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…

Asia Pacific,Equity,Investment,Natural Capital

$120m fund for Southeast Asian forests closes

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

Asia Pacific,Natural Capital

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

People

Saleeba joins New Forests as Head of Sustainability

People

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

People

People moves: SASB, FMO, SLM and IHS Towers

Jean Rogers has stepped down from her role as chair of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board…

People

Insurance industry takes two-track approach to forestry investment

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

Investment

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

Equity,Investment

$2bn committed to conservation in US

Private companies were among a raft of organisations to announce more than $2 billion of investments…

Investment,Policy

Sustainable forestry firm attracts Japanese investor

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

Equity,Investment

New Forests in sustainable Indonesian rubber deal

Forestry investment manager New Forests has invested in a rubber plantation in Indonesia, in a deal it…

Equity,Investment

COP Blog: Parlez-vous Californien? Lessons from California's Forest Carbon Programme

If negotiators at the Paris climate summit want to scale up investment in forestry, they could look to the West coast of the US for a positive example, says MaryKate Bullen

Investment,COP

Forestry investments set for further dramatic growth, says major investor

Institutional investment in timberland could triple, in coming decades, from its current level of about…

Carbon,Investment,Renewables

New Forests registers project under California carbon market

Forestry investment manager New Forests has registered its second project under California's carbon market.

Carbon,Corporate

Forestry fund inks first deal

A recently closed forestry fund has made its first investment.

Investment,Corporate

New Forests raises A$707m for new fund

Australian fund manager New Forests has closed its latest fund at A$707 million ($642 million), which…

Investment,Corporate

California's first forest carbon offset project registered

The first project developed under California's offset protocol for forest management has been registered,…

Markets

Australia's clean energy fund links with forestry investor

Australia's clean energy fund has signed an agreement with an asset manager focused on sustainable forestry…

Investment

Sustainable forestry fund reaches final close, makes first investment

A fund investing in sustainable forestry assets in south-east Asia has reached a final close and completed…

Investment

Sustainable forestry fund raises A$570m

An Australian investment manager focused on sustainable forestry has raised A$570 million ($520 million)…

Deals,Investment