Institutional Investors

Led by Imperative, the South African blended finance initiative is part funded by a World Bank bond and has secured a carbon offtake agreement with Amazon.

The Aviva subsidiary has partnered with Climate Impact Partners and will seek to sequester six million tonnes of carbon across the asset’s lifetime.

Head of natural capital Andrew Champion has left QIC two years after former head Tom Murphy departed the firm.

Forward Consumer Partners' $925m raise in two years points less to a consumer comeback and more to a reset, with LPs favoring established brands over growth-driven strategies.

Managing director Philippe Crete says Fondaction has anchored the Value Nature Fund with C$25m to pursue a value-add ag and forestry strategy across the US, Canada and Europe.

BTG Pactual TIG head Gerrity Lansing says there is an openness among institutions with a majority of their assets deployed in US dollars to invest in Latin America.

Ara Partners’ Cory Steffek says the newly-minted 'unicorn' is nearly outpacing the entire RNG market, which it serves with supplies derived from food waste collected from grocers.

The Taiwanese family office is looking to allocate up to $4bn in the next five to eight years.

Double-digit timberland returns remain the exception rather than the rule, but rising investor demand and new value drivers are beginning to shift expectations.

Orchard co-founder Scott Pasquini thinks the continuation vehicle market could grow as much as four times its current size, as GPs look to unshackle themselves from the timeline constraints of closed-end fund structures..