Where Nature Meets Capital: 3 Leaders Turning Nature Into a Real Asset Class

Episode notes

Most investors now accept that climate risk is financial risk. But what about nature loss? What about the fact that half of global GDP is tied to the natural world - from soil health to pollination to forest carbon - and yet almost none of that value is priced into markets? If climate was the first wake-up call, nature is the second. In this 3-in-1 compilation, we revisit past episodes with investors at the forefront of this shift. Each one is building strategies to bring natural capital into the financial mainstream - through listed equities, real assets, or nature-based carbon credits. Here are the featured guests: Martin Berg, CEO of Climate Asset Management Martin is pushing to bring natural capital out of the margins and into the financial mainstream. With over $650 million raised and three funds under management, Martin’s building a new category of real asset investing - one that spans sustainable agriculture, forestry, and nature-based carbon. The firm’s strategies include land acquisition and restoration in developed markets, as well as carbon credit partnerships with smallholder farmers in emerging markets.

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