ESG

New Agriculture’s Bruce King and New Forests’ Mark Rogers discuss the new division’s strategy, what investors want from the asset class, and the potential blend of farmland and forestry into a single investment product.

Agri Investor held its first ever conference in Japan as local LPs and global asset managers gathered to discuss the benefits of adding farmland and timberland to investment portfolios in a volatile investment environment.

CEFC’s investment will be used to help Paraway Pastoral Co achieve a target of cutting on-farm methane emissions by at least 30% by 2030.

The Premium Food Fund has made five investments to date and is 40% committed, with another two or three deals over the next two years set to take it to full deployment.

Boston Consulting Group predicts that an 11% market share for alt-proteins by 2035 would be ‘equal to decarbonizing 95% of the aviation industry.’

The explosion of interest in biodiversity since 2020 from corporates and investors through to governments and industry bodies has been huge. Can the summit capture a moment that is two years in the making?

The firm joins a growing list of LPs and GPs taking steps to measure and improve the biodiversity of their natural capital assets.

Although methane only stays in the atmosphere for roughly 12 years while carbon dioxide hangs around for up to 1,000 years, it is 25 times more potent and must also be priced.

The Canadian frozen foods multinational has a 2030 target to implement regenerative agriculture across 100% of its potato acreage.

The non-profit’s joint report with the Accountability Framework initiative shows that only 2.8% of 675 surveyed companies target sourcing 100% no-deforestation commodities.