Key Takeaways
- Fondaction Asset Management and Triodos Investment Management launched Value Nature Fund I, a closed-end natural capital fund targeting €300 million to transition farmland and forests to regenerative practices across North America and Europe.
- Fondaction, managing more than CAD $4.25 billion in assets, committed up to CAD $25 million as one of the fund's founding investors.
- The fund will invest in regenerative agriculture and closer-to-nature forestry across Europe, Canada and the United States, targeting full conversion of all portfolio assets to sustainable practices.
- Value Nature Fund I intends to classify as an SFDR Article 9 investment vehicle with performance-based remuneration linked to impact targets across biodiversity, climate mitigation and social wellbeing.
- Investors for Purpose reports that 65% of asset owners now incorporate nature and biodiversity into sustainability strategies, with around US$200 billion globally directed towards nature protection and restoration.
Fondaction Partners with Triodos on Natural Capital Strategy
Fondaction Asset Management (FAM) and Triodos Investment Management (Triodos IM) announced the launch of Value Nature Fund I, a closed-end natural capital fund with a target size of €300 million. The fund will focus on transitioning farmland and forests to regenerative, closer-to-nature practices across North America and Europe.
Fondaction, a Quebec-based labour-sponsored fund with a 30-year sustainable finance mandate, has committed up to CAD $25 million as one of the fund's founding investors. The organization manages more than CAD $4.25 billion in assets as of November 30, 2025.
Dual-Sector Investment Approach
Value Nature Fund I combines FAM's expertise in impact-driven investments in North American environmental markets with Triodos IM's track record in European sustainable food and agriculture systems. The fund employs a dual-sector, dual-continent approach designed to deliver returns through multiple uncorrelated value drivers across different cropping systems, forest management, consumer markets, climates and regulatory environments.
