ESG

The acquisition is the first step in the buildout of The Flavour Farm, a European indoor ag play that will incorporate renewable energy assets as a core growth strategy.

Participants at the Future Food-Tech Alternative Proteins conference in New York drew encouragement from the USDA's approval of cultivated chicken while examining challenges and opportunities across a diverse set of markets.

The insurer has launched a €100m strategy to invest in up to 25 biomethane plants across Spain over a five-year period.

The bloc’s center piece environmental legislation has gotten caught in a legislative saga of nail-biting voting results and negotiating room walkouts.

PGIM’s Shehriyar Antia says investors and policymakers see the food system as ‘where the ESG puck is going’ and will draw on recent experience in energy in developing their approach.

The firm plans to build out the operation’s project pipeline and innovate in using alternative sources of feedstock.

The cast of characters at this year's Impact Investor Global Summit tells a positive story about how institutional investors are thinking about impact.

Dick Molpus says increasing participation of women, minorities and first-generation college students is part of a comprehensive approach to keeping up with the demands of an evolving forest products industry.

The firm is also gearing up to launch a venture capital vehicle that will make complimentary agtech investments.

Cordiant managing director Cédric Garnier-Landurie says the business wanted non-dilutive capital to support its growth plans but the firm could make an equity investment in the future.