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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 ...

New Forests launches third Australia New Zealand forestry fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... class as investors seek to decarbonise investment portfolios and play a part in the emerging bio-economy. High-quality timber plantations in the southern hemisphere and tropical regions will be central to the ability of the international forestry sector ...

EY, UN Global Compact evaluate state of sustainable supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... shops and safety black swan events in apparel; migrant and forced labour in food, and biodiversity impacts in paper and timber," Jeyaretnam said. "In other sectors there have been international industry initiatives or regulations around supply chain ...

New Forests launches ESG investment performance framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... report, and highlighted as part of that report that more than 473,000 hectares of certified forest area, 95% certified timber production, and more than one-third of New Forests' 765,000 hectares of investments are being managed for conservation and as ...