The Global BioChallenge to mobilize large-scale investment for nature-based growth by 2028 was quietly launched at last month’s COP30 in Belém, Brazil. And this year’s Agri Impact Investing Report indicates that private capital is slowly awakening to the investment opportunity and the critical role it can play in supporting nature-based solutions to the climate crisis.
INSIDE THE REPORT
PE investors are tuning into nature as an impact imperative
Private capital is waking up to the opportunities presented by nature-based solutions and biodiversity.
How education and market integrity can boost biodiversity investment
Once viewed as little more than green distractions, biodiversity investments now have growing regulatory and market support, even if greater understanding and awareness are needed.
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PREVIOUS COVERAGE
Impact investors are driving change with natural capital preservation, integrated management and nature-based solutions. The climate and energy transitions remain at the heart of impact investing and why it is gaining such attention around the world. From forestry and carbon reduction to sustainable agriculture and food security, we look at how impact investors are making a positive difference.
The long-term health of our planet’s food systems depends on promoting greater sustainability and restoring biodiversity. Without a greater sense of balance, climate change and ecosystem disruption threaten the food security future of our rapidly growing population. This is at the heart of why impact investing is gaining such attention, particularly across developing markets. From aquaculture to the rise of technology, we look at how impact investors are trying to make a positive difference.
Impact investing in agriculture may have been slow off the mark – investors have only recently taken an interest – but this expanding sector has a key role to play in reducing emissions, improving food security and strengthening livelihoods. Our 2023 special report looks to explore the developing landscape further.
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Conservation Resources reaches $52m close on second farmland fund
Chief operating officer Stavros Koutsantonis says progress in the measurement, reporting and verification of regenerative farming practices is helping to create excitement among LPs for its US farmland strategy.
Ozempic vs the ‘sticky’ demand for food
Weight-loss drugs are changing eating habits in wealthy economies, say reports. But with population growth, rising emerging-market incomes and finite arable land, agriculture’s investment case is shifting – rather than shrinking – toward productivity and quality.
Lucerne Capital launches regenerative farmland vehicle targeting $500m
The firm’s debut farmland vehicle will pursue an own-and-operate strategy and expects regenerative farmland certification to act as a ‘strategic value lever’.
Natural capital: 2026 is the year its true value emerges
The asset class is primed to have a big year as EU regulation forces importers of carbon intensive materials like steel to pay a levy on embedded emissions, making sustainable products like wood more competitive, says Foresight Natural Capital’s Richard Kelly.
Field Notes: Inside Macquarie’s preparations for Paraway Pastoral Company sale; Manulife closes $289m Permanent Cropland Plus Fund
Inside Macquarie’s preparations for multibillion-dollar Paraway Pastoral Company sale; Manulife closes Permanent Cropland Plus Fund on $289m; Grit Road Partners launches agtech Fund II; deals round-up, and more. Welcome to Field Notes, the start-of-the-week briefing for our valued subscribers only. Tips and feedback to: binyamin.a@pei.group
