Resources & Insights
In-House vs Outsourced ESG Due Diligence in Forest Investment
Why optimizing a combined approach in your timberland, forest or NbS investment deal evaluation maximizes the chance of success, saves you money, reduces risk, builds value and accelerates your decision-making. Deal due diligence is an exciting time for both the...
Baby Steps Toward Nature Positive
Don’t leapfrog critical steps in your biodiversity objective setting Have you ever seen a child take their first steps? As a mother, I’ve watched this milestone unfold twice—and while I was there to cheer them on and remove hazards, the progress was all theirs....
The Dreaded Side Letter
How to meet the diverse ESG needs of different investors without going crazy This is for you, Fund Managers. Picture this – you’ve been spending the better part of a year fine tuning your new impact forestry investment strategy. You have a Theory of...
Financing the future: Unlocking Investment for a Thriving Forest-Based Bioeconomy
I'm excited to share that I’ll be joining the second webinar in FAO’s global series on sustainable forest-based bioeconomy approaches. If you’re reading this on release day, there’s still time to register for the live webinar on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:00...
How to Align ESG and Impact Standards in Forest Investment Strategies
A Practical Guide to Integrating Sustainability Standards for Long-Term Forest Investment Success Think about building a house. You can’t begin without following the building code—and that’s just the start. You'll need specific approvals from a structural...
A Blue Ocean Approach to High Integrity, High Efficiency Forest Impact Investment
Using the 9 Impact Principles to increase credibility and efficiency in your forest impact investment strategy A Blue Ocean Strategy means breaking away from competition by combining differentiation and low cost to create new market opportunities. With...
What is Enough Sustainability in Forest Investment?
Systematically assessing how to manage sustainability risk in forest investment to achieve your desired investment outcomes I’ve been working on risk a lot lately in my client engagements. I tend to be very structured in my approach to risk management,...
The Forest Investment Manifesto
100 Articles later – a Consolidation of The ForestLink’s beliefs on investing in forests sustainably Thirty years ago, this summer, I stepped into the woods with a new set of eyes. It was Meares Island, 1995 – two years after the Clayoquot Sound ‘war in...
Are you Seeking the Right Capital?
The Importance of Profiling Investors for your ESG and Impact Integrated Forest Investment Strategy Asset Managers wear at least two hats. On the one hand, you’re selling. You raise capital for the investment products you deliver to investors. On the other...
The Long and Slow Slog of Deal Origination in Forest Investment
How to speed up the development of earlier stage forest investments There’s origination and then there’s origination. There’s the TIMO operating in core markets, where counterparties are experienced with timberland transactions. A shared interest...
4 Steps to Building a Winning Investment Pipeline
Integrating ESG and Impact into forest investment deal origination An investment strategy is only as good as its assets. And if you’re embarking on a new strategy that integrates ESG and impact as core features – then your eventual portfolio needs to reflect...
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...