Daniel Kemp

Journalists from affiliate title Infrastructure Investor hit their highlights from Monday's ESG and Sustainability Forum, part of the Infrastructure Investor Network Global Summit in Berlin this week.

The second State of Finance for Nature report found that nature-based solutions are underfinanced if the world is to meet climate and biodiversity goals.

New Forests has made its first foray into Africa with the acquisition of Green Resources through its African Forestry Investment Platform.

With more than A$10bn of capital now committed, we caught up with the Clean Energy Finance Corporation to find out how its approach has evolved in the past decade.

The Agri Investor Australia Forum, held last week, saw constant discussion of natural capital’s potential – but the term was less familiar to international investors.

QIC plans to raise at least A$500 million for the Queensland Natural Capital Fund, its first commingled agriculture and natural capital fund.

Scott Farquhar, Mike Cannon-Brookes and Andrew Forrest are investing directly in renewables, signalling a new approach among the wealthiest.

The deal will help Climate Friendly ‘accelerate delivery on its purpose’, Adamantem Capital says, with the firm rapidly growing since an initial 2021 investment.

To answer that question, we probed industry insiders to find out whether carbon externality has been adequately priced in to AGL.

With water an increasingly scarce resource in many places, using it efficiently has never been more important. Its effective use can help regenerate environments and lead to more productive agricultural systems.