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Tracking nature: finance lags on biodiversity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... drive two thirds of tropical deforestation. These commodities include soy, cattle products (beef and leather), timber products (timber and pulp and paper), and palm oil. The new EU law includes further provisions for peatlands and rivers. For previously ...

New Forests increases California forestry holdings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... 1994 and we are proud of our stewardship," says MCTC general manager Chris Chase. "Our manufacturing affiliate, Timber Products Company, looks forward to working with New Forests as a key supplier of logs through a long-term timber supply agreement." ...

Research project to study sustainable forestry in East Arnhem

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... regimes would meet forest certification standards, a marketing pilot to identify, manufacture and market-test timber products made from logs sourced from East Arnhem native Indigenous-owned forests, engagement with traditional owners and communities ...

New Forests to sell carbon credits via Emissions Reduction Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... two years. New Forests 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. New Forests has AU$3.6 billion in investments. Investments and operations ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... 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 in the forest ...

New Forests launches third Australia New Zealand forestry fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... distribution business, the forest management business Forico, and the international timber marketing business New Forests Timber Products. New Forests said ANZFF3 will be managed in accordance to the company's commitments to sustainable forest management ...

Companies inconsistent in approach to deforestation risks: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... According to CDP, demand for four agricultural commodities drives global deforestation - cattle products, palm oil, timber products and soy. These commodities appear in supply chains in companies across sectors, and CDP notes that deforestation related ...

Australian Forestry Standard releases supply chain standard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... Certification Scheme (AFSC)'s chain of custody standard has been revised to meet international best practice as timber products move through the supply chain, according to the Australian Forestry Standard (AFS). The AFS is a not-for-profit public company ...

Westpac signs on to Soft Commodities Compact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... reform supply chains of commodities that are grown rather than mined to reduce tropical deforestation. Palm oil, timber products, soy and beef will be the first soft commodities targeted under the initiative. The Soft Commodities Compact is "an important ...

Valuing ESG risks, return potential in real assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... are also growing middle class economies, and people are living longer... all of that is increasing demand for timber products. There may be less demand for newsprint, or certain types of paper, but we are seeing more demand for packaging, more demand ...
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