SUSTAINABLE & IMPACT

Chrystal Capital Sustainable & Impact focuses on selected opportunities where sustainability-led themes intersect with strong commercial fundamentals, scaleable business models and clear investor demand.

We are selective in this area and focus on opportunities where the underlying proposition is compelling on its own merits, with sustainability or impact acting as an additional tailwind rather than the sole investment case.

Our interest is highest where management quality, strategic relevance and capital formation dynamics create the potential for attractive outcomes for investors.

"It is my belief that the next 1,000 unicorns - companies that have a market valuation of over a billion dollars - wont be a search engine, wont be a media company, they will be businesses developing green hydrogen, green agriculture, green steel and green cement"


Larry Fink, CEO & Chairman of Blackrock

  • Investment needed to get to net zero by 2050 – US$5.7tn pa until 2030 (International Renewable Energy Agency)

  • Quantum of asset management funds already pledged to get to net zero by 2050 – US$130tn

  • Value of sustainable investments in 2021 – US$35.3tn (Global Sustainable Investment Alliance)

  • Percent of asset owners globally implementing sustainable investment strategies in 2001 – 84% (FTSE Russell )

  • Percent that will need to come from new technologies – 50% (International Energy Agency)

  • Annual private investments needed by 2030 - $470bn pa (8x increase from 2021) (Fortune)


Our core areas of expertise in sustainability include:


Waste & Materials

Recycling will play an important role in reducing the depletion of global resources. Opportunities are emerge in areas such as waste recycling through to material recovery technologies. Similarly building materials will need to become significantly more efficient.


Renewable Energy

Companies engaged in alternative energy and energy technologies including - renewable energy technology (wind; solar; hydro; fuel cells); renewable energy developers; alternative fuels; energy efficiency and enabling infrastructure.


Sustainable Transport

Companies developing technologies to reduce the reliance on fossil fuels through a move to long term sustainable transport from electric vehicles through to new battery technologies Sustainable Food,


Water and Agriculture

Issues around food and water security are increasingly becoming a central focus for investors globally. In addition to regenerative agriculture and forestry, and new agricultural techniques and technologies, there are a wave of new companies emerging in the design, manufacture or sale of products and services around food and water technology and infrastructure and waste/pollution management.


Sustainable and Impact Deals

Selected deals include Remilk and The EVERY Company

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