As the old adage goes, What gets measured gets done! And this definitely holds for impact forest investments in the tropics. In this fifth and final part of The ForestLink’s Building a winning forest impact investment strategy series, I discuss why you need to be strategic in how you measure, report and verify impact within your investment strategy – for credibility, business growth, and risk reduction, in a way that won’t strip profit from your bottom line.
Impact investments look to create positive environmental and social benefits alongside generating a financial return. ESG investments on the other hand, assess Environmental, Social and Governance issues to ensure that they are sufficiently addressed, as to not damage the financial outcome of the investment, and have any other negative, unintended consequences. They are not one in the same, and I argue that both are needed, and both need to be addressed independently.
Developing a Theory of Change for your forest impact investment in the tropics is critical. This article will help you build and develop your own ToC
This article is the second of 5 articles in the ‘Building a winning forest impact investment strategy’ series. Part 2 provides various resources and tools that a forest impact investor can employ to increase their chances of success when building their strategy.
This article is the first of a 5 part series in “how to build a winning forest impact investment strategy”. Part 1 discusses the architecture of impact investment…
There is much to be learned, earned, and gained from opening our minds, stepping out of our silos, and bringing the likes of NGOs, corporates and investment firms to the same boardroom (or better yet, onto the same soil) to discuss how to make nature-based solutions bankable. This article provides examples of cross-sectoral initiatives aiming to do just that.
The forest-climate story is dominated by forest landscape restoration and conservation efforts, but what about giving more attention to the circularity of forests - how in addition to protecting carbon sinks in protected forests, you can create carbon sinks in wooden...
The list of co-benefits associated with forest investments in the tropics continue to advance in their recognition. Climate benefits are the first to come to mind, delivering on both climate change mitigation and adaptation. Biodiversity can also be a significant...
As a business owner operating in the space of responsible natural resource management in vulnerable tropical landscapes, sustainability is an obvious area of concern for you. You rely on the long-term supply of your product; whether that is wood for forest products,...
Welcome! I am so pleased you are here, and I’m excited to introduce you to the work that I do – by letting you behind the scenes in the selection of the name for my business. To learn the specifics about what I do, and why I do...
