Chris Janiec
Managing director Olly Hughes says LPs are generally still in the early stages of their sustainability journeys and very wary of committing too far in any one direction.
Nick Moss previously helped design and implement a forest conservation and sustainable agriculture fund on the part of the AGRI3 collaboration between Rabobank, the UN and others.
A revaluation of what constitutes an infra asset and the need to build a low carbon global economy are pulling energy transition and project finance capital pools towards ag.
Butterfly co-founder Dustin Beck says some US pensions see growing corners of the food market as an opportunity to balance exposure to early-stage technology investments.
Green Investment Group Americas head William Demas says infrastructure LPs are being drawn into corners of ag offering investment characteristics similar to transportation, logistics or power deals.
Kristen Weldon previously helped launch Louis Dreyfus Company’s venture and growth unit focusing on specialty protein, aquaculture and specialty commodities.
Brian Kernohan issued a call to arms for global finance to acknowledge risks related to rising global wealth inequality at the Impact Investor Forum: North America in New York this week.
Director of business development Patrick Neuman discusses how the timber fundraising landscape has changed since Domain’s acquisition of Timbervest funds in 2017.
MassPRIM and the Washington State Investment Board are among LPs in the PGIM US Agriculture Fund vehicle that began its transition to an open-ended structure in 2018.
Jonathan Shively says he will look to help expand existing separate account and structured product offerings to connect institutional capital with farmland.