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The firm’s new forestry team has a track record of sourcing off-market deals, and its CEO believes it can cash in on LP goodwill to raise capital quickly.
QIC will look to raise and deploy funds for its first natural capital vehicle over a longer time horizon than originally planned, after senior leaders departed earlier in 2024.
Insured carbon credits will be compensated though ‘in-kind replacements,’ or buyers will be reimbursed their purchase price where replacement credits are not available.
The venture capital firm invests in pre-Series A technology companies in the agriculture and food supply chain.
Firms and pensions with more than A$5bn in AUM must report on their exposure to climate-related risks and opportunities from 2025.
Farmers’ protests and political backtracking are not exactly conducive to the kind of large-scale backing required for sustainable agriculture to thrive. Even so, the movement will take some stopping.
Denmark is now squarely in the food decarbonization limelight as its agriculture industry juggles an incoming livestock levy and the EU’s farm-to-fork strategy and Nature Restoration Law.
The ACCESS Pool appointed Apex Investment Advisory in January to find an asset manager through which the pension scheme pool could invest in natural capital.
LPs are increasingly expecting their sustainable agriculture plays – including carbon sequestration – to generate attractive returns, say Roc Partners’ Brad Mytton, Frank Barillaro and Sam Bayes.
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation has introduced a framework to standardize climate reporting metrics, aiding investors like CDPQ in evaluating sustainable agriculture and forestry investments.