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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...
Forest Investment Avatars
The Investor Profiles and Motivation for Financing Forests and the Strategies they Need Book the Forest Investment Strategy Workshop Now What do Jack and Jill, Little Bo-Peep and Humpty Dumpty have in common? Well apart from being the protagonists of...
Why your Forest Investment Strategy is like a Game
Lessons from Marketing Guru, Seth Godin Book the Forest Investment Strategy Workshop Now Strategy is the soil, the seed, and the gardener working together over time. Strategy is our chance to make an impact. This is one of the many quotables from Seth...
Forests Take Center Stage in Impact Investing
But Curiosity in Foresrty’s Climate, Nature, Circular Bioeconomy and Social Impact themes, is not matching allocations Register now for the Theory of Change Webinar Last week I had the pleasure of attending the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) Impact...
Achieving Buy-in with your Forest Investment Strategy
Why identifying key internal and external stakeholders to your strategy and ensuring they align with your objectives is critical to success. Register now for the Theory of Change Webinar You may have the best impact and profit maximizing forest...
Think of Exit First
Why Emerging Market Forest Investment Strategies Require a Detailed Exit Strategy before Committing your First $ Register your interest in the Theory of Change Webinar Forest assets are infamously illiquid. This is less of an issue in core timberland...
5 Stages of Forest Asset Maturity
Determining where in the greenfield-brownfield forest investment spectrum your strategy should invest As an investor or investment manager embarking on a new forest investment strategy, one of the elements you will need to consider when defining your...
Prioritizing ESG in Forest Investment Due Diligence
Consequences of not thinking about ESG at the beginning of forest asset evaluation and 7 low-hanging fruits for ESG screening A forest investment’s sustainability profile is just as important as its technical and financial viability. Let me explain by way of...
The Carbon Credibility Crisis
And how timber integration can and cannot help The carbon credibility crisis is mounting. What started out as a few poignant journalistic articles, and in parallel, independent experts working towards criteria for integrity, has been transforming into price...
The Great Capital Mis-Match in Forestry
Why differing investor and investee needs are restricting capital deployment into the forest There is a mismatch between available investment capital and the forest investment opportunities seeking capital. On the capital side, issues such as risk...
Scaling Impact in Forestry alongside Financial Returns
Scaling Impact in Forestry alongside Financial Returns The Transition from Traditional Timber to Scaled Impact Forestry – was the name of the panel I had the pleasure of moderating at the recent Forest and Agriculture Investment Summit in London (FAIS, 2024),...
Strategic Stakeholder Engagement
Reducing investment risks and increasing benefits – for stakeholders and your forest investment I was recently presenting to a client on strategic stakeholder engagement and thought you might benefit from some of the overarching themes and items of...