ESG

Agri Investor visits Kilter Rural's seed asset in NSW to see how it will to transform a series of farms into carbon-positive and biodiverse natural capital assets.

Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan will acquire KKR’s 49% stake in GreenCollar, with the latter’s workers set to share in the windfall through an employee ownership scheme.

Partner Christina Ulardic says many of the firm’s existing investors returned to back the firm’s second flagship vehicle.

The firm has become a prolific early-stage venture capital investor and has backed more than 130 companies since it was founded in 2018.

New Forests Asia’s Tropical Asia Forest Fund II had raised $120m against a $300m target prior to the commitments.

Insects represent a sustainable livestock feed alternative but British regulation is stuck with the same barriers erected in response to ‘mad cow’ disease in 2001, say Rachel O’Connor and Peter Smithers.

The vehicle has made five investments to date and plans to build out a portfolio of 20-25 companies all geared towards supporting ocean health.

Wollemi Capital will use the money raised to make investments in companies, as well as build up its operations, according to founders Tim Bishop and Paul Hunyor.

The manager has set its sights on building out up to 150ha of strategically located greenhouses across Europe that will repurpose waste heat, energy and CO2.

Climate change is causing financial issues for the agriculture sector, particularly when it comes to feed prices, says the FAIRR Initiative’s climate economist.