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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Carbon and Environmental 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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Natural Capital Assessment
Understand your natural assets, risks and opportunities.
Our Natural Capital Assessment Tool (NCAT) provides cost-effective mapping and expert advice to help landholders understand their natural assets, identify risks and uncover opportunities. Assessments can be tailored to your needs, from property planning and due diligence to emerging supply chain, finance and nature-related reporting requirements.
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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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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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Publications
Agri-Environmental Research
- 2026 | Participatory modelling research to support the validation and co-design of sustainable farming systems.
- 2026 | Multivariable Analysis of the Carbon Footprint of a Branded Beef Supply Chain Using Individual Animal Data and Carcass Characteristics.
- 2026 | Techno-economic assessment of emission reduction pathways for the Australian chicken meat industry.
- 2024 | Net greenhouse gas emissions and reduction opportunities in the Western Australian beef industry.
- 2024 | Environmental impacts of Australian pork in 2020 and 2022 determined using LCA.
- 2024 | Trends in the environmental impacts of the Australian pork industry.
- 2023 | Strategies to reduce environmental impacts from textiles: Extending clothing wear life compared to fibre displacement assessed using consequential LCA.
- 2023 | Environmental impacts of the Australian poultry industry: 2. Egg production.
- 2022 | Environmental impacts of the Australian poultry industry: 1. Chicken meat production.
- 2022 | Using LCA and circularity indicators to measure the sustainability of textiles-examples of renewable and non-renewable fibres.
- 2022 | Reducing the Environmental Impacts of Garments through Industrially Scalable Closed-Loop Recycling: Life Cycle Assessment of a Recycled Wool Blend Sweater.
- 2021 | Reducing environmental impacts from garments through best practice garment use and care, using the example of a Merino wool sweater.
- 2021 | The environmental consequences of a change in Australian cotton lint production.
- 2021 | Building consensus on water use assessment of livestock production systems and supply chains: Outcome and recommendations from the FAO LEAP Partnership.
- 2020 | Clothing lifespans: What should be measured and how.
- 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.
- 2020 | Nutritional comparison of chicken and plant protein.
- 2019 | Effect of methodological choice on the estimated impacts of wool production and the significance for LCA-based rating systems.
- 2019 | Environmental impacts associated with the production, use, and end-of-life of a woollen garment.
- 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.
- 2018 | Establishing soil nutrient distribution zones across free-range egg farms to guide practical nutrient management strategies.
- 2018 | Analysis of resource use and GHG emissions from four Australian meat production systems, with an investigation of mitigation opportunities and trade-offs.
- 2018 | Trends in environmental impacts from the pork industry
- 2017 | Environmental impacts and resource use from Australian pork production determined using life cycle assessment. 2. Energy, water and land occupation.
- 2017 | Resource use and environmental impacts from Australian chicken meat production.
- 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.
- 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.
- 2016 | Field measurement of beef pen manure methane and nitrous oxide reveals a surprise for inventory calculations.
- 2015 | Soil nitrate and phosphorus accumulates rapidly with a non-uniform distribution in two outdoor pig areas.
- 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.
- 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.
- 2015 | Livestock meat processing: inventory data and methods for handling co-production for major livestock species and meat products.
- 2015 | Emissions of nitrous oxide, ammonia and methane from Australian layer hen manure storage with a mitigation strategy applied.
- 2014 | Resource use and GHG intensity of Australian beef production: 1981 – 2010.
- 2014 | Quantifying carbon sequestration on sheep grazing land in Australia for LCA studies.
- 2014 | Impacts of land-use change on the assessment of water use in grazing systems and interactions with carbon sequestration.
- 2012 | Water use by livestock: A global perspective for a regional issue?
- 2011 | Ruminant enteric methane mitigation: a review.
- 2011 | Assessing agricultural soil acidification and nutrient management in LCA.
- 2010 | Red meat production in Australia: LCA and comparison with overseas studies.
- 2010 | Environmental Assessment of Two Pork Supply Chains Using Life Cycle Assessment.
- 2010 | Accounting for water use in Australian red meat production.
- 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. (Part A Report: Water usage 2007- 2009).
- 2009 | Energy usage of individual activities within Australian cattle feedlots, in Agriculture Technologies in a Changing Climate. (Part B Report: Energy usage 2007- 2009).
- 2009 | Trends in the environmental impacts from the Australian pork industry: 1980-2020.
Industry Reports
- 2026 | Cashmere Life Cycle Assessment Study. Textile Exchange.
- 2025 | Sustainability Reporting Uplift Project Final Report. AMPC/AWI.
- 2025 | Livestock export life cycle carbon assessment. MLA/LiveCorp.
- 2025 | Developing a sustainability assessment framework and strategy. AMPC.
- 2024 | Feasibility of feedlot manure and effluent value adding technologies and strategies. MLA/QLD Gov.
- 2022 | An Industry Life Cycle Assessment for Sheep Production in Western Australia. DPIRD.
- 2022 | Carbon footprint and reduction options for Harvest Road Group operations. Harvest Road/MLA.
- 2022 | Pathways to low emissions in the Australian sheep industry: 2005 to 2050. MLA.
- 2021 | Moving towards carbon neutrality – opportunities for the Australian feedlot industry. MLA.
- 2021 | A Livestock Emissions Framework for Feed Technologies. DCCEEW.
- 2021 | Value proposition for the development of an emissions reduction fund method for use of novel feed supplements in the feedlot sector. MLA.
Our Clients
Combining science, strategy, and technology in partnership with motivated leaders, organisations, and industries to reimagine sustainability for positive impact.
