Leveraging New Forests’ two-decade track record investing in natural capital

New Forests, a global investment manager of nature-based real assets and natural capital strategies, is today announcing the launch of the Global Landscape Opportunities (GLO) strategy, its first global natural capital offering, investing across forestry, agriculture, and complementary markets such as carbon and biodiversity.

To be established in Luxembourg, the new strategy brings together New Forests’ two decades of experience investing across regional markets into a single, globally integrated portfolio, targeting opportunities across North America, Europe, Australia-New Zealand, Latin America, Southeast Asia and Africa. GLO will be open for institutional investment only.

The launch responds to growing investor demand for institutional-grade, global allocations to natural capital, as capital markets increasingly recognise the role of land-based assets in delivering inflation resilience, diversification, and the potential for attractive long-term real returns, alongside environmental outcomes.

Mark Rogers, Chief Executive Officer, New Forests, said, “The launch of our Global Landscape Opportunities strategy marks a significant step in the evolution of New Forests as a global natural capital investment manager. We are seeing strong investor demand for scalable, institutional strategies that provide diversified exposure to natural capital. This strategy responds directly to that need – bringing together our global platform, investment expertise, and track record into a single, offering. 

“Natural capital is increasingly recognised as a core component of resilient portfolios, offering the potential for long-term returns while supporting critical outcomes such as climate stability, biodiversity and sustainable land use.”

David Shelton, Global Head of Investments, New Forests, said, “Historically, many investors have accessed natural capital through regional allocations, but not all institutions have the scale, resources or expertise to build and manage global portfolios themselves. Building on New Forests’ regional return performance, this strategy allows investors to access a diversified global portfolio where we actively allocate capital across regions, sectors and markets to optimise outcomes.” 

“Natural capital offers a compelling investment proposition, with characteristics such as attractive long duration return profiles, inflation hedging, and low correlation to traditional asset classes. It also provides exposure to fundamental global demand for food, fibre, renewable energy and ecosystem services.”

The GLO strategy will invest across a broad spectrum of natural capital assets, including sustainable forestry assets, agricultural land and food production systems, carbon and climate-related investments, and biodiversity and ecosystem markets.

The proposed asset allocation will be:

• United States, Canada, Europe, UK, Australia, and New Zealand – 60% to 80% of the portfolio
• Developed Latin America (Brazil, Uruguay and Chile) – up to 30% of the portfolio
• Southeast Asia, other Latin America regions, and Africa – up to 20% of the portfolio

The target audience for GLO is institutional investors including pension funds, insurance companies, family offices, endowments and foundations.

About New Forests

New Forests is a global investment manager of nature-based real assets and natural capital strategies, with USD 7.19 billion in assets under management across more than 11.4 million acres of investments (as at 31 December 2025).

The company manages sustainable timber plantations, conservation areas, carbon and biodiversity projects, and agricultural assets, aiming to generate shared prosperity while accelerating the transition to a sustainable future. Headquartered in Sydney, New Forests is a Certified B Corp with operations across the United States, Australia, New Zealand, France, Southeast Asia and Africa. www.newforests.com

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