The firm has expanded the vehicle’s mandate to include other areas such as biodiversity net gain credits and believes it can deliver double-digit returns.
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The firm is eyeing a successor to its Irish SLM Silva Fund I which closed on €30m in 2018.
Rich Kottmeyer says distress in agricultural investments has been created in part by the lack of a comprehensive advisory practice, such as the one he intends to build.
The French firm has been growing its climate investing offering in recent years.
Private Australian buyers have snapped up sizeable portfolios from asset managers including Proterra Investment Partners and Laguna Bay Pastoral Company in recent years.
Peoples Company is striking a balance between cooperative and competitive farmland services as it deploys institutional capital while supporting GP’s asset management.
The vehicle has been rejigged into a permanent crop-only play and a separate fund will now execute the strategy’s planned forestry investments.
A growing number of impact funds are pursuing forestry and other natural capital strategies, but navigating the market is far from easy.
Report shows Europe leads the US on impact investing and allocating to emerging markets.