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Timberland Investment Upgrade 

Don’t be the TIMO that gets left behind! Learn more about The ForestLink’s Timberland Upgrade Service. Build on the strength and success of your timberland investment approach to meet the sustainability needs of today’s investors.  The prescription for an aging TIMO...

When ESG is bad for the Forest 

When ESG is bad for the Forest 

How reputational risk can compromise sustainable forest management  You won’t often hear me suggest that ESG should be downgraded in priority in a forest management, business, or investment decision, but a recent experience has caused me to question myself. ...

The Financial-Impact Spectrum in Forest Investment 

The Financial-Impact Spectrum in Forest Investment 

The Forests best suited for your Investment depend on the type of Investor you are  If you are new to forest investment and are getting up to speed on forestry as a natural capital investment theme – you may have been presented with some opportunities or searched...

Making 2024 the Year of Forest Investment 

Making 2024 the Year of Forest Investment 

Investor activity, and financial flows to nature and climate did not signal a positive year for natural capital in 2023  2023 was a bit of a disappointment for natural capital investments into forests. Not to take away from few industry wins (such as Mirova’s recently...

What is Monoculture? 

What is Monoculture? 

Why Forest Investors need to stop using the word Monoculture and focus instead on the nuances of Sustainable Forest Management  This article is inspired by a comment to the photo of my last article, which stated “That photo looks awfully like a monoculture”. It...

TNFD, Double Materiality and Forest Investment 

TNFD, Double Materiality and Forest Investment 

I was recently attending the Building Bridges Sustainable Finance event in Geneva, where the European Launch of the TNFD (Taskforce for Nature-related Financial Disclosures) was taking place. I’ve been watching the TNFD unfold over the past few years, and thought it’s...