Achmea IM to Advise Anchor Investors in Conservation Resources Farmland II, L.P.
EXETER, N.H, Jan. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Conservation Resource Partners ("Conservation Resources", or "CR") announced today a collaboration on its latest impact farmland fund, Conservation Resources Farmland II, L.P. ("CRF II", or "the Fund") [1] with Achmea Investment Management B.V. ("Achmea IM"). This joint endeavor seeks to promote CRF II's stated goal of aligning financial returns with meaningful impact outcomes.
Under this partnership, Achmea IM will act as investment advisor to anchor investors that invest directly in CRF II or through Conservation Resources Farmland Feeder Fund II, L.P. ("CRF II Feeder"), as well as to additional Achmea IM clients who may invest in CRF II or CRF II Feeder. The Fund has been approved by Achmea IM for inclusion on its multi-asset impact platform, which invests on behalf of Dutch pension funds and insurance clients. The impact platform integrates impact across multiple asset classes, including private equity, private debt, infrastructure, and real assets. The platform concentrates investments in four core impact themes: climate, biodiversity, health, and equal opportunities.
CR employs an innovative, impact-focused strategy that seeks to develop and monetize the agricultural and environmental values of the properties in which it invests, in addition to the core agricultural values of the farmland investment. Following the final close of its inaugural impact farmland fund in August 2024, CR launched its second impact farmland fund, CRF II, to continue to capitalize on opportunities in North American farmland and associated value chain assets, and combine it with the growing pool of "impact capital" that seeks to address the unintended environmental consequences of industrial agriculture.
"We are excited to work with Achmea IM to scale this important impact investing initiative," said Stavros Koutsantonis, CR chief operating officer and portfolio manager for the Firm's agricultural investment strategies. "As the world continues to recognize the unintended impacts of farming on soil health, water, greenhouse gas emissions, and biodiversity, we see a sizeable opportunity to implement our differentiated impact strategy for investing in the agriculture sector. Achmea IM and CR share a belief that impact investments done right should achieve financial return goals, while also delivering intentional and measurable positive environmental and social outcomes."
"By investing in forestry and agriculture, we actively support the protection and restoration of biodiversity—an essential foundation for climate resilience and the global economy. Biodiversity is a core priority for many of our clients within impact investing. Through our commitment to the Conservation Resources Farmland II Fund, we deliver measurable environmental impact while achieving robust financial returns," says Karlijn van Lierop, Head of Impact Investing at Achmea IM.
Consistent with CR's previous impact farmland fund, the Fund expects to deploy committed capital in a mix of directly operated and leased permanent crop, row crop, and pasture land investments across the United States, as well as in downstream assets associated with these farmland types. All properties will be farmed regeneratively and/or organically, and pursue certification under what CR believes to be the industry's most stringent standards. As done in previous CR investment funds, CRF II will voluntarily implement the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) Article 9 provisions, the European Union's highest "anti-greenwashing" standard for investment funds.
CRF II remains open to qualified investors and expects to make its first investments in early 2026.
About Conservation Resources
Since its inception in 2004, Conservation Resources has invested over $1.2 billion utilizing its differentiated private equity investment strategies. The Firm's mission is to create high-quality portfolios of alternative investments, investing for long-term financial and environmental impact.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Photos of CR managed forests and farmland are available upon request to [email protected].
For more information about CR and the CRF II offering, please visit our website at http://conservationresources.net or contact:
Hank Lawlor, Director of Investor Relations
Conservation Resources
Direct: +1-603-702-4568
Email: [email protected]
About Achmea IM
Achmea Investment Management is the Dutch specialist in fiduciary management and impact investing. By combining our Dutch roots, cooperative identity and vision for the future, we aim to provide more than purely financial solutions; together with our clients, we strive to accelerate the transition to a sustainable society. Working on this goal also helps us work towards our mission: more capital for retirement in a better world. With more than 400 committed employees, we manage assets of € 231 billion on behalf of our customers (as of 1 October 2025).
This press release is targeted to U.S. accredited investors and qualified purchasers. It does not constitute an advertisement or an offer to sell any security or the solicitation of any offer to buy an interest in the Fund or any existing or future fund or investment vehicle managed or advised by Conservation Resources and/or its affiliates or any other security. No sales of any Fund interests shall be permitted in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sales would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
The Fund interests will be offered only to accredited investors, including "qualified purchasers" as defined by Section 2(a)(51) of the Investment Company Act, in reliance on the exemption from registration set forth in Rule 506(c) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act. Under Rule 506(c), general solicitation of offerings is permitted, however, prospective investors in the Fund may be asked to provide supporting documentation satisfactorily to the general partner of a prospective investor's status as an accredited investor and/or a qualified purchaser. The Fund has not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction, and may not be offered or sold without registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities or blue sky laws and foreign securities laws.
Private market investments are speculative and considered risky, including potential loss of your investment, and may not be appropriate for every investor. Private investments are generally an illiquid asset class; shareholders cannot sell their investments when they want to without potentially facing high losses.
[1] Conservation Resources Farmland II, LP is structured as a private offering only for qualified purchasers to be conducted pursuant to Rule 506(c) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act.
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