Natural Capital – the new asset class you need to know about

Natural capital emerging asset class

Isabel Swift, partner rural consultancy team, delves further into natural capital, describing it as: the benefits of land and natural resources can bring to people.

Isabel explains how the metric for measuring natural capital are still in development and it is still very much an emerging asset. 

Knight Frank farmland index

Andrew Shirley, head of rural research, discusses the results of the latest Knight Frank Q1 farmland index.

The average value of farmland value in England and Wales rose by a further 2% in the first three months of this year, which shows an inflation-busting performance.

Andrew talks about the demand in the market from environmentally-focused buyers, including those looking at rewilding and natural capital, under the ESG umbrella.

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