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Facilitating Quick-win Forest Investments to meet the Urgent Needs of Climate and Nature
Making Forests the go-to Natural Capital Investment Solution As investors scramble with how to allocate funds to a green transition, we (investment professionals specializing in climate friendly options) have a job to do. We need to make it easy for these investors...
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”....
Forest Investment Strategy 101 – Motivations for Investing in Forests
It seems like every month another forest or nature-based solutions funding initiative is announced – each heavily promoting sustainability and its ability to deliver climate benefits. If you are a Fund or Asset manager that has been wondering where to start with a...
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...
The Impact-Profit Conflict Analysis for Forest Investment
You would be hard pressed to find a new forest investment strategy these days that doesn’t tout the benefits of climate and nature. Amidst rising shareholder demand and regulatory requirements for sustainable investments that benefit the environment, forest...
IFRS and Forestry: Navigating the latest in ESG Standards for Forest Investments
How do you navigate which sustainability standards to follow for Forest Investments? I recently attended a Sustainable Finance event at the Euronext Stock exchange in Milan. One of the primary complaints presented by CFOs of major Italian corporations was that...
Forestry ESG Data : a wealth of forest investment information with no easy way to manage it
Does the age of big data apply to forestry? Absolutely! As a forest investor, forest data helps you make investment decisions. What to grow, where to grow it, and how long to grow it for sets the stage for what forestry data is needed by the investment community....
Safety First
Following best practices in the forest sector goes beyond applying modern silviculture, and maximizing efficiency in harvesting and processing systems. Those who know the sector well, know that being cognoscente of Health and Safety issues is paramount.
Spotlight on ESG Investing: Why ESG Factors are crucial to investment decisions
In recent years, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors have gained significant importance in the world of investment. Investors are increasingly recognizing that financial returns alone are not enough to evaluate...
Making FSC’s Conversion Policy work in your Forest Investments
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is widely recognized for setting the bar on sustainable forest management with its voluntary certification standard. For forest investors, when an asset they invest into has FSC forest management certification, it gives great...
