Rural Estates performance
"Over the past year, we have made great strides implementing innovative solutions to enhance the ecosystem services, the hidden benefits that nature provides, across the rural estates, which benefit the people and places in our communities. These activities have included investing in generating renewable energy from recycled manure on our farms, piloting private finance initiatives to advance environmental schemes – enabling greater natural flood management and carbon sequestration – as well as delivering landscape-scale, ecosystem-wide, conservation in the Scottish Highlands with the goal of restoring wild Atlantic salmon and sea trout populations.
Guided by a new 25-year strategy, in 2024 Grosvenor Farms will continue our mission to produce high-quality foods alongside restoring our precious ecosystems. Across the rural estates, our priority is to develop a detailed natural capital baseline, surveying measures including biodiversity, vegetation, soil organic content and peat depths, to inform our land-use decisions as we aim to deliver lasting economic, social and environmental benefit."
Nicholas Dobbs
Head of Grosvenor Family Office & Rural Estates
Delivering on our purpose
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We are responsible for the long-term stewardship of three rural estates in the United Kingdom. Working to protect, enhance, and restore sensitive environmental habitats within these unique locations and improving local property and places, our aim is to be a leading example of sustainability within the rural economy – contributing to the economic, social, and environmental wellbeing of the communities we are part of.
We are responsible for the long-term stewardship of three rural estates in the United Kingdom. Working to protect, enhance, and restore sensitive environmental habitats within these unique locations and improving local property and places, our aim is to be a leading example of sustainability within the rural economy – contributing to the economic, social, and environmental wellbeing of the communities we are part of.