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Despite all the buzz around the benefits of regenerative farming practices, there have been few private market vehicles dedicated to supporting the transition. That could be about to change.
The trio have teamed up to accelerate and scale regenerative farming practices with a €1bn impact fund that will invest in the enabling process.
The British fund manager has also closed its first timberland deal in New Zealand, taking a 25% stake in a permanent forestry asset.
Macroeconomic trends such as corporatization and climate change are driving investor appetite, with LPs now seeing agriculture as an attractive asset class of the future, says Brad Mytton, partner at Roc Partners.
The pension's CIO Jonathan Grabel says it is continuing to gain exposure to climate-related opportunities.
The state passed a motion in March allowing cell-cultured meat producers to conduct tasting sessions, but sales of cultivated meat and dairy products are still prohibited in the EU.
Warburg Pincus hedges its bets while Partners Group, GIC and Swiss Re invest in carbon capture specialist Climeworks, as global demand for carbon offsets is set to grow to meet net-zero targets.
The WEF found that while most farmers surveyed want to make on-farm sustainability changes, they are held back by lack of access to reliable information.
The agri industry needs a more nuanced view on sustainability to responsibly meet increasing global food demand, says AAM Investment Group’s managing director Garry Edwards.
Enhancing natural capital is a key step to developing resilient farmland and forest assets, say Cristina Hastings Newsome and Skye Macpherson of Nuveen Natural Capital.
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