What is Enough Sustainability in Forest Investment? 

What is Enough Sustainability in Forest Investment? 

Systematically assessing how to manage sustainability risk in forest investment to achieve your desired investment outcomes  I’ve been working on risk a lot lately in my client engagements. I tend to be very structured in my approach to risk management, because I...
The Forest Investment Manifesto 

The Forest Investment Manifesto 

100 Articles later – a Consolidation of The ForestLink’s beliefs on investing in forests sustainably   Thirty years ago, this summer, I stepped into the woods with a new set of eyes. It was Meares Island, 1995 – two years after the Clayoquot Sound ‘war in...
Are you Seeking the Right Capital?

Are you Seeking the Right Capital?

The Importance of Profiling Investors for your ESG and Impact Integrated Forest Investment Strategy Asset Managers wear at least two hats. On the one hand, you’re selling. You raise capital for the investment products you deliver to investors. On the other hand,...
The Long and Slow Slog of Deal Origination in Forest Investment 

The Long and Slow Slog of Deal Origination in Forest Investment 

How to speed up the development of earlier stage forest investments  There’s origination and then there’s origination.  There’s the TIMO operating in core markets, where counterparties are experienced with timberland transactions. A shared interest between...