Natural capital

Laconic Partners with Quantum Commodity Intelligence (QCI) for Daily Carbon Market Data

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Tuesday, March 26, 2024
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CHICAGO and LONDON, March 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Laconic Infrastructure Partners Inc. (Laconic), today announced a strategic partnership with Quantum Commodity Intelligence (QCI), a global leader in carbon credit price discovery and carbon market news. As part of this agreement, QCI's carbon price assessments and market news for the global energy transition markets will be available to Laconic's customers through SADAR™ NCM (Natural Capital Monetization), the world's leading trusted carbon data management and interchange platform.

Key Points: 
  • -- Laconic's SADAR™ NCM Platform Leverages QCIs Carbon Pricing, Trade Data, and Market News for Better Informed Financial Decision Making  --
    CHICAGO and LONDON, March 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Laconic Infrastructure Partners Inc. ( Laconic ), today announced a strategic partnership with Quantum Commodity Intelligence (QCI), a global leader in carbon credit price discovery and carbon market news.
  • "Democratizing environmental data is at the core of our mission," said Andrew Goodwin, Director of Partnerships at Quantum Commodity Intelligence.
  • "By integrating our carbon pricing data and market news with the Laconic SADAR™ NCM platform, the carbon market is strengthened through a common set of trusted data available to all ecosystem participants," he added.
  • "We are delighted to add Quantum Commodity Intelligence to our growing partner network and make their vital data seamlessly available to our customers."

Laconic Partners with Quantum Commodity Intelligence (QCI) for Daily Carbon Market Data

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Tuesday, March 26, 2024
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CHICAGO and LONDON, March 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Laconic Infrastructure Partners Inc. (Laconic), today announced a strategic partnership with Quantum Commodity Intelligence (QCI), a global leader in carbon credit price discovery and carbon market news. As part of this agreement, QCI's carbon price assessments and market news for the global energy transition markets will be available to Laconic's customers through SADAR™ NCM (Natural Capital Monetization), the world's leading trusted carbon data management and interchange platform.

Key Points: 
  • -- Laconic's SADAR™ NCM Platform Leverages QCIs Carbon Pricing, Trade Data, and Market News for Better Informed Financial Decision Making  --
    CHICAGO and LONDON, March 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Laconic Infrastructure Partners Inc. ( Laconic ), today announced a strategic partnership with Quantum Commodity Intelligence (QCI), a global leader in carbon credit price discovery and carbon market news.
  • "Democratizing environmental data is at the core of our mission," said Andrew Goodwin, Director of Partnerships at Quantum Commodity Intelligence.
  • "By integrating our carbon pricing data and market news with the Laconic SADAR™ NCM platform, the carbon market is strengthened through a common set of trusted data available to all ecosystem participants," he added.
  • "We are delighted to add Quantum Commodity Intelligence to our growing partner network and make their vital data seamlessly available to our customers."

Laconic Expands Leadership Team with Head of Carbon Markets

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Tuesday, February 20, 2024
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CHICAGO, Feb. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Laconic Infrastructure Partners Inc. (Laconic), announced the expansion of its management team with the addition of Mr. Alistair Mullen as Senior Vice President, Carbon Markets. With an extensive career in carbon markets and finance, Mr. Mullen joins Laconic at a pivotal time as the company's carbon data management and interchange platform, SADAR™ NCM, is facilitating innovative new methods and structures for global trading in carbon-linked financial instruments at scale.  

Key Points: 
  • CHICAGO, Feb. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Laconic Infrastructure Partners Inc. ( Laconic ), announced the expansion of its management team with the addition of Mr. Alistair Mullen as Senior Vice President, Carbon Markets.
  • Most recently, Mullen was with the Coalition for Rainforest Nations (CfRN) where he was Head of the Rainforest Capital Markets Initiative.
  • "I am extremely impressed with the technology in Laconic's SADAR™ NCM platform which will unlock tremendous potential for the carbon market ecosystem," said Alistair Mullen, Senior Vice President, Carbon Markets at Laconic.
  • The SADAR™ NCM (Natural Capital Monetization) platform provides the much-needed structured information interchange required for carbon markets to function properly at scale.

Terra Natural Capital Launches to Invest in Scaling Carbon Projects and Natural Assets

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Wednesday, January 17, 2024
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Terra Natural Capital (“Terra” or the “Company”) announced its launch today as a dedicated environmental commodities investment company.

Key Points: 
  • Terra Natural Capital (“Terra” or the “Company”) announced its launch today as a dedicated environmental commodities investment company.
  • The Company is backed by Pala Investments and Bain Capital Partnership Strategies , both long-term capital providers with substantial experience in real assets, commodity markets, and decarbonization investing.
  • To-date, Terra has invested across nature-based carbon removal projects globally, including mangrove restoration and afforestation, and holds long-term supply of the projects’ carbon credits.
  • “We are excited to enter this partnership with the Terra team to invest in large-scale, high-integrity carbon reduction projects,” said Michael Schor , Managing Director at Bain Capital Partnership Strategies.

Impacts of Climate Change on ‘Natural Capital’ to Disproportionately Affect Poorest Nations

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Monday, December 18, 2023
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The findings have significant implications for understanding the unequal distribution of the climate change impact on a global scale.

Key Points: 
  • The findings have significant implications for understanding the unequal distribution of the climate change impact on a global scale.
  • “We're trying to expand the modeling framework that is used to determine optimal greenhouse gas emissions,” he said.
  • To do so, they used global vegetation models, climate models, and World Bank estimates to predict the consequences of climate change on countries’ ecosystem services, economic production, and natural capital stocks.
  • “Many of the low and middle income nations located in the tropics are not responsible for climate change,” Conte said.

Zefiro Methane Corp. to Host United Nations COP28 Event

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Thursday, November 30, 2023
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Nov. 30, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ZEFIRO METHANE CORP. (the “Company”, “Zefiro”, or “ZEFI”) today announced that it will be hosting an event as part of the United Nations’ 2023 Climate Change Conference (“COP28”) on Wednesday, December 6th, 2023 at 6:00 PM GMT+4 in Dubai.

Key Points: 
  • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Nov. 30, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ZEFIRO METHANE CORP. (the “Company”, “Zefiro”, or “ZEFI”) today announced that it will be hosting an event as part of the United Nations’ 2023 Climate Change Conference (“COP28”) on Wednesday, December 6th, 2023 at 6:00 PM GMT+4 in Dubai.
  • Specifically, the event will feature a fireside chat with Zefiro Founder and Chief Executive Officer Talal Debs , Zefiro Chief Commercial Officer Tina Reine , and Virginia King (Natural Capital Program Director of Stantec , an industry-leading engineering consulting firm).
  • Zefiro Chief Commercial Officer Tina Reine, left, and Founder & Chief Executive Officer Talal Debs, right, present during the Company’s NYC Climate Week 2023 event this past September.
  • For media attending COP28 who would like to meet either Ms. Reine or Mr. Debs, please contact [email protected] .

Singapore office to strengthen QIC's partnerships across Asia

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Friday, December 1, 2023
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SINGAPORE, Dec. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) has expanded its international presence with a new Singapore office established to support a greater focus on Asian-based institutional investors.

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  • SINGAPORE, Dec. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) has expanded its international presence with a new Singapore office established to support a greater focus on Asian-based institutional investors.
  • Located in the Marina Bay Financial Centre, the space will serve as a hub to strengthen local partnerships and explore new capital opportunities in the region.
  • QIC CEO Kylie Rampa said the opening heralded a new chapter in QIC's globalisation and client diversification story.
  • Choi and Mitsui are also joined in Singapore by Shiree Hocking, a 13-year QIC veteran, who brings a strategic focus on relationships and new business opportunities in the Middle East and Southeast Asia.

Manulife Investment Management Announces Close on up to $224.5 Million in Commitments to Forest Climate Fund

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Friday, November 10, 2023
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BOSTON, Nov. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - Manulife Investment Management, the world's largest manager of natural capital with nearly $15 billion in assets under management in timberland and agriculture combined, today announced the initial close of Manulife Forest Climate Fund LP1,2 (FCF or the fund).

Key Points: 
  • BOSTON, Nov. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - Manulife Investment Management, the world's largest manager of natural capital with nearly $15 billion in assets under management in timberland and agriculture combined, today announced the initial close of Manulife Forest Climate Fund LP1,2 (FCF or the fund).
  • Along with its affiliated offshore vehicles, the fund has secured commitments totaling up to $224.5 million towards its $500 million targeted offering.
  • "The Manulife Forest Climate Fund expands on our decades of sustainable timberland management experience and is one of the natural climate solutions we have developed to sequester carbon more intensively and drive broader impact," added Eric Cooperstrom, managing director, impact investing and natural climate solutions, Manulife Investment Management.
  • The fund will be distributed in the United States by John Hancock Investment Management Distributors LLC, member FINRA, a Manulife IM affiliate.

CEFC and CDPQ announce new strategic partnership focused on agricultural land in Australia

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Tuesday, June 20, 2023
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Gunn Agri Partners was established by a team of agricultural and investment industry professionals combining decades of hands-on experience in institutional farm ownership and management.

Key Points: 
  • Gunn Agri Partners was established by a team of agricultural and investment industry professionals combining decades of hands-on experience in institutional farm ownership and management.
  • The firm adopts an industry-leading sustainability approach to agricultural asset management that allows it to establish a scalable and specialised operational team in the local communities where the assets are located.
  • Through this partnership, Gunn Agri Partners will be well positioned to build on its position in the Australian market.
  • "Our second strategy, focused on row crops is fully deployed and has recorded above target returns to date.

RWE connects its first utility-scale battery storage project to the California grid

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Wednesday, June 14, 2023
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AUSTIN, Texas, June 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- RWE continues to expand its renewables portfolio in the U.S., connecting its first utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) to the California Independent System Operator.

Key Points: 
  • AUSTIN, Texas, June 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- RWE continues to expand its renewables portfolio in the U.S., connecting its first utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) to the California Independent System Operator.
  • The project, Fifth Standard, also includes a 150-megawatt (MWac) solar PV facility, expected to be complete in August.
  • The battery storage system can discharge 137 MW into the grid over a four-hour period.
  • Excess energy not sent to the grid will be stored in an on-site lithium-ion battery energy storage facility.