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Unilever, AXA, Tikehau Capital to invest € 300 m to accelerate shift to regenerative agriculture
Unilever, AXA and Tikehau Capital, teamed up to accelerate shift to regenerative agriculture with each intending to invest €100 million to be deployed over the fund’s life.
The three companies anticipate that public and institutional investors, as well as other industrial players, will join too. The target is €1 billion.
“we bring a unique set of industry, risk and financial expertise through which we’re aiming to drive the structural changes required.”
“We each intend to invest €100 million to be deployed over the fund’s life. But we anticipate that public and institutional investors, as well as other industrial players, will join too. The target is €1 billion.”
The fund will focus on three main areas. Protecting soil health to enhance biodiversity, preserve water resource and fight climate change. Ensuring the future supply of regenerative ingredients to meet the needs of a growing global population and consumer demand for increasingly sustainable products. And helping unlock technology-based solutions.
“We know that a key way to address climate change is through nature, and agriculture is a part of that solution,” says Eric Soubeiran, who is VP of Unilever’s Climate & Nature Fund. “This is why in 2020 Unilever committed to invest €1 billion in climate and nature projects, connecting value chain transformation with our business and brands, allowing us to take targeted and meaningful action to address climate change and grow responsibly.”
Regenerative agriculture can help solve this issue by protecting soils, biodiversity and water, and serving as a model that’s more resilient for the farmers themselves.
This shift is only possible if there’s close collaboration between all parties from farmers, producers and manufacturers to retailers, technology providers and financial investors. The fund aims to promote, establish and nurture this collaboration.
Agriculture, forest and land use together are the second-largest source of greenhouse gas emissions and the main driver of biodiversity loss. Regenerative agriculture practices can reverse this trend and play a crucial role in addressing climate change and environmental challenges.
It’s an approach to farming that works in harmony with nature to ensure the long-term viability and resilience of the land. It builds soil health, crop resilience and nutrient density as well as protecting water and increasing biodiversity. Ultimately, it is about restoring the health of the soils where humans’ food is grown which, in return, will enhance their own health.
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