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New Forests appoints first global head of funds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... deliver to our investors, while ensuring we're remaining focused on our vision of seeing investment in land use and forestry as central to the transition to a sustainable future," Rogers said. The appointments follow Sarah Campbell joining New Forests ...

New Forests invests in Thai peat forest

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... activities that support sustainability and biodiversity - such as ecosystem restoration, reforestation, and community forestry - into commercial forestry investments, and that this will result in better returns, long-term sustainability outcomes, and ...

Forestry fund falls short of target

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... a blended finance structure. The aim is to capitalise on long-term investment opportunities in sustainable plantation forestry and biodiversity conservation nature-based solutions investments in Southeast Asia. It will enable investment in UN Sustainable ...

BNP Paribas updates sustainability strategy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... by 80% by 2030. By 2025 the firm will strengthen its nature-based solutions offerings, including establishing a future forestry fund and engage on deforestation, sustainable proteins, and plastics pollution. Also by 2025 the firm will incorporate enhanced ...

Growing scope for investing in natural capital: bfinance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... manager searches with demand set to continue in 2024. bfinance has released Natural Capital Investing: An Introduction to Forestry, Agriculture and Carbon Credits, a study on the sector and the three major categories of natural capital assets. "Outside ...

Forestry fund raises $450m for natural capital

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... nature-based real assets and natural capital strategies, completed the first close of the Australia New Zealand Landscapes and Forestry Fund (ANZLAFF) with A$450 million raised from institutional investors in Australia and Europe. The fund is a response ...

Agriculture funding takes the stage at COP28

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... develop meaningful decarbonisation strategies aligned with national and global targets," and "furthermore, we believe for forestry, land and agriculture, that new technologies in climate reporting and management such as artificial intelligence (AI) and ...

Only one sector set to meet emissions reduction targets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... performer, with emissions reduced at more than the rate needed to achieve 2025 emissions reduction targets, while the forestry sector has reduced emissions - but at a fraction of the target rate. Global preparedness to achieve net zero by 2050 is less ...

New Forests to sell NZ assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
Global nature-based real assets manager New Forests is selling four of its New Zealand forestry assets. The four estates, located across New Zealand's North and South Islands, are being sold as the fund manager completes the term of the second round ...

ANZ in court over climate and nature risk failure

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... $1.3 billion in 2021 to $267 million in 2022. ANZ also reported a combined $52 billion exposure in 2022 to agriculture, forestry, fishing and mining sectors, which are generally highly dependent on biodiversity. "ANZ's peers are significantly reducing ...
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