RaboTalk – Growing our future

In this episode of RaboTalk's Growing our future , Katie Vickers is joined by Dave Maslen, General Manager of Markets and Sustainability at the New Zealand Merino Company. Dave has a wealth of experience in understanding how change or disruption can create opportunities that can really generate impact. This episode focuses on the importance of extrapolating value, how data points will be used to e...

In this episode of RaboTalk's Growing our future, Katie Vickers is joined by Lachlan Monsbourgh. Based in Australia, Lachlan is Rabobank's Global Rural Agricultural and Environmental Lead. This episode focuses on transitioning to a low emissions future, and how FMCG companies, who rely heavily on the impact of their Scope 3 emissions, will support the transition while retaining production of quali...

In this episode of RaboTalk’s Growing our future, Katie Vickers is joined by Julia Jones. Head of Insight at NZX, Julia has a passion for understanding global trends and their impact on New Zealand. Julia’s role at NZX puts her in a unique position to comment on ESG and what it means in relation to agriculture.  This episode focuses on what ESG really means, how it is changing behaviours in b...

In this episode of RaboTalk’s Growing our future , Blake Holgate is joined by Roger MacGibbon, Tonkin+Taylor’s Principal Environmental Scientist. Roger is an ecologist with more than 30 years of experience in environmental restoration and management, who has the unique skill of being able to translate science into practical and impactful on-farm actions.  This episode focuses on improving the...

In this episode of RaboTalk’s Growing our future, Blake Holgate is joined by Justin Sherrard, Rabobank’s Global Sector Strategist for animal proteins. Based in the Netherlands, at Rabobank’s Global Head Office, Justin is responsible for the analysis of issues of strategic importance to animal protein companies around the world.  This episode focuses on how sustainability is influencing the re...

In this episode of RaboTalk’s Growing our future, Blake Holgate is joined by Dave Janett, a director of the Forest Management Group. Dave has extensive knowledge and experience of all things carbon and forest related, is involved in several government and sector working groups, and is a facilitator of Rabobank’s client Carbon Workshops.  This episode focuses on examining the role of carbon wi...

In this episode of RaboTalk’s Growing our future, Blake Holgate is joined by Dr Andy Reisinger. Based in New Zealand, Andy has an internationally recognised scientific profile for his climate change work. Currently, Andy is a member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), vice chair of the IPCC Mitigation working group and is serving as a Commissioner on the NZ Climate Change Comm...

In episode one of RaboTalk’s Growing our future, Blake Holgate is joined by Lara Yocarini, Rabobank’s Global Head of Rural and Food & Agri. Based in the Netherlands, Lara looks after a portfolio of activities supporting Rabobank’s rural business internationally. This episode focuses on the influence that sustainability has on banks and capital markets, as well as how this flows through to impa...

RaboTalk’s Growing our future is all about equipping New Zealand’s farmers and growers with the knowledge to support resilient farming systems for the future. Using insights gathered from Aotearoa and across the world, Rabobank’s team of experts and connections offer up informed opinions and healthy discussion on the future of farming, and how to adapt farm strategies and syste...