Real Asset Manager of the Year
July 2023
We are pleased to announce that SLM Partners has been named Real Assets Manager of the Year in the Environmental Finance Sustainable Investment Award 2023.
The Sustainable Investment Awards judging panel praised SLM Partners' pioneering regenerative land management practices as a "very interesting proposition". They commended the investments as "necessary" and "credible".
Founded in 2009, and with $435 million in assets under management (AUM), SLM Partners invests in sustainable and regenerative farming and forestry.
It has investment programmes in three continents across several agriculture and forestry systems including livestock, arable farming, permanent and specialty crops, commercial forestry and carbon projects.
In 2022, SLM Partners says its AUM grew by over 100%. Investment highlights include regenerative land management investment strategies such as Iberian orchards, cork oak pasture and pine forests, a native regeneration carbon project in Australia which has contracted sales of 1,735,613 Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCU) - representing 1.7m tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) sequestered.
Paul McMahon, founder of SLM Partners, commented: "More investors are interested in farmland and forestry assets to make their investment portfolios more robust. But we also need to make sure these assets are able to adapt to a changing climate and that land management protects and enhances soil health, biodiversity and carbon sequestration.
"We are delighted that Environmental Finance has recognised that SLM Partners' investment programmes in regenerative land management are beginning to show it is possible to do this without sacrificing financial return."
The Sustainable Investment Awards is a prestigious global awards led by Environmental Finance. The panel of judges is made up of investors, pension funds and insurers from across the globe.
The programme aims to recognise outstanding asset managers, analysts and data providers incorporating Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors across all asset classes.