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Leading Harvest launches Australian ag sustainability standard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
Leading Harvest is implementing a sustainability assurance program for the Australian agriculture sector after a successful pilot backed by Warakirri Asset Management among others. Leading Harvest is a non-profit that has developed the Farmland Management ...

First Super taps IFM Investors for ESG mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... important area for First Super's members who are largely employed in the furniture and joinery, the pulp and paper, and the timber industries. "This goes back eight or nine years when we started our [ESG] journey," Watson said. "Engagement with our members ...

Stafford Capital Partners launches sustainable timber impact fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... expected to generate approximately 30 million verified carbon offsets for investors (each equivalent to 1 tonne of C02). Timber investments historically generate approximately 5% return on investment, but the combination of the forestry activity with ...

New Forests African forestry fund receives US$200m in investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... provide stable and predictable cash flows across a diversified set of markets." "Africa has growing economies and rising timber demand but is also home to some of the world's most biodiverse forests," said New Forests chief executive officer David ...

New Forests increases California forestry holdings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... pine, in the Mount Shasta region, and presents "significant opportunities for Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified timber production, management for carbon stock protection and atmospheric carbon removal, along with continued wildlife habitat protection," ...

Nomura, Mitsui announce New Forest acquisition as fund reports on impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
New Forests will be acquired by Mitsui & Co and Nomura Holdings as the real assets and natural capital strategies investment manager positions itself to drive change through nature-based solutions, shared prosperity and the circular bioeconomy. Under ...

New Forests Asia fund reaches $120 million first close

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... sustainable forest plantation assets in Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia for end markets such as timber, rubber and carbon. The investment approach of New Forests focuses on deriving value trough best practice forestry management ...

New Forests calls for demand and supply integrity on carbon credits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... sustainable forest plantations, areas of natural forest conservation, carbon projects, rural land and row-cropping, and timber processing in Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia and the United States. "The opportunity for voluntary carbon markets is ...

New Forests to partner on African forestry strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... past plastics as we try to move to a society based on renewable, recyclable materials." Increasing the sustainability of timber production and improving forestry and landscape management practices is critical in combatting climate change and creating ...

Boral to go net zero by 2050

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... that when constructed, the Berrima kiln was constructed, it could only process certain alternative fuel sources such as timber, but with modifications, it will be able to burn fuel sources including plastics that will boost the alternative fuel mix up ...