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New Forests purchases timberland estate in northern California

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... carbon regime." The US investment strategy combines timberland returns with additional exposure to revenue from climate mitigation, Brand said. Globally, New Forests manages more than 2 million acres of forestry, land, and conservation investments, including ...

Climate Bonds Initiative releases Marine Renewable Energy Criteria

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... Certification. Anna Creed, head of standards at Climate Bonds Initiative The new criteria outlines disclosure, GHG emission mitigation and climate adaptation and resilience requirements for marine renewable energy technologies and related infrastructure ...

Investors decry decision by United States president to withdraw from Paris Agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... GSIA." Climate change is the gravest threat to mankind's future and the Paris Agreement is the best hope for global mitigation. By withdrawing from the Paris Agreement, President Trump will slow progress, but will not stop it. Our members will continue ...

Climate Bonds Standard approves Deloitte France, Deloitte Luxembourg

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... responsible fund assurance, advisory to financial institutions and has published several studies on climate change mitigation investment. "Deloitte is thrilled to join the Climate Bond Initiative as an approved verifier," said Julien Rivals, partner ...

IGCC calls for action, investment to adapt at-risk infrastructure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... coordination across different levels of government. The report also suggests potential solutions, such as adopting "blended mitigation and adaptation investment solutions to generate commercial return and adaptation outcomes," and also suggest building ...

IGCC, others organisations press G20 countries to ratify Paris Agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... and NZ governments to implement the Paris Agreement as well as Australian-specific measures to reach climate change mitigation and adaptation aims. IGCC supports the re-establishment of the Senate Economics References Committee's Inquiry into Carbon ...

Treasury Corporation of Victoria issues green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... Whitford, TCV managing director. "This transaction has allowed TCV to support not only the state's investments in climate mitigation and adaptation, but it has also allowed TCV to engage more closely with our existing investors and develop relationships ...

Companies, investors assessing Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... Development Goals, and both products allow investors to analyse their portfolios and make inavesmtents based on risk mitigation and return seeking associated with the SDGs. "We've been working on this product for over two years now, and we recently launched ...

Corporates implementing social return on investment frameworks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... New Zealand, Southeast Asia, and the United States in forests, rural land, forest carbon assets, wetland and stream mitigation banks, and a tropical biobank. (See article here ) In the past, measuring SROI has not always been a business activity, and ...

New Forests launches ESG investment performance framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... New Zealand, Southeast Asia, and the United States in forests, rural land, forest carbon assets, wetland and stream mitigation banks, and a tropical biobank, New Forests said. New Forests offers commingled funds and separate accounts for institutional ...