CFO says to CEO “What happens if we invest in our people, and they leave?” CEO says to CFO “What happens if we don’t, and they stay…” Every day for 10 years on my bike ride to and from work, I saw this slogan painted on the window of a leadership development...
I wanted to take this moment to share with you reflections from my business so far in the land of forest investments in the tropics. I will provide my key takeaways from the sector over the last year, and how the ForestLink will be supporting the mobilization of private capital into forest investments in the tropics in 2023.
I know we’re not supposed to pick favorites, but when it comes to UN organizations, UNEP is one of mine. They get it. The UN Environment Programme gets the importance and leverage of private finance for overcoming global environmental challenges, and have several...
In this latest article, I give a few examples of some of the positive things to come out of COP27 from the forestry side of things.
In this article, I’ll breakdown what is in a good track record, how the requirements differ if you’re a forest company or a forest Fund manager, and where they are the same.
In this latest article, I provide 10 safeguards to reduce the risk of your forest business from being the low-hanging fruit for a media attack, and to support you in coming back from one, should you be so unfortunate to be a negative media target.
In this article, I’m going to dig into the characteristics of different forest investor types – and what elements may hold more value for them than others – and provide some advice that could help you (as a Project Manager) to make that ever-important first impression.
In this latest article, I differentiate between catalytic and venture philanthropy and provide some examples of catalytic philanthropy and investment.
Last week I had the pleasure of participating in the Corporate Investments into Forestry and Biodiversity Conference, moderating a panel on reporting – specifically as it relates to biodiversity. The following article summarizes the key-takeaways from the session as well as my own reflections.
Recently, a reader raised questions regarding the complexity of forest investment financial modelling after my most recent article on bankable NBS projects. Simultaneously I happened upon a white paper written on the topic of The Real Cost of Restoring Forests by the...
