Hewitt has partnered with Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) on the largest biodiversity study ever conducted in the Australian red meat industry.
This landmark program is set to prove whether carbon, biodiversity and regenerative agriculture can be measured, implemented, and turned into real commercial value across red meat supply chains.
The partnership will demonstrate how combined environmental, social and governance actions, carbon, biodiversity, natural capital and regenerative agriculture, can be successfully implemented and monetised, rather than treated as separate initiatives.
The multiphase program is designed to deliver emission reduction, insetting and offsetting, biodiversity enhancement, natural capital improvements and regenerative agriculture implementation, ultimately feeding into a new generation of carbon and environmentally branded red meat products.
It’s the first program in Australia to cover all of these elements at this scale, and the first built to deliver practical, adoptable outcomes across an entire supply chain, spanning operations through central and eastern Australia, not just a single trial site.
“This is a ground-breaking study,” Hewitt CEO Mick Hewitt said.
“We are committed to our corporate purpose of feeding the world with a system that lasts forever, and leading the industry with studies like this is a critical part of that.”
The study represents one of the most significant environmental research commitments made by an Australian red meat producer, positioning Hewitt and MLA at the forefront of an industry-wide shift toward measurable and sustainability outcomes.
