We are dedicated to researching sustainable agricultural methods and developing environmental management tools to analyse your emissions and implement sustainable farming and production practices. If your company wants to increase production and quality while decreasing your environmental impact, Integrity Ag can help.
Capability Statement
Integrity Ag is a team of agricultural research consultants and analysts, working with both big and small agricultural companies across Australia and around the world, to improve your environmental impact.
Full-Cycle Carbon Services
We cover every part of your carbon journey, from initial investigations through to audit or market disclosures.
Carbon management in agri-food and fibre systems is more complex than in other parts of the economy, and some opportunities and risks need to be considered over the long term. Full cycle means we are involved in every aspect of carbon, in every aspect of your business. We work for your needs, not our own. We can deliver the best integrated outcomes for production and decarbonisation using world-leading research and methods.
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Nature Disclosures and Environmental Assessment
Let us guide you through measuring and interpreting environmental impacts and improvements.
Agri-food and fibre systems are intertwined with nature. Best practice management minimises environmental impacts and enhances the asset base. From water quality to soil health, land condition to biodiversity, we can help you establish and report against an assessment framework to meet business, customer and investor needs.
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Natural Capital and Carbon Markets
Let us work with you to harness opportunities from your natural assets.
We believe in supporting landholders to develop natural assets and receive the rewards. Whether your interest is to build an asset base of carbon credits or develop an integrated carbon and biodiversity project, we can provide the technical expertise to help you achieve your goals.
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Environmental Regulation
Partnering with you through the development and management cycle.
We can help you develop and manage your site for sound environmental outcomes and regulatory compliance. From selecting and establishing the site, developing the best management and monitoring approach, tracking this year-by-year, and advising on best practices, we’re here to support you over the long-term.
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Action, Advisory and Practice Change
Across all your environmental needs, we work with businesses and supply chains to deliver real and permanent improvement.
Practice change starts with the right knowledge and trusted advisors. We do this because we care, about agriculture, the environment, and the productivity and success of our client’s core business. It starts with knowing agriculture through and through. Our advisory staff are agricultural managers and world leading experts in environment, with decades of experience. We share our knowledge, empowering our clients to make better decisions.
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Research and Method Development
Innovation to deliver the solutions to tomorrow’s needs.
Core to our company identity is our unique dual focus – providing the highest quality consultancy and ground-breaking research in our fields of competence. You can understand our fields of competence more clearly by viewing our scientific publications and projects below.
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Agri-Environmental Research
- 2023 | Strategies to reduce environmental impacts from textiles: Extending clothing wear life compared to fibre displacement assessed using consequential LCA
- 2021 | Reducing environmental impacts from garments through best practice garment use and care, using the example of a Merino wool sweater.
- 2021 | Building consensus on water use assessment of livestock production systems and supply chains: Outcome and recommendations from the FAO LEAP Partnership.
- 2019 | Environmental impacts associated with the production, use, and end-of-life of a woollen garment.
- 2020 | Clothing lifespans: What should be measured and how.
- 2019 | 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.
- 2016 | Resource use and GHG emissions from three wool production regions in Australia.
- 2016 | Resource use and GHG emission from grain finishing beef cattle in seven Australian Feedlots.
- 2017 | Resource use and environmental impacts from Australian chicken meat production.
- 2022 | Environmental impacts of the Australian poultry industry: 1. Chicken meat production.
- 2023 | Environmental impacts of the Australian poultry industry: 2. Egg production.
- 2018 | Establishing soil nutrient distribution zones across free-range egg farms to guide practical nutrient management strategies.
- 2020 | Reducing environmental impacts from garments through best practice garment use and care, using the example of a Merino wool sweater.
- 2020 | Potential contaminants and hazards in alternative chicken bedding materials and proposed guidance levels.
- 2018 | Analysis of resource use and GHG emissions from four Australian meat production systems, with an investigation of mitigation opportunities and trade-offs.
- 2016 | Nitrous oxide, Ammonia and Methane from Australian Meat Chicken Houses measured under commercial operating conditions and with mitigation strategies applied.
- 2016 | Methane, nitrous oxide and ammonia emissions from a conventional Australian piggery with short and long hydraulic retention time effluent storage.
- 2016 | Methane, nitrous oxide and ammonia emissions from pigs housed on litter and from stockpiling of spent litter.
- 2015 | Soil nitrate and phosphorus accumulates rapidly with a non-uniform distribution in two outdoor pig areas.
- 2020 | Nutritional comparison of chicken and plant protein
Past Publications
- 2015 | Resource use and environmental impacts from Australian export lamb production: LCA
- 2015 | Resource use and environmental impacts from beef production in eastern Australia investigated using LCA.
- 2014 | Resource use and GHG intensity of Australian beef production:1981 – 2010.
- 2015 | Application of LCA to sheep production systems: Investigating co-production of wool and meat using case studies from major global producers.
- 2015 | Environmental impacts and resource use of Australian beef and lamb exported to the USA determined using LCA.
- 2015 | An LCA approach to quantifying GHG emissions from land-use change for beef production in eastern Australia.
- 2014 | Quantifying carbon sequestration on sheep grazing land in Australia for LCA studies.
- 2015 | Livestock meat processing: inventory data and methods for handling co-production for major livestock species and meat products.
- 2014 | Impacts of land-use change on the assessment of water use in grazing systems and interactions with carbon sequestration.
- 2011 | Assessing agricultural soil acidification and nutrient management in LCA.
- 2010 | Red meat production in Australia: LCA and comparison with overseas studies.
- 2010 | LCA of two Australian pork supply chains.
- 2010 | Accounting for water use in Australian red meat production.
- 2015 | Emissions of nitrous oxide, ammonia and methane from Australian layer hen manure storage with a mitigation strategy applied.
- 2016 | Field measurement of beef pen manure methane and nitrous oxide reveals a surprise for inventory calculations.
- 2012 | Water use by livestock: A global perspective for a regional issue.
- 2011 | Ruminant enteric methane mitigation: a review.
- 2009 | An investigation of lot-fed cattle drinking water consumption under Australian conditions.
- 2009 | Water usage of individual activities within Australian cattle feedlots, in Agriculture Technologies in a Changing Climate.
- 2009 | Energy usage of individual activities within Australian cattle feedlots, in Agriculture Technologies in a Changing Climate.
- 2009 | Trends in the environmental impacts from the Australian pork industry: 1980-2020.
IA 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.
