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Biodiversity loss, climate front of mind for investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... "dynamic journey". Commodity-driven deforestation is causing irreversible effects on people and the planet, and tropical forests are particularly under threat. Deforestation exposes investors to physical, transition, and systemic risks, and there are ...

Greenwash top of mind for Kiwi funds

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... Pathfinder, Purpose Capital, Salt Funds and Tahito. NZ arms of international firms were AMP, ANZ, Mercer, MFS, Morrison, New Forests and Stewart Investors. "The growth of responsible investment in New Zealand is representative of the increasing awareness ...

BNPP AM launches Future Forest Fund

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... and chairman of IWC. The fund manager said it will only invest in Forest Stewardship Council certified or certifiable forests and provide investors with plug-in data for their greenhouse gas accounting targets and EU, or other regulatory, reporting needs. ...

Mega asset manager defends OECD complaint

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... by investee companies, the complaint alleges, including: "stealing communities' lands, razing the world's last standing forests, and trampling Indigenous Peoples' rights," said Friends of the Earth US (FOE) Gaurav Madan. BlackRock dismissed the complaint ...

Australia among the leaders in lowering carbon emissions

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... over the past two years how the capacity of natural CO2 sinks on land which absorb carbon from the atmosphere, mainly forests, have declined due to drought in the Amazon and fires in Canada," said Canadell. "The CO2 sinks have begun to recover but the ...

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 ...