Impact Investment and Advice

Decarbonisation

Avoid, reduce or remove greenhouse gas emissions

  • Private equity, Australasia:
    Assessed buy-side battery electric vehicle and related grid infrastructure investment.

    European Family Office, Indonesia:
    Due diligence and valuation for REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation) projects with three biomass power projects

    Private equity, Australasia:
    Buy-side forestry services and plantation business as part of fund expansion

    Investment Banking Advisory, New Zealand:
    Advised on establishing a sustainable finance and M&A advisory business

    Private equity, Australasia:
    Assessed development of sustainable investment-themed funds

    Transport company, Australasia:
    Assessed decarbonisation strategy as part of marginal abatement cost curve

    Fresh produce export company, Australasia:
    Assessed decarbonisation strategy as part of marginal abatement cost curve

    Industrials business, Australia:
    Reviewed carbon baseline; evaluated buy-side M&A, fuel-switch, supply chain alternatives and decarbonisation investments

Energy Transition

Multi-decade transition shift towards renewable energy production and consumption

  • Upstream energy, Australasia:
    Developed gas strategy as part of transition, including LNG import storage and processing terminal to displace fossil-fuels and firm-up renewables supply.

    Upstream energy, Pacific Islands:
    Developed greenfields power business, including Pacific Islands’ largest renewable power project of 16,000 ha of biomass plantations and solar, with high integrity Gold Standard carbon credits.

    Upstream energy, Australasia:
    Developed corporate and M&A strategy, including energy transition implications locally and offshore.

    Renewable power plant project, Pacific Islands:
    Secured foreign grant financing for mini-grid and efficient cook stove projects for health and social impact.

    Early stage impact investor and developer, Pacific Islands:
    Evaluated multiple high-impact forestry project options; negotiated sell-side M&A to energy major for new green business.

    Community Service Organisation, Australia:
    Acted as an independent expert for hydrocarbon resource CO2 emissions.

Circular Economy

Reuse, repair, refurbish and recycle materials

  • IDH Sustainable Trade Initiative, Indonesia:
    Developed efficiency and social impact business case in pulp and paper value chain.

    Waste management, Australia:
    Developed target funding strategy for materials recycling facility business, maximising value from downstream commodity processing.

    Private equity, Australasia:
    Screened multiple renewable and recyclable packaging providers.

Natural Capital

Ecosystem services, including air, water, reforestation, environmental plantings, and biodiversity

  • Shell Renewables, South America:
    Developed first nature-based carbon accounting model for forestry.

    TotalEnergies, Pacific Islands:
    Developed LNG biodiversity offsets project.

    Mining companies, Australia:
    Established extensive forestry plantations to rehabilitate mine site overburden.

    EFI Technical Assistance Project:
    Pacific Islands – assessed timber residues for energy to replace hydrocarbons.

    Forest First, South America:
    Established sustainable forestry start-up.

    ASX energy explorer, Asia:
    Identified nature-based carbon offset forestry project with a strong social impact.

    ASX Upstream Energy, Australasia:
    Developed strategy for global scale business developing nature-based projects.

    Mining companies, Australia:
    Multiple investment and financing analyses for nature-based projects with high social impact.

    Private equity, Australasia:
    Assessed multiple national and global natural capital investment projects in Australasia, Asia, South America and Africa.