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Nature and climate now on equal footing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... "But these challenges are not unsurmountable," says Parker. Parker will discuss nature at the IGCC summit, alongside New Forests CEO Mark Rogers, Windlab's Nathan Blundell, UniSuper's Marina Wang, and MSCI's Kuldeep Yadav. The rapid decline ...

First Sentier heeds the call of nature

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... Australia's Alphinity Investment Management, Bank Australia, Metrics Credit Partners, and natural capital fund manager New Forests. It's not just the finance sector that can sign up - corporations like Qantas, educational institutions like the University ...

Nature now a fiduciary duty and financial risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... its new guide for finance on deforestation. Alongisde Aviva Investors and Boston Common Asset Management it found that forests directly support the livelihoods of 1.6 billion people. According to the IGCC, investors should conduct risk assessments, make ...

UK pension giant eyes Australian timber

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... high bar for responsible investing - they've demonstrated they want to be good stewards of the environment and the forests, and the communities around the forests. "We believe the importance of preserving natural capital will only increase in the ...

Podcast: Timber talks - Cultivating natural capital with Sarah Clawson

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
This episode of The Greener Way, we hear from Sarah Clawson, Global Head of Investor Relations at New Forests - an international investment manager of nature-based real assets and natural capital strategies. Join senior journalist and host Rose Mary ...

New Forests appoints first global head of funds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
New Forests has named Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) veteran Michelle Elliot as its global head of funds. In the newly created role, Elliot will be responsible for improving investment, operations, and investment analytics to support the investment ...

New Forests invests in Thai peat forest

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
New Forests has invested in a 70,000-hectare block of peat swamp forest in Thailand as the first investment in its Tropical Asia Forest Fund 2 (TAFF2). New Forest's investment in the Kuan Kreng Landscape (KKL) in Thailand holds the country's ...

Nature-related disclosures underway

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... Australian financial institutions on the list are asset manager Ethical Partners Funds Management, natural capital investor New Forests, and investment firm Metrics Credit Partners. Australian companies are Brambles, Forico, Telstra, the Port of Newcastle ...

Forestry fund falls short of target

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... activities focused on climate action, community engagement and livelihoods. Geoffrey Seeto, head of emerging markets at New Forests said, "While the fund is now closed to new investors, we are currently speaking with existing LPs in addition to prospective ...

Forestry fund raises $450m for natural capital

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... is targeting one million tonnes of carbon abatement over the next decade by harnessing Australia's natural capital. New Forests, manager of nature-based real assets and natural capital strategies, completed the first close of the Australia New Zealand ...