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The fund manager has adapted its timberland strategy to farmland and has a partnership in place to receive payments for carbon and methane offsets.
A list of private markets investors – both allocators and general partners – who have committed to report on their nature-related risks, impacts and opportunities.
A target size has not been disclosed for the fund, but the firm’s Fund III closed above its C$70m target in 2020.
The firm has invested in more than 80 companies since it was founded in 2020.
The acquisitions have been made on behalf of an unnamed European client whom Craigmore expects to make further permanent crop acquisitions in NZ.
Tokyo Gas will use the carbon credits generated by the fund to implement its decarbonization strategies.
The human health specialist has established a quartet of food value chain companies focused on improving the sector’s sustainability and now wants to move upstream.
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Warakirri Asset Management’s new business Solterra will manage a portfolio on behalf of Alkira Farms, a company associated with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
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