The Food for the Future study comes at a critical time for the Australian meat industry, as both federal and state governments have recently voiced a shared commitment to ensuring Australia becomes a world leader in ESG – environmental, social, governance – friendly agribusiness. Australian agriculture land managers are responsible for maintaining almost 60 per cent of Australian landmass, which accounts for more than $6.5 trillion worth of natural capital assets. This places significant responsibility on the local sector, and presents huge regional opportunity.