Financially benefit from a climate conscious investment
Since the introduction of the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), eligible forests can monetise carbon sequestered by our forests. Awatea targets productive forests with the benefit of carbon, providing dual revenues that blend for optimal investor distributions and capital enhancement.
Forestry is recognized by the NZ government for its part to play in achieving our net emissions targets, namely carbon neutral by 2050. To achieve this, more forestry is required, as well, a strong and stable carbon market.
The Awatea Forest Fund is ideally positioned, with a strong weighting of toward carbon eligible investments, with long-term forecasts presenting an average annual cashflow return of ca.13%* based on the funds existing assets. Awatea also offers a distribution reinvestment plan, allowing investors who aren’t focused on cash returns, to benefit from compounding reinvestment.
A real, sustainable and renewable investment
Similar to property funds, investing in forestry means you’re invested in real assets, with tangible ownership and connection to New Zealand’s primary industry, meaning even in a downturn your investments is protected by a physical and biological asset.
Forestry investors not only benefit from timber and carbon, but also the value of the land. Asset selection is key, with high quality and fit for purpose properties producing high quality logs in perpetuity.
Investors are increasingly aware of the impacts that heavy industrial companies are having on our planet, and this is changing the investment landscape. The environmental credentials of forestry are well established, acting as the earths lungs, absorbing and storing greenhouse gases while providing a sustainable way to build for our future.
We are serious about the environmental impact of our investments, through our forest investment and management activities we aim to promote greater biodiversity, cleaner waterways, soil conservation, wildlife habitats, as well, an underlying objective to create a positive climatic change.
Ready to add forestry to your portfolio?
Building a diversified investment portfolio is a key step to achieving financial sustainability. While we may be biased, forestry provides a great cornerstone investment that can be relied upon for generations to come. RDNZ. has been managing forestry investments for more than 50 years, managing more than $1 billion of assets for more than 3,000 investors.
