The forestry sector leads positive change.
This is why a pioneering global initiative, the Forestry Natural Capital Project, has been launched to establish a unified framework for Natural Capital Accounting and Reporting across the sustainable forestry sector.
Financial markets face mounting risks from climate change, biodiversity loss, and social inequity, while simultaneously seeking resilient investment, opportunities in the growing bioeconomy. The sustainable forestry sector is responding by transparently demonstrating how their strategic decisions and operations protect and create natural capital value, that attracts large-scale investment through credible Natural Capital Reporting.
The International Sustainable Forestry Coalition (ISFC), together with Capitals Coalition and with support from the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), is bringing together 18 leading forestry companies stewarding over 23 million hectares (57 million acres) of forestry assets in 38 countries to make nature’s value visible in decision-making.
This industry-wide approach seeks to build market trust in natural capital accounting for the forestry sector, demonstrate the value of nature-based solutions, and build the case for investment in sustainable forestry.
The project connects industry practitioners, thought leaders, scientists, investors, and policy experts to create the first harmonized approach for measuring and valuing forestry’s natural capital. By aligning science, stewardship, and capital, we’re beginning to translate forests’ benefits such as carbon storage, habitat and biodiversity, clean water, community resilience – into terms that markets understand and investors trust.
