By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The Bezos Earth Fund announced its pledge of an additional $2 billion to drive its three-part agenda: conservation, restoration, and food systems transformation, as part of its $10 billion commitment to fight climate change, improve nature, and advance environmental justice and economic opportunity. This commitment adds to a previous […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media London and San Francisco-based Generation Investment Management, chaired by former Vice President Al Gore, was launched 17 years ago in 2004, at the very dawning of sustainable investment when few believed that financial returns could co-exist with a value-driven mandate. At its inception, Generation Investment was launched with a […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Farmland investor LandFund Partners announced the launch of the LFP Soil Enrichment Fund (SEF) – an open-end structured fund currently holding 20,100 cultivated acres of land valued at $128 million. Eventually, LFP aims to grow the SEF portfolio to more than $1 billion in assets. But how exactly does […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Timberland Investment Resources Europe (TIR Europe) announced it has successfully closed its Forestry Fund II with $200 million in capital commitments. TIR Europe is an affiliate of Timber Investment Resources LLC (TIR), which has AUM of $1.65 billion (835,961 acres) as of March 31, 2021. With an executive leadership […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Mirova, a mission-driven and sustainable investment manager and affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers, announced the final close of the Land Degradation Neutrality Fund (LDN Fund) exceeding $208 million. Originally initiated by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in 2015 and launched under the management of Mirova in 2017, […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media In response to growing client demand, BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) has announced the launch of BNP Paribas Ecosystem Restoration, a thematic fund designed to give investors exposure to companies restoring and preserving natural capital and global ecosystems. BNPP AM has AUM of EUR 26 billion in sustainable […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Recognizing that carbon sequestration by forests is one of the most highly effective investments that can be made to combat climate change, Gresham House, the largest commercial forestry manager in the UK, has launched the Gresham House Forest Growth & Sustainability strategy. Gresham House manages approximately 140,000 hectares of […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Chicago-based Entrepreneurial Equity Partners (e2p) announced that it has closed on $423 million for its inaugural fund Entrepreneurial Equity Partners I (e2p I). Focused on control-oriented investments, e2p I will target investments in companies across the food and CPG sectors with a minimum revenue of $50 million specializing in […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Amsterdam-based Goodwell Investments announced it has launched Goodwell V – a new US$60 million multi-sector private equity fund focused on supporting high-growth SMEs and sustainable development in Africa. With more than 20 investments already deployed across Africa through its teams in Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa (include Tomato Jos, […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Apple, in partnership with Conservation International, announced the launch of The Restore Fund – a $200 million vehicle to invest in timber producing commercial forestry projects with the goal of removing carbon from the atmosphere while gaining returns for investors. Managed by Goldman Sachs, the fund aligns with Apple’s […]
