Sustainability

Public market flotations by highly coveted and well-funded ag start-ups have followed in the footsteps of Beyond Meat’s 2019 IPO, adding to the growing signs of industry maturity.

The firm says it signed the pledge because action is needed through policy and business to better mitigate global biodiversity risks.

The investment is Tenacious’s first outside Australia and the second overall from its inaugural fund, which closed in Q1 2020.

The Australian government wants to hit a 90% reduction in the costs of measuring soil carbon to ‘transform the economics’ of soil carbon projects for farmers.

The Impact Alternatives Fund will invest up to 30% of its capital in regen ag and up to 20% in environmental assets in response to investor feedback.

The two firms, which have previously collaborated on a water investment vehicle, have received A$500,000 to explore the business case for a new fund.

Gunn Agri Partners says its new sustainable farmland fund will link manager fees to ESG performance in what is believed to be a first for the sector.

Gunn Agri Partners revealed that the Gunn Agri Cattle Fund, which is now fully deployed, reported EBITDA of A$19.7m for the year ending June 2020.

HSBC Pollination will launch a $1bn fund that will invest in forestry and agriculture as well as a $2bn carbon credit fund that will invest in carbon abatement assets such as rain forests.

CEFC has made its first investment in carbon sequestration with a A$1.7m commitment to the Soil Carbon Company.