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Nomura, Mitsui build stakes in natural capital manager New Forests

Japanese financial services firm Nomura has acquired a 41% stake in Australian natural capital management firm New Forests in a deal that also saw Mitsui & Co boost its stake in the forestry firm.

$120m fund for Southeast Asian forests closes

New Forests' latest fund for sustainable forestry in Southeast Asia has closed with $120 million of commitments.

People Moves 20th August: Imperial College, Fidelis, Impax and more

Saleeba joins New Forests as Head of Sustainability

People Moves 19 February: US Bank; Deloitte; S&P Global; Impact Cubed; First Sentier Investors; AXA IM; Chronos; Triple Point; EBRD; New Forests

People moves: SASB, FMO, SLM and IHS Towers

Jean Rogers has stepped down from her role as chair of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB).

Insurance industry takes two-track approach to forestry investment

Big insurers want to avoid correlation with natural catastrophe liabilities while smaller players dodge political risk

Sustainable forestry - a budding market

Investors are increasingly seeing the merits of sustainable forestry. There are numerous ways to invest in this asset class, as Peter Cripps reports

$2bn committed to conservation in US

Private companies were among a raft of organisations to announce more than $2 billion of investments to protect land, water and wildlife in the US.

Sustainable forestry firm attracts Japanese investor

A major Japanese investor has taken a significant stake in a sustainable forestry management company.