Investing in sustainable agriculture by converting farms to ‘beyond organic’
A San-Francisco based fund aims to target conventional farms and make them sustainable while providing high returns to investors. Can it work?
Financial sector
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund snaps up London landmarks
Savile Row and Cork Street, a 4-acre part of the Pollen Estate, bought by Norges Bank Investment Management for £343m
Crown Estate, ranging from retail parks to windfarms, valued at record £10bn
Queen benefits as commercial property empire raises more than £267m in profits for Treasury and monarch
World’s stock exchanges fail to hold companies to account on sustainability
New study shows worrying levels of basic sustainability reporting from listed companies. Regulators and stock exchanges should take action, writes Jo Confino