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The "Wild West" of "blue" investing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... both investors and communities. Experts recently discussed the economic value of the ocean and efforts to make natural capital more visible to economic decision-makers and policies at the Blue Solutions Summit held during the Ocean Lovers Festival in ...

HSBC Australia hires head of sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... coordinator on nine of the 26 transactions closed in 2022. In 2022, Climate Asset Management, HSBC's dedicated natural capital investment manager formed as a joint venture with climate change investment and advisory firm Pollination, achieved commitments ...

New Forests appoints new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... take on the role of chief executive and look forward to continuing to cement our reputation as leaders in the natural capital investment space across developed and emerging markets." "With the new shareholders Mitsui and Nomura providing growth capital ...

COP15 success requires investor buy-in: Mirova

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... Conference of the Parties (COP15) to be a success, investors must come on board, according to the CEO of Mirova. Natural capital preservation is an investment theme that institutional investors should put time and resources into now, according to Mirova ...

Biodiversity market could hit $137bn by 2050: PwC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... expect government to do the heavy lifting here." The report calculated direct finance flows, rather than indirect natural capital values, to identify how government, landowners, First Peoples, industry and philanthropic partners could collaborate to ...

Majority of investors collaborate on engagement, but disclosure lags: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... additional ESG topics including public health, biodiversity and conservation, the rights of Indigenous peoples, natural capital, extreme events, and geopolitical issues. The report also defined three main stewardship approaches that investors use - proactive ...

New Forests launches ANZ forestry and agriculture fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... aim of raising $600 million in the next two to three years. The $10 billion global nature-based real assets and natural capital strategies investment manager has launched the Australia New Zealand Landscapes and Forestry Fund (ANZLAFF), which will seek ...

Carbon markets, biodiversity on tap at COP27

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... effect on biodiversity. "The first is about preservation - How much am I funding activities that preserve existing natural capital like forests and oceans? And the second is about restoration - to what extent am I funding activities that promote the ...

Australia joins COP27 forests partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... price signal for sustainable land management," Brand said. There is an uptick in investment strategies based on natural capital and forestry, said JANA head of sustainability Rachel Halpern. "We're seeing more and more strategies, particularly in the ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... vehicle that will increase funding for nature-based solutions, increase the supply of sustainable wood, restore natural capital while also boosting jobs within rural communities," said BII managing director and head of private equity funds Clarisa De ...