & Land
- Time to re-run the numbers of carbon farming, webinar hears | Beef Central
- More data needed on soil’s ability to store carbon | Beef Central
- Harvest Road Group Carbon Neutral supply chains 2025 | MLA
- Woolmark learning centre contribution | LinkedIn
Online Contributions
- World Environment Day, Saturday 5 June: Aussie chicken and plant-based alternatives: don’t believe the hype
- Stephen Wiedemann on Wool Life Cycle Assessment – Wool Academy Podcast (elisabethvandelden.com)
- Wool’s Environmental Credentials • Stephen Wiedemann, Chair of IWTO’s LCA Technical Advisory Group – YouTube
- Feedlot animal efficiency helps cut beef sector emissions – Entegra Signature Structures
- ALFA/MLA Moving Towards Carbon Neutrality Webinar – Recording – Feedlot TECH
- Water security in the chicken meat industry | AgriFutures Australia
- DPIRD KRF Carbon Footprint CN 2030 Strategy Report
- Are Plant-Based Alternatives Better for the Environment that Chicken? Dr Joanna
- Beef herd management to reduce emissions, methodology awaiting Department of Environment approval. Stephen Wiedemann, science consultant – ABC News
- Reducing methane emissions while increasing business profitability – YouTube
- Sustainability and wool course | Woolmark Learning Centre
- 2020 Wool Connect
- 2021 Wool Connect
- 2022 NFC Conference
Presentations
- Wilmot Field Day 2023 | MaiaGrazing
- Climate Change and Organic Livestock | Australian Organic
- Wimmera CMA | Maximising Ecosystem Opportunities to Fit Your Business: Carbon | WCMA
- Beef and coal are key drivers of Australia’s high nitrogen footprint | Uni of Melbourne
- Speakers | SmartBeef Conference
- SmartBeef Bites | ALFA
- Carbon Accounting for Australian Pasture Systems Webinar | Holbrook Landcare Network
- Maximising Ecosystem Opportunities to fit your business: Carbon | Landcarer
- Moving towards carbon neutrality webinar | MLA
- AMPC Innovation Conference | AMPC
- Cashmere Conference – Wool Connect Community | Schneider
- Wool and sustainability in spotlight in free online course | Ragtrader
- 2021 Livestock Advisor Update SA | SALC
- Opportunities, challenges, technology and marketing at Wagyu conference | Seedstock Central
- BeefConnect webinar: tapping into environmental markets and reducing emissions | Beef Central
- EU Product Environmental Footprint – what’s it all about?
- Carbon accounting, carbon neutrality and how this fits with regenerative wool
- Carbon neutrality: What it means for wool
Our Clients
Combining science, strategy, and technology in partnership with motivated leaders, organisations, and industries to reimagine sustainability for positive impact.
