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The venture arm of Prue Murdoch and Alasdair MacLeod’s agri-food focused investment group Macdoch is eyeing later-stage fund investments.
The event, backed by the Australian government, was something of a mixed bag – but did highlight how large the focus on nature-positive initiatives is becoming.
While investors have historically placed their climate and biodiversity efforts in different siloes, delegates at the first Global Nature Positive Summit say more value can be achieved by considering them holistically.
Although currently underserved by capital markets, agroforestry presents farmers and investors with a way of creating more resilient, productive nature-based assets.
The increasing demand for wood products drives investor interest toward the timberland investable universe, writes Nuveen’s head of research and strategy Gwen Busby.
Biodiversity credit markets could follow a similar trajectory to carbon markets given a clear business case and the right policy frameworks, Pollination finds.
A list of private markets investors – both allocators and general partners – who have committed to report on their nature-related risks, impacts and opportunities.
It will not just be ESG pioneers and natural capital specialists integrating biodiversity into their investment processes.
Silva Capital, a Roc Partners-C6 joint venture, seeks to deliver carbon credits through the reforestation of farmland while maintaining agricultural productivity.
New South Wales minister for the environment Penny Sharpe says the state wants to create transparent and efficient biodiversity markets to attract capital.