Carbon

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.

The tech giant is by no means done with its buying spree – any onlookers wishing to get in on the action might have to move fast before supply becomes constrained.

The secondaries specialist’s timberland portfolio has grown to have 31,000 km2 footprint and removed 15.9 million tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere in 2023/24.

Investors are increasingly interested in reforestation. Agri Investor examines the factors underlying this trend and the challenges involved.

An evolving market brings new ways to do well by doing good.

The vehicle has a long-term goal to remove one gigaton of carbon dioxide-equivalents from the atmosphere by 2050.

Managing director John Morton linked plans for a 'landscape-scale regenerative agriculture play in Africa' to the future prospects of carbon markets at Climate Week in New York.

Biodiversity credit markets could follow a similar trajectory to carbon markets given a clear business case and the right policy frameworks, Pollination finds.