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Profile: Martin Berg of Climate Asset Management

The new CEO of Climate Asset Management, Martin Berg, tells Thomas Cox about the challenge of scaling natural capital.

Queen Elizabeth II 1926 - 2022

It was with deep sadness that we learned of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Nature is the new climate.

"We are seeing the beginning of a shift in policy to provide explicit financial incentives for nature inclusion and restoration" says Megan Reilly Cayten.

Nature-based solutions to be included in UK Infrastructure Bank's mandate

In an open letter to John Flint, CEO of UK Infrastructure Bank, the Chancellor acknowledges that private sector involvement in the market needs to scale up significantly to bridge the financing gap for nature-based outcomes in line with government policy. He references Climate Asset Management alongside founder shareholders Pollination and HSBC Asset Management as a positive step in the Annex to the letter.

Former 'Article 6' negotiator joins Climate Asset Management

Climate Asset Management has hired Amy Merrill Steen, the former UNFCCC negotiations lead for 'Article 6' of the Paris Agreement, as a senior legal counsel.

How much is a tree worth? Investors seek to build market for nature

As organisations seek to make good on net zero commitments, interest in offsets has soared. Climate Asset Management, the venture between HSBC and Pollination, said it intended to launch a carbon offsets fund of up to $2bn.

Prince Charles transcends carbon in new green alliance

"Prince Charles has joined forces with banking giant HSBC and Australian green finance guru Martijn Wilder's firm Pollination to launch a new initiative that aims to bring the novel asset class of "natural capital" into the investment mainstream."

HRH The Prince of Wales unveils new sustainability charter

"The alliance, founded alongside HSBC Pollination Climate Asset Management, Lombard Odier and Mirova, will also pursue natural capital investment."

HSBC enters ag and timber through natural capital JV

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.

"Natural capital" becomes a new ESG investment