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The Dreaded Side Letter

The Dreaded Side Letter

How to meet the diverse ESG needs of different investors without going crazy  This is for you, Fund Managers.  Picture this – you’ve been spending the better part of a year fine tuning your new impact forestry investment strategy. You have a Theory of Change...

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,...

4 Steps to Building a Winning Investment Pipeline

4 Steps to Building a Winning Investment Pipeline

Integrating ESG and Impact into forest investment deal origination  An investment strategy is only as good as its assets. And if you’re embarking on a new strategy that integrates ESG and impact as core features – then your eventual portfolio needs to reflect...

How Risk = Trust in Forest Investment 

How Risk = Trust in Forest Investment 

Why transparency in how you explain risk builds trust with your stakeholders  Investments are inherently built on trust.   Trust that an investment manager is going to deliver on investor expectations  Trust that an investee is going to deliver on...