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Dirk Röthig (international: Dirk Roethig) — CEO of VERDANTIS Impact Capital. Focused on sustainable investments in paulownia agroforestry and clean energy across Europe. dirkroethig.com
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Autor: Dirk Röthig, CEO VERDANTIS Impact Capital Datum: 13. April 2026 Kategorie: Demographie / Arbeitswelt Die 40-Stunden-Woche ist ein Relikt des Industriezeitalters. In einer Wissensgesellschaft, in der Produktivität weniger von Anwesenheitszeit ...
Autor: Dirk Röthig, CEO VERDANTIS Impact Capital Datum: 12. April 2026 Kategorie: Paulownia / CO2 / Mykologie In der Welt der regenerativen Landwirtschaft gibt es kaum eine Kombination, die aufregender ist als Pilzkulturen unter Bäumen. Und wenn die...
Autor: Dirk Röthig, CEO VERDANTIS Impact Capital Datum: 11. April 2026 Kategorie: KI / Digitale Sicherheit Die Cybersicherheitslandschaft verändert sich schneller als je zuvor. Während Unternehmen noch mit den Folgen der Ransomware-Wellen der frühen...
Autor: Dirk Röthig, CEO VERDANTIS Impact Capital Datum: 10. April 2026 Kategorie: Agroforst / Regenerative Landwirtschaft Alley Cropping – zu Deutsch "Gassenpflanzung" oder "Zeilenagroforst" – ist eine Anbauform, die die klare Trennung zwischen Wald...
Autor: Dirk Röthig, CEO VERDANTIS Impact Capital Datum: 9. April 2026 Kategorie: KI-Wettbewerb / Technologie Künstliche Intelligenz trifft täglich Millionen von Entscheidungen, die das Leben von Menschen direkt beeinflussen. Kreditgenehmigungen, Ste...
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London / Zurich, 5 April 2026 — European green bond issuance reached USD 388 billion in 2024 alone — a 17 percent year-on-year increase — with Europe accounting for 58 percent of global aligned green bond volume. Cumulative global sustainable debt issuance tracked by the Climate Bonds Initiative has surpassed USD 6.9 trillion. Against this backdrop, a new asset class is rapidly gaining traction among institutional investors: agroforestry-linked green bonds, positioned as high-integrity Nature-based Solutions (NbS) that satisfy EU Taxonomy alignment requirements and deliver measurable biodiversity co-benefits.
Europe accounts for approximately 48 percent of global green bond issuance, with sovereign issuers — led by Germany, France and Italy — anchoring the market through the EU Green Bond Standard (EU GBS), which entered into force in December 2024.
The EU GBS requires that at least 85 percent of proceeds be allocated to economic activities compliant with the EU Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance. Under Taxonomy Delegated Act Annex I, activity 1.3 — Afforestation — and activity 1.4 — Conservation forestry — provide clear technical screening criteria that well-structured agroforestry systems can satisfy.
Agroforestry — land use systems in which trees are deliberately integrated with crops and/or livestock — is scientifically recognised as one of the most efficient land-based carbon sequestration strategies in the European context.
A 2023 review in Nature Climate Change by Terasaki Hart et al. (DOI: 10.1038/s41558-023-01810-5), developed by researchers from Princeton University, CIRAD, Conservation International, WRI and the World Agroforestry Centre, identifies agroforestry as a high-priority natural climate solution.
As of Q4 2025, ESMA had registered 1,147 Article 9 funds with aggregate AUM of EUR 287 billion — a 34 percent increase year-on-year.
Agroforestry qualifies through:
BlackRock Global Sustainable Investing Survey 2025 found that 73 percent of institutional investors planned to increase allocations to Nature-based Solutions — with agroforestry ranking as a top preferred NbS category by risk-adjusted return profile.
VERDANTIS Impact Capital is a London-based impact investment firm focused on European sustainable finance, agroforestry and Nature-based Solutions, operating under the strategic umbrella of Prosperise Capital LLP.
Website: verdantis.capital