Investors are rediscovering the real reason to act – profit. From food to water, resource-driven arbitrage is emerging and capital is taking its position, says Gresham House natural capital director Eoin McDonald.
Cordiant Capital head of agriculture Cédric Garnier-Landurie says tariffs and geopolitics are threatening all the best remedies to the world’s food security challenges.
Cibus Capital founder and chief investment officer Rob Appleby says the competitive investment landscape for novel solutions could help better align the industry with climate and human health goals.
The natural capital investment director says five key developments suggest the asset class could have a breakout year in 2025.
Investment is needed now to bring a new breed of crops to the agricultural value chain, says Dr Tarifa Alzaabi, director general of the UAE’s International Center for Biosaline Agriculture.
The need to reduce emissions from food production presents challenges – but also opportunities. Tenacious Ventures’ Matthew Pryor and Sarah Nolet explain.
Water entitlement prices fell from all-time highs in February 2023 to near-A$0 in June, before recovering some ground, writes Aither's Ben Williams.
Institutional investors are increasingly mindful of inequality as a systemic risk; the question is whether they are willing and able to do anything about it.
Limited awareness of what is meant by natural capital and a fluid carbon credits regulatory landscape are among the difficulties in steering money towards the fledgling strategy, says Olly Hughes of Gresham House.
Insects represent a sustainable livestock feed alternative but British regulation is stuck with the same barriers erected in response to ‘mad cow’ disease in 2001, say Rachel O’Connor and Peter Smithers.