ESG

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.

Across private markets different bodies and groups are striving to harmonize ESG data gathering and reporting: it is a worthy and devilishly difficult task.

GreenCollar CEO James Schultz speaks of the need to safeguard integrity: 'One carbon credit worth $100 is a hell of a lot better than 10 credits worth nothing.'