The role of global investors in protecting natural capital and delivering ecosystem services within agriculture, food and other land use value chains

Description

This chapter summarises key sector developments and challenges, outlines the ‘five pillars of a sustainable food system’ and points to the role of financial markets products and investor engagement initiatives as potential enablers for medium- to longer-term transformative solutions in the sector.

Table of contents

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Challenges facing agriculture, food and other land use systems
• 3 Challenges facing the environment: the role of agriculture, food and other land use systems
• 4 Defining solutions to create a sustainable agriculture, food and other land use system
• 5 The role of sustainable investment in improving agriculture, food and other land use systems
• 6 Supporting sustainable investment in agriculture, food and other land use systems: regulations, standards and benchmarking
• 7 Supporting sustainable investment in agriculture, food and other land use systems: new investment instruments
• 8 Multi-stakeholder initiatives involving the investment sector to promote sustainability in agriculture, food and other land us
• 9 Conclusion and trajectories for nature-smart concepts
• 10 References