Agri-food

The Swedish DFI has offered a working capital loan of up to $15m as part of a wider FMO-led initiative to support Robust International increase its local processing capacity across several African countries.

An investment in Sahyadri Farms is part of the Swiss impact investor’s second Sustainable Food Asia fund, which aims to improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers, promote sustainable food production, and boost agricultural value chains. 

Plus, BII makes further investment to accelerate EV adoption in India | Sustainable investors acquire agri-food water purification and recycling solutions specialist

Plus: EAAIF makes first Asia investment in Pakistan | Davidson Kempner and Nature Infrastructure Capital acquire renewables project development business

Plus, New Forests makes first forestry investment in the US South | Pymwymic backs Norwegian agri-tech startup transforming precision agriculture.

At the Impact Investor conference, industry experts focused on the opportunities, challenges, and considerations when it comes to integrating biodiversity and natural capital into investment portfolios.

The impact investor’s second fund focuses on early-stage companies that are trying to transform the food system from farm to fork, it says.

For the first time in history, farmed fish production has overtaken that of wild catch. That’s partly why impact investment fund Summa Equity is betting on the sustainable salmon sector to grow five-fold by 2040.

A programme aimed at cutting emissions from cotton farming is expanding its activities in core countries India and the US, with plans to reach over 90,000 farmers in coming years.

The Dutch pension fund of the Dutch-Belgian retail giant has set an impact mandate of €300m. Achmea IM will provide strategic advice, as well as select and monitor funds aligned with the pension fund’s impact themes of climate and nutrition.