Woodpecker
CEO Aleksandra Holmlund explains why improving biodiversity in working forests is a plausible path to scale, despite the negative impacts on harvesting income and carbon capture.
Micah-Vincent
Micah Vincent joined the Indiana-headquartered permanent capital vehicle in 2024 after previous policy and finance experience with the state of Indiana.
Kiwi
NZ Super is recalibrating its real assets strategy as it navigates weak timber prices in China, adds kiwifruit orchards to its agricultural portfolio and assesses opportunities in Australian cropping.
Burgers in a row
From Burger King to vertical farming and cultured meat, McWin’s portfolio spans the food value chain – and the firm is making its network pay by using its distribution channels as a testing ground for prospective investments.
Grant Leslie will draw on a varied career that has included advising USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack, working with cell-based meat producers and opening a letter filled with anthrax as an intern for Tom Daschle.
Cattle on a US ranch
New income streams – from water rights to conservation and data infrastructure – are redefining what investors see in ranchland, says Ranchland Capital’s Ed Bardowski.
Wheat farm harvest
Max Nightingale developed US and Australian investments for International Farming Corporation before joining the then TPG affiliate in 2020.
Tree nursery
NatWest Cushon’s responsible investment manager Martin Logan says the ‘primary driver’ for the pension's investment in the asset class is to ‘mitigate some of the carbon price risk that our equity portfolio is exposed to.’
Honey bee
The £36bn British local authority pension fund is moving to expand its investments in natural capital beyond real assets, says its head of private equity and sustainable infrastructure.
Vineyard
The Saudi royal and entrepreneur wants the Kingdom’s standing in food export markets to replicate its position in the global oil industry.
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