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Green bank returns $5.4bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... billion to the green bank, taking its total investment to $32.5 billion subject to parliamentary approval. Six natural capital investments of $307.7 million were made during the period, plus more than $140 million went to EVs. Most deals were made under ...

Biodiversity loss, climate front of mind for investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... of biodiversity loss and climate change resulting from deforestation. That was a key finding of ISS STOXX's Natural Capital Research Institute's first report on how investors can mitigate deforestation risk in their portfolios while capitalising ...

BNPP AM launches Future Forest Fund

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... BNPP AM said the Future Forest Fund is its first forest fund launched in partnership with Copenhagen-based global natural capital expert IWC. The French fund manager acquired a majority stake in IWC back in 2022 to expand its sustainable private investment ...

First Sentier heeds the call of nature

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... including the likes of 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 ...

AXA IM battles poor data on road to net zero

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... countries by 2030, after already lowering exposure to 0.36% by the end of 2023. AXA IM committed €919 million to natural capital solutions, aiming for €1.2 billion by 2028. Its real estate portfolio is the largest in Europe; its carbon intensity ...

UK pension giant eyes Australian timber

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... environment and the forests, and the communities around the forests. "We believe the importance of preserving natural capital will only increase in the coming years. Many aspects of our ecosystem such as forestry, water and agriculture are closely linked ...

Westpac looks for next CSO

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... the past year she led the team to update the company's climate change and human rights statements, establish a natural capital position statement, launch a sustainable finance framework and taxonomy, deliver sustainability training for bankers and board ...

CIM to develop ACCUs with Greening Australia

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... investors. It is the first time CIM has partnered with Greening Australia to acquire land - but the firm's second natural capital investment, having recently financed the Kullilli Bulloo River Aboriginal Corporation in Queensland to acquire and restore ...

Podcast: Timber talks - Cultivating natural capital with Sarah Clawson

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... 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 Petrass and explore forestry investment, as well as best practice approach ...

New Forests appoints first global head of funds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... Asia. Louis will lead New Forests' Asian investments team in identifying and acquiring investments in the natural capital space in Southeast Asia. He has over 23 years of experience in investment banking and alternative asset investment in Asia across ...