Are you Leaving Value on the Table in your Forest Investments?

Are you Leaving Value on the Table in your Forest Investments?

How you communicate, strategize and think about risks and cost could be hurting your investment thesis For some, value is purely financial. Timber revenues, land appreciation, carbon credits and cashflows. For others, value extends beyond the balance sheet to include...
Raising Capital in Natural Capital? Start with Why

Raising Capital in Natural Capital? Start with Why

How purpose is becoming the new differentiator in forest investment “People don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it” This is one of the taglines of a business and leadership mentor of mine. In his Tedtalk, Start With Why, Simon Sinek makes the case that great...
5 Pitfalls to Avoid if You’re Seeking Impact Capital

5 Pitfalls to Avoid if You’re Seeking Impact Capital

Most Theory of Change work in forest investment weakens credibility. Here’s how to avoid it. Impact investment has a communication AND delivery problem. In my article Are you in the impact mafia, I discuss an article criticizing impact investment. One of its critiques...