Chaire Finagri

RESEARCH & PROJECTS

Projects

The Chair has chosen Occitanie as its pilot region

Faced with the need for further investment in sustainable agriculture, financial institutions and agro-businesses require relevant, comparable and reliable data to measure environmental impacts of agricultural activities.

The Finagri Chair is carrying out an inventory to understand the needs and minimum data requirements of investors wishing to invest in the management and preservation of natural capital. This inventory takes into account the variety of investors and their strategies, as well as the regulations and standards applicable to them. This inventory could lead to the drafting of an ethical charter for providers of environmental data.

Finagreen association

Combining its knowledge of agronomy and the environment with its understanding of investors and regulatory requirements, the FINAGRI Chair has developed a clear framework capable of certifying sustainable investments in the agricultural sector.

Since its conception, the FINAGRI Chair has focused on identifying and evaluating agricultural practices presenting positive environmental performance, and on how private and public investors can finance the implementation of these practices.

Through its label, the Chair promotes investments associated with practices whose sustainable performance has been demonstrated using the methodology developed by the FINAGRI Chair. Based on this methodology, a technical referencing defines the criteria that certify the compliance of projects with the goals of the label.

The governance of the association provides for the setting up of a Scientific Committee and the drafting of an audit procedure. These steps are currently being implemented.