Sustainability

Portfolio manager Robert Hagler says the longer rotations and lower harvesting intensity possible under its Forest Climate Solutions Fund allow for timberland to be managed ‘more gently’.

Director Trish Cozart of the US Department of Energy's Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center says the program helps validate the quality of start-up's concepts for investors.

Eastwood Forests’ first fundraise has shown how powerful the carbon story around timberland investments has become, including with Japanese LPs.

Climate change and energy minister Chris Bowen said decarbonization plans will be set for agriculture and five other sectors, without sector-specific emissions reduction targets being imposed.

The 15-year closed-end fund has been seeded with capital from 10 Japanese companies including Sumitomo Forestry, Japan Post Holdings, and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation.

Wollemi Capital will use the money raised to make investments in companies, as well as build up its operations, according to founders Tim Bishop and Paul Hunyor.

The manager has set its sights on building out up to 150ha of strategically located greenhouses across Europe that will repurpose waste heat, energy and CO2.

Climate change is causing financial issues for the agriculture sector, particularly when it comes to feed prices, says the FAIRR Initiative’s climate economist.

Although the value of natural capital is being recognized, tighter regulation, greater financial incentives and a cultural shift will all be required in agri to safeguard returns and the environment.

The voluntary carbon credits market is all the rage, but is a multitude of methodologies making it hard for investors to find the right direction? Joel Kranc reports.