Impact investors launch $300m natural capital fund – but it doesn't depend on carbon credits

Philippe Crête, managing director of natural capital, FAM (left) and Karel Nierop, head of products and solutions at Triodos IM.
16 apr. 2026
06:08
Two impact asset managers have launched a natural capital fund that doesn't lean on carbon credits to return money to LPs.

"Returns are fundamentally driven by the economics of better-managed land," Karel Nierop of Triodos IM tells Impact Loop, while unveiling the new fund's plans and strategy.

Two impact firms are making a big bet on nature – but carbon credits are not the selling point.

Triodos Investment Management and Fondaction Asset Management (FAM) are raising €300m a fund to buy farmland and forests across Europe and North America.

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