Thought leadership

  • Date 17 January 2024
  • Words by Ben O'Donnell
  • Reading time < 1 mins

Making the case for investment allocations to Natural Capital

Institutional investors are under-exposed to the natural capital asset class, which offers diversification
benefits, ESG upside and potential for outperformance, says Climate Asset Management’s Ben O’Donnell

Ben O'Donnell's interview with Environmental Finance
Ben O’Donnell

Ben O’Donnell spoke with Environmental Finance about how to narrow the gap between the 4-5% share of global GDP accounted for by agriculture, forestry and fisheries and the 0.1% average allocation of institutional investors to Natural Capital .

You can read his interview published today in Environmental Finance’s Biodiversity Insight by downloading a copy above.

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