Mobilising capital markets to protect Earth’s biosphere, Neter is focused on developing conventional and Shariah financial instruments, and creating nature-positive strategies that can shape the future of capital markets.
With this new company launched on the 19th September 2024, Neter CEO Seth Elliott emphasized: “Economic and market forces continue to inflict enormous damage on the natural world – and adjacent communities – in the pursuit of financial gain.
“It’s more than Net Zero. There are a multitude of declining environmental and natural assets that could be preserved, protected, and improved with greater capital markets engagement and support.”
Mandated Net Zero targets for 2030 and 2050, ESG obligations and other regulations require industries and businesses to demonstrate positive action with respect to mitigating environmental (climate) threats.
Beyond reporting on, and offsetting, carbon emissions there is an equally pressing imperative to protect Earth’s biosphere from continuing degradation and potentially irrevocable damage.
Neter’s strategy will leverage fiscal policies and regulatory frameworks and mandates to influence and drive adoption of new financial mechanisms for capital investment that have a direct, positive impact on the environment.
By expounding the value and benefits of nature as an investable asset, Neter aims to work with capital markets partners to unlock innovative financing solutions and create investment opportunities aimed at the collective financial markets community beyond ‘green’ investors.
XTCC, part of the Neter Group, has announced a number of recent initiatives that demonstrate the interrelationship between finance and nature. XTCC’s listed investment products are part of Neter’s product portfolio.
Outside of carbon reduction targets and emissions reporting, there is a growing imperative to mobilise global capital markets to more directly align with nature-positive funding and investment opportunities.
Neter aims to be at the forefront of this transformative movement and moment in capital market development, said Seth.
“Investing in the health of our planet is crucial for building a sustainable future for generations to come. Through recognising the intrinsic value of Earth’s biosphere and integrating it into financial decision-making, nature finance can drive a new era of economic growth that is both inclusive and resilient.”
From engaging wealth managers to institutional investors, Neter seeks to raise awareness and create investment opportunities that support the global transition to a nature-positive world.
Neter’ has roots in ancient Egyptian cultures and is synonymous with the word ‘nature’. In Egyptian etymology, ‘neter’ or ‘netjer’ describes a power to generate and maintain life and derives from the Ancient Egyptian ‘neteru’ – divine energies or forces of nature.
Neter also embraces the natural law of energy conservation – the principle that the total energy in a physical system such as the universe is finite (can’t be increased or reduced), and rather than being consumed, simply changes form.
An example of this might be the water cycle – water evaporates, clouds form and rain comes back to earth in a cyclical transformation of energies.
Neter believes that nature-based assets, including carbon credits and other environmental initiatives, have the potential to become major asset classes within global capital markets, in the same way that real estate and infrastructure-linked assets evolved previously.
A new, nature-backed asset class has the potential to generate significant financial returns while also benefiting nature and the environment.
Neter’s leadership team brings extensive expertise in finance, economic strategy, technology innovation, and sustainable development, united by a commitment to harness capital markets for environmental preservation – with aims of:
- Developing financial instruments and products with direct and measurable nature-positive alignment and benefits.
- Supporting financial market participants in the pursuit of dual returns, finance and nature.
Neter’s primary targets are the wealth management, independent financial adviser and asset management investor communities. These segments are essential to drive up ‘buy side’ demand for nature-based assets, and to accelerate their integration within mainstream investment portfolios.
