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White papersTransforming urbanization
Urbanization promises greater prosperity for an increasing share of the world’s population. And yet it historically is associated with widened income inequality and degrading the natural environment.
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White papersTimberland’s expanding investable universe
Timberland earns a position in many institutional investors’ portfolios because of its portfolio-level benefits – a lack of correlation with capital markets, ability to hedge inflation, and steady income return. For some investors, portfolio decarbonization is an increasingly important portfolio benefit that also comes from an allocation to timberland.
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White papersNuveen Natural Capital 2024 Sustainability Report
Nuveen Natural Capital’s 2024 Sustainability Report describes the activities that underpin our Nature, Climate, People sustainability strategy in our managed global farmland, timberland and environmental restoration operations.
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White papersNuveen Natural Capital - Carbon Market Integrity Principles
Nuveen Natural Capital (NNC) believes that market-based approaches to combating climate change — carbon pricing, compliance markets, and high-integrity voluntary carbon markets — are critical to advancing the net zero transition and achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to 1.5°C.
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White papersInvesting in biodiversity - Markets to finance the protection, better management and restoration of nature
Unprecedented global action to address the decline in nature and its causes is underway, and investments in biodiversity will be a critical part of these efforts.
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White papersDiversifying with natural capital
Improving efficiency in traditional stock-bond portfolios through diversification may be limited because the average correlation across securities can be high. In contrast, the lack of correlation across diverse natural capital investment strategies offers great potential for efficiency improvements via portfolio design.
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White papersInstitutional farmland ownership: facilitating the separation of farming operations from its capital base
Institutional investment in farmland is popularly perceived as one of the contributing factors to the consolidation occurring within the agricultural industry, a misconception which deserves scrutiny.
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White papersBuilding resilient natural capital portfolios through diversification
”The lack of correlation across diverse natural capital investment strategies offers great potential for efficiency improvements via portfolio design.”
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White papers2023 Nuveen Natural Capital Sustainability Report
Nuveen Natural Capital is on a sustainability journey that began more than a decade ago. Our 2023 Sustainability Report describes the many achievements along the way, as well as our current work and objectives.
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White papersHow do rising interest rates affect natural capital investments?
To address persistent U.S. inflation, the Federal Reserve initiated a series of rate hikes in March 2022. By May 2023, the key short-term interest rate had increased by 5.0%, reaching its highest level in 16 years.
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White papersA guide to investing in natural capital
Discover what natural capital is, why it is important, what its key investment characteristics are, and how institutional investors can assess its suitability for portfolios.
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White papersInvesting in Chilean farmland
Chile offers investors exposure to high-quality agricultural properties with attractive geographic, market and portfolio characteristics. The country’s location and climate provide ideal growing conditions for permanent crops and help deliver a diversified crop selection which includes hazelnuts, citrus, avocados, cherries, table grapes and walnuts, to name a few.
