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Calculating the shorter, longer-term cost of bushfire

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... into account those [natural capital] factors," said Carlos Cacho, economist, UBS. "They took into account the damage to timber and forestry and livestock, but not land and water quality." There is a need for more holistic modelling and development of ...

Investment in climate-related opportunities grow: IGCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... allocating capital across a broad range of classes including listed equities, private equity, fixed income, infrastructure, timber, forestry and agriculture, and real estate." The main barrier to increasing investment in green/climate-aligned opportunities ...

New Forests joins World Business Council on Sustainable Development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... than 950,000 hectares of land and forests in Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia and the United States for sustainable timber production and conservation. New Forests will benefit from the initiatives that WCBSD is undertaking with regards to natural ...

Institutional investor appetite for low carbon investment strengthens: IGCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... investors as ones where they are currently active or considering green investments, with private equity, infrastructure, timber, forestry and ag, and Yieldco cited as well. "We are seeing increasing activity and investor interest in low carbon opportunities ...

New Forests acquires New Zealand assets, closes ANZFF2 fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... Company holds 22,500 hectares of freehold land on which Wenita operates via forestry rights. Wenita is the largest softwood timber producer in New Zealand's Otago region with a 29,200-hectare estate growing primarily radiata pine. Wenita maintains Forest ...

New Forests given award for portfolio of carbon offset projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... institutional investors. The acquisition, Shasta Cascade Timberlands LLC, will be managed by New Forests for a sustained yield of timber, with additional revenue from carbon offsets and wind power. "Our US business combines forestry investment analysis ...

New Forests to sell carbon credits via Emissions Reduction Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... deliver up to 68,959 tonnes of CO2e climate abatement over 10 years. "The sequestration happens during the growth of the timber, so over the first 10 years of the cycle, you're locked in, and you can basically get more credits the longer you hold the ...

New Forests purchases timberland estate in northern California

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... and other mixed conifers stretching across four major blocks from Redding north to Mount Shasta. High quality underlying timber value and exposure to the California forest carbon market, and potentially generate a higher return than a pure timber play. ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... Forests CEO New Forests, which has more than 400,000 hectares of plantation forests, and 6.3 million tonnes of certified timber products produced and/or processed by New Forests' investments, is articulating the case for how investment opportunities ...

CEFC lends $30 million to ResourceCo for conversion of waste into PEF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... plant will process around 150,000 tonnes of waste a year to produce PEF and recover other commodities such as metal, clean timber, and inert materials, the CEFC said. The plant has also secured $5 million in grant funding from the NSW Environmental Trust ...