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New Climate Action 100 engagement to tackle food and beverage sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... investors is that is their expectation is that companies tackle supply chain emissions," said Ceres director, food and forests Meryl Richards. "That's not new necessarily, but there's an increasing recognition of it. The new TCFD consultation document ...

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 ...

Global fund manager buys Australian forestry asset

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... 22,000 hectares of productive and sustainably managed land comprising a mixed-age portfolio of exclusively Radiata Pine forests which serve as one of the major suppliers of sawlog. Kalyanakumar noted that investments in forestry assets is in line with ...

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 ...

Assessing impacts of nature-based solutions: CMI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... vulnerability, developing country contexts, subsistence livelihoods and rich biodiversity," the report notes. The study points to forests and soils are the most recognised for their carbon sequestration potential, with increasing interest in "blue carbon" ...

J.P. Morgan AM acquires forestry firm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... behalf of institutional and high net wealth individuals, will allow us to apply our expertise in managing real assets to forests, which are a natural solution to many of the world's climate, biodiversity and social challenges." Campbell Global's investment ...

Singapore Stock Exchange to launch carbon exchange

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... pricing data. CIX will focus on the NCS market, which involves protection and restoration of natural ecosystems such as forests, wetlands and mangroves. CIX noted that Asia "houses a third of the global supply potential and is therefore one of the largest ...

Earth Day brings tidings of climate change commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... emissions occur when producing KitKat's ingredients like cocoa and milk, so KitKat will aim to reduce emissions by restoring forests and support a transition to regenerative. KitKat will invest in high quality offsetting based on natural climate solutions ...

Australia on global list for deforestation hotspots: WWF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... are increasing and were particularly devastating in 2020 but are not generally associated with long-term conversion of forests to other uses and were not included within the timeline of our analysis. Logging remains significant in some places." Taylor ...

AustralianSuper backs net-zero emissions

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... emissions, as long as this is offset by processes that reduce greenhouse gases already in the atmosphere, like planting new forests. To get to net zero, companies should emit new greenhouse gas as low as possible, which means rapidly phasing out fossil ...