© Aqre / Photographer: Maurice BoyerParis, October 26, 2022 – Mirova announces the 10th投资其可持续土地利用战略，旨在支持Aqre Group的发展，Aqre Group是制药，化妆品，食品和饮料行业的自然成分生产商。这项耗资1000万美元的投资将特别允许与成千上万的小农户合作在马达加斯加实施可持续土地管理实践。
Madagascar is among the 10 poorest countries in the world with 81% of the population living on less than $1.90 per day as of 2022 . Living conditions remain dire for many, especially rural dwellers. Due to a lack of funds, many farmers practice the “slash-and-burn” agriculture which leads to rapid yield declines in just a few seasons and increased land degradation due to depletion of nutrients and erosion.
为了扭转这种趋势，为可持续的土地管理实践和农林业提供资金和援助至关重要。
Aqre Group（AQRE）专门研究青蒿素和奎宁在垂直集成的模型下的生产和提取，涉及与小农户，加工，增值创造和分布的原材料生产。该公司在马达加斯加的两个实体Bionexx和Qimpexx下运营，并制定了一项创新计划，致力于产生积极的环境和社会影响。
Aqre especially supports smallholder farmers by providing seedlings, equipment, and training on better agroforestry practices, contributing to
• better land management,
•景观修复，
• improved livelihoods in the region.
The $US 10million funding provided by Mirova’s Land Degradation Neutrality Fund (LDN Fund) will allow Aqre to:
– directly improve the livelihoods of 32,000 smallholder farmers in rural areas through complementary revenues from artemisia and cinchona production.
– to prevent soil degradation over 13,000+ha through permanent cover, and to improve soil fertility management and agroforestry
For this transaction, Aqre group relied on RebelGroup as the sole financial advisor.
此外，在投资之前，AQRE得到了由IDH管理的LDN技术援助机构的支持。为了通过这项投资加深他们的社会和环境影响，AQRE，Mirova和IDH正在共同设计干预措施中，旨在通过农业折磨来增加生物多样性，促进性别平等并通过探索潜在的碳计划的潜力来提高小小的持有人的收入。
这项新的投资将土地退化中立基金的投资组合带到了12个国家（不丹，巴西，哥伦比亚，加纳，肯尼亚，老挝，马达加斯加，摩洛哥，尼加拉瓜，秘鲁，菲律宾，菲律宾和塞拉利昂）的总共10个项目。到目前为止，Mirova已在自然资本领域投资了全球30多个项目。
Johann Fourgeaud, Investment Director, Mirova, comments: ”We are very proud to team up with Aqre. The production of value-added ingredients together with vertical integration can become a powerful engine to efficiently support the implementation and dissemination of sustainable land management practices. Like other investees in the LDN Fund’s portfolio, Aqre has the ambition to generate significant environmental and social impacts together with solid economic development benefits.”
所提供的信息反映了Mirova在本文档之日起的意见，并且可能会更改，恕不另行通知。
Background Information
For information on how Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) Fund(1) and the Technical Assistance Facility work together towards Land Degradation Neutrality, read through these projects highlights here://www.notoshabby.com/ldn-insights/
About Mirova
Mirova是一家致力于可持续投资的管理公司，也是Natixis投资经理的分支机构。通过定罪管理，米洛娃的目标是结合长期价值创造和可持续发展。在许多可持续金融领域的开拓者，米洛娃的才华旨在继续创新，以便为客户解决方案提供巨大的环境和社会影响。
Mirova and its affiliates manage €25.5 billion as of June 30, 2022.
Mirova is mission-driven company, labeled B Corp*.
*The reference to a ranking or a label does not prejudge the future performance of the funds or its managers.
米罗娃
投资组合管理公司 - 匿名公司
RCS Paris No.394 648 216 – AMF Accreditation No. GP 02-014
59, Avenue Pierre Mendes France – 75013 – Paris
Mirova是Natixis投资经理的会员。
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About Natixis Investment Managers
Natixis投资经理的多种方法将客户与20多位活跃经理的独立思维和重点专业知识联系起来。Ranked among the world’s largest asset managers1 with more than $1.1 trillion assets under management2 (€1.1 trillion), Natixis Investment Managers delivers a diverse range of solutions across asset classes, styles, and vehicles, including innovative environmental, social, and governance (ESG) strategies and products dedicated to advancing sustainable finance. The firm partners with clients in order to understand their unique needs and provide insights and investment solutions tailored to their long-term goals. Headquartered in Paris and Boston, Natixis Investment Managers is part of the Global Financial Services division of Groupe BPCE, the second-largest banking group in France through the Banque Populaire and Caisse d’Epargne retail networks. Additionally, investment solutions are offered through Natixis Investment Managers Solutions and Natixis Advisors, LLC. Not all offerings are available in all jurisdictions. For additional information, please visit Natixis Investment Managers’ website at im.natixis.com | LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/natixis-investment-managers.
Natixis Investment Managers’ distribution and service groups include Natixis Distribution, LLC, a limited purpose broker-dealer and the distributor of various U.S. registered investment companies for which advisory services are provided by affiliated firms of Natixis Investment Managers, Natixis Investment Managers S.A. (Luxembourg), Natixis Investment Managers International (France), and their affiliated distribution and service entities in Europe and Asia.
1 Cerulli Quantitative Update: Global Markets 2021 ranked Natixis Investment Managers as the 15th largest asset manager in the world based on assets under management as of December 31, 2020.
2 Assets under management (“AUM”) of current affiliated entities measured as of June 30, 2022 are $1,156.7 billion (€1,106.7 billion). AUM, as reported, may include notional assets, assets serviced, gross assets, assets of minority-owned affiliated entities and other types of non-regulatory AUM managed or serviced by firms affiliated with Natixis Investment Managers.
NATIXIS INVESTMENT MANAGERS
法国公共有限责任公司
RCS Paris n°453 952 681
Registered Office: 43, avenue Pierre Mendès-France – 75013 Paris
Natixis投资经理是Natixis的子公司。