Natural Capital Investment
Conservation and stewards of land to help solve the climate crisis.
Why invest in natural capital?
Investing in natural capital means focusing on the conservation of our landscapes, which includes planting trees, restoring peatland, and protecting biodiversity and local ecosystems. These activities create nature-based credits that we believe are integral in solving the climate crisis.
Decarbonisation is just one part of the puzzle to achieving net zero. Even with a path to removing emissions, there will always be residual hard-to-abate emissions that companies should be offsetting.
Growing numbers of companies have net zero targets not only because it’s the right thing to do, but because there are clear commercial advantages.
Demand for high quality nature-based credits is expected to increase in a market where the supply isn’t there yet.
How we’re restoring the UK landscape
Watch our video to see how we’re generating trustworthy carbon credits through our robust investment management and high-quality conservation.
Our approach to natural capital investment
Companies need to offset their emissions authentically and avoid reputational risk. And investors need to invest in the responsible restoration and management of land.
We focus on carbon dioxide removal (CDR) activities which actually remove existing CO2 from the atmosphere and store it in natural carbon sinks for the long-term. Partnering with trusted operators to bring best-in-class conservation and rigorous investment management, we are creating real impact through the generation of high quality carbon credits that are worthy of trust.
Our holistic nature-based approach creates value for all stakeholders and helps investors capture the growth potential in the carbon market.
Trusted carbon credits
Produced by high-quality conservation and land management in the UK through bespoke intervention, locally sourced trees and species-rich woodlands, and a data-led approach.
Multiple layers of value creation
In addition to nature-based credits, targeting predictable and sustainable ancillary cash flows through property restoration, ecotourism, sustainable agriculture and renewable energy.
Community driven
Aligned with the needs of local communities, restoring the natural landscape, creating local jobs, providing open-access areas and avoiding planting on agricultural land.
“We have an opportunity to kickstart a natural capital economy. By focusing on the quality of conservation, investors can target attractive, sustainable returns and accelerate the transition to net zero.”
Jonathan Digges, Chief Investment Officer
Meet the team
Jonathan Digges
Michael Toft
Alex Godfrey
Gabi Slemer
Latest insights
Five key developments in 2025 for natural capital in the UK and beyond
Natural capital: a growing priority for responsible investors
Octopus & Treeconomy awarded UK Space Agency funding
We need to talk about carbon offsetting
Restoring the UK landscape to generate high-quality carbon credits
Octopus launches its natural capital strategy
In the news
October 2024
Protecting the Ecosystem
Natural Capital is a growing focus for institutional investors, with biodiversity risks linked to long-term financial performance. Alex Godfrey highlighted the systemic risks of nature loss to investment portfolios on a recent panel.
Coverage in Portfolio Institutional
September 2024
Octopus Capital & Treeconomy announce partnership and are awarded funding from the UK Space Agency
Unlocking Space for Business is delivered by the UK Space Agency to foster innovation by combining satellite data and services with other data sources and technology, to drive benefits for businesses in both financial services and transport and logistics.
Coverage in Unlock Net Zero
August 2024
Octopus Capital seeks to build credibility of natural capital market
Our CEO of Fund Management Benjamin Davis discusses our Natural Capital Strategy with Ian Lewis at Impact Investor.
Coverage in Impact Investor
August 2024
Keynote interview: Octopus Capital on natural capital
In May this year, Octopus Capital launched its natural capital strategy and recruited Alex Godfrey from Savills to lead it. Sustain spoke to Alex Godfrey about the UK investment manager’s plans.
Coverage in Sustain
May 2024
FCA’s anti-greenwashing rules offer ‘much needed guardrails’
Alex Godfrey, investment director at Octopus Capital, highlights to Net Zero investor that the FCA’s greenwashing guidelines add the “much-needed guard rails around sustainable investing”.
Coverage in Net Zero Investor
May 2024
Octopus launches natural capital strategy
Octopus Capital has launched a natural capital strategy aiming to generate high-integrity carbon removal credits through conservation and land management.
Coverage in PA Future
May 2024
Why we need to talk about carbon offsetting
Reducing carbon emissions is key to addressing climate change, but decarbonisation alone can’t solve the problem. That’s why we need to talk about carbon offsetting, says Octopus Capital.
Coverage in Funds Europe
May 2024
Octopus creates natural capital strategy led by Godfrey
Octopus Capital has launched a new nature-based strategy for carbon removal credits, led by recently appointed investment director Alex Godfrey.
Coverage in IPE Real Assets
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