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New Forests hires head of sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
Global forestry investments manager New Forests has hired a head of sustainability and created a new impact and advocacy business unit. Jo Saleeba joins as head of sustainability, after a short stint at FTSE Russell. She was the inaugural CEO of the ...

New Forests acquires US timber asset

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
New Forests has acquired a 63,000 hectare forest as part of a sustainable forest strategy. New Forests acquired the Hilt-Siskiyou Forest, a mixed-conifer forest along the California and Oregon border, from the Fruit Growers Supply Company (FGS) alongside ...

AustralianSuper backs net-zero emissions

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
AustralianSuper is pledging to achieve net-zero carbon emissions in its investment portfolios and ramping up its commitment to renewables. Following a board meeting in October, the super fund decided it was in members' best interest that it positions ...

Investors, assemble: Climate League launched

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
A group of 16 institutional investors with more than $850 billion collective Australian assets under management have launched a 10-year initiative to drive greenhouse gas emissions down by 2030. The Climate League 2030 will see participants "support ...

New Forests joins World Business Council on Sustainable Development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
New Forests has joined the World Business Council on Sustainable Development (WBCSD). David Brand, New Forests CEO New Forests joined the more than 200 other businesses in the organisation, with particular focus on the WBCSD's work in relation to climate-smart ...

New Forests acquires New Zealand assets, closes ANZFF2 fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
Forestry investment manager New Forests' Australia New Zealand Forest Fund 2 (ANZFF2) has acquired a 38% shareholding in Wenita Forest Products Ltd (Wenita) and full ownership of the Otago Land Company. New Forests is acquiring the assets from The Rohatyn ...

New Forests given award for portfolio of carbon offset projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
The Climate Action Reserve has recognised New Forests' portfolio of carbon offset projects with the 2017 Carbon Project Developer of the Year award. David Brand, New Forests CEO Climate Action Reserve is "the premier carbon offset registry for the North ...

New Forests to sell carbon credits via Emissions Reduction Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... forestry offsets in the California emissions trading scheme, and Brand has previously told The Sustainability Report that New Forest has around 450,000 acres of projects under our forest carbon farmers program.

New Forests purchases timberland estate in northern California

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
New Forests has purchased a 170,000-acre timberland estate in northern California from Roseburg Resources Co. David Brand, New Forests CEO The properties will be acquired by Shasta Cascade Timberlands LLC, an investment entity managed by New Forests. ...

New Forests expands on forestry sector's role in investment, bio-economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
The forestry sector has investment role to play in both removing and storing carbon from the atmosphere, as well as its contribution to a rising bio-economy, according to New Forests. David Brand, New Forests CEO New Forests, which has more than 400,000 ...