Key Takeaways
- Paine Schwartz Partners has published its ninth Annual Sustainability Report, covering sustainability priorities and progress at the firm and across its portfolio companies.
- Key portfolio-wide outcomes reported include 60 million+ acres supported by sustainable agricultural products and practices, and 8 trillion+ calories of healthy and better-for-you foods produced and enabled.
- The report collects 126 data points per portfolio company and includes robust year-over-year time-series data tracking environmental, human, and corporate KPIs across the portfolio.
- New initiatives highlighted include a Sustainability Value Proposition Framework, a portfolio-wide cybersecurity program, and the completion of the AgBiTech sale to BASF Agricultural Solutions as a sustainability-linked exit.
- Climate and nature disclosures in the report are aligned with TCFD and TNFD recommendations; 100% of portfolio companies are in the process of implementing sustainability improvement recommendations provided in 2025.
Paine Schwartz Partners Publishes Ninth Annual Sustainability Report
Paine Schwartz Partners, a private equity firm focused on sustainable food chain investing, has published its ninth Annual Sustainability Report. The 2026 report covers sustainability priorities and progress at the firm level and across its portfolio companies, and is available for download at their website.
“We have been proud to lead at the forefront of sustainable food chain investing. Our strategies, policies, philosophies, and resources have continued to advance over the years – but our mission has never wavered: to deliver returns to our investors while building more sustainable and healthy food systems, especially as we face the mounting pressures of population growth, climate change, and nature loss,” said Kevin Schwartz, CEO of Paine Schwartz Partners.
Portfolio-Wide Outcomes and Data Collection
The report presents a series of portfolio-wide sustainability outcomes. These include more than 60 million acres supported by sustainable agricultural products and practices, and more than 8 trillion calories of healthy and better-for-you foods produced and enabled across the portfolio. The firm collected 126 individual data points from each portfolio company, providing year-over-year time-series data tracking environmental, human, and corporate KPIs.
The report also quantifies real-world impacts attributable to each portfolio company using the Sustainable Development Investments (SDI) taxonomy, and includes detailed individual company profiles covering sustainability value propositions, progress since investment, 2025 highlights, and outcomes from specific sustainability initiatives.
New Initiatives and Program Developments
Among the program developments highlighted in the 2026 report, Paine Schwartz describes the development of a Sustainability Value Proposition Framework designed to set a more rigorous and practical approach to measuring outcomes and connecting sustainability directly to value creation. The firm also launched a portfolio-wide cybersecurity program during the reporting period.
The report references the recent sale of portfolio company AgBiTech to BASF Agricultural Solutions as an illustrative example of how sustainability-focused innovation can drive both commercial performance and strategic buyer interest. Paine Schwartz also notes that 100% of its portfolio companies are currently implementing sustainability improvement recommendations provided through company-specific Sustainability Data Insight Reports issued in 2025.
“Drawing on more than 20 years of sector experience, we have developed an investment approach that integrates sustainability considerations throughout the investment lifecycle to support long-term value creation,” Schwartz added.
