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  • Corporates looking to 'atone for their sins' on nature, says New Forests

    01 October 2024

    Corporates are looking to "atone for their sins" on nature by investing in nature-positive opportunities and credits, New Forests has said.

  • Investors need clearer price signals from nature opportunities, says New Forests

    11 September 2024

    Clearer price signals are needed to make nature positive investments "more economically attractive" to investors, according to Australian nature investor New Forests.

  • The private sector must play a much greater role in the sustainability transition

    13 May 2024

    Investment in sustainable landscapes could rise ten-fold, to one trillion dollars or more, writes David Brand

  • New Forests: Land use investment analysis 'revolution' incoming

    17 May 2023

    Reform in how land use is analysed for investments could triple the value of forest-related assets over the next two decades, the executive chair of investment manager New Forests has said.

  • Nomura, Mitsui build stakes in natural capital manager New Forests

    20 May 2022

    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.

  • Insurance industry takes two-track approach to forestry investment

    14 July 2016

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

  • Sustainable forestry 2016: New Forests and Sampoerna Agro

    23 March 2016

    It is hoped that New Forests' joint venture in a sustainable rubber plantation in Indonesia will pave the way for further institutional investment in large-scale, sustainable forestry in the country.

  • $2bn committed to conservation in US

    09 March 2016

    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.

  • New Forests in sustainable Indonesian rubber deal

    23 December 2015

    Forestry investment manager New Forests has invested in a rubber plantation in Indonesia, in a deal it says will pave the way for more institutional investments in large-scale, sustainable forestry in the country.

  • New Forests raises A$707m for new fund

    17 March 2014

    Australian fund manager New Forests has closed its latest fund at A$707 million ($642 million), which will be invested in timber plantations and associated infrastructure.