• Valuing a living nature for a regenerative future

“The current economic paradigm has a very good relationship with a dead nature, and a very bad relationship with living nature. Our work changes that.”

Ralph Chami, CEO

Living Nature is Valuable

Our economic system is flawed. We have been using nature like a never-ending free resource. Markets have viewed nature only in terms of how much can be killed, cut, mined, harvested, fished and sold, while living nature is invisible and has no price.

But science now shows us how living nature is also incredibly valuable. It provides services integral to our own well-being and underpins our economy. It provides clean air, filtered water, shade, rain, soil, carbon sequestration, pollination, flood control, habitats for biodiversity, and more.

By translating some of these ecosystem services into monetary values – they become visible and investable assets, which increase in value if protected and allowed to grow.

We're here to make living nature visible, valued, and to bring investment into these living systems such that communities and indigenous people benefit, and nature flourishes once again.

This great opportunity lies ahead.

DID YOU KNOW? 

4 Amazon rainforests

Phytoplankton, microscopic organisms that live in the ocean, capture about 30% of all CO2 emitted per year — equivalent to four Amazon rainforests per year.
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$2 million per whale

The great whales, all 9 species, help capture and sequester CO2 equivalent to thousands of trees, valued in 2019 at $2 million per whale.
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9500 tons of CO2

One Congo Basin forest elephant can facilitate the capture of over 9500 tons of CO2. That would give a single forest elephant a value of $1.75 million based on its carbon sequestration service.
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$1.3-2 trillion in seagrass

Coastal marine plants and ecosystems like saltmarshes, mangroves, and seagrass — known as "blue carbon" — capture and sequester large amounts of CO2, defend against floods, and act as nurseries for marine life. All the Earth’s seagrass is valued between $1.3 and $2 trillion for its carbon sequestration service alone.

Science-Based Finance

Conservation and restoration of natural capital is one of the biggest investment opportunities of our lifetime — and the most urgent. Yet trillions of dollars sit on the sidelines, unsure how and when to jump into this new market. Many natural asset projects remain underfunded or not funded at all.

Science-Based Finance allows asset owners to understand what their natural assets are worth in terms of the value of the services, and supports decision making for owners of natural assets as well as investors, demystifying this new market.

Modelling the Services of Nature

We work with top scientists to create growth models and projections of these nature services. Climate and ecological thresholds are also modeled.

Delivering the Services

Investors rely on local communities and stewards to protect natural assets and help them grow. Through their care and efforts, investments increase in value and local communities are supported with jobs.

Putting a Price on Nature Services

We use science-based growth models to project financial values for the services being delivered from nature. This financial analysis of future cash flows, net present value and rates of return, risk analysis provides the information needed to bring investors in early.
  • WHAT WE DO 

    Value Living Nature

    We collaborate with project developers and asset owners to value the services of natural resources. From single species all the way to valuing entire ecosystems and biodiversity.

    By projecting and valuing nature's ecosystem services over the next 10, 20, and even 100 years, we lay the groundwork for attracting the private investment needed to protect and restore our natural world.

    Ultimately, transitioning to a nature-based economy makes conservation an economic engine for development.

  • WHAT WE DO 

    Investing in Nature

    Living nature is a new market. Both buyers and sellers are on a learning curve.
    We advise investors on how to navigate this new market and help design investment instruments that deliver equity, stewardship, and long-term protection of people and nature.

  • WHAT WE DO 

    Nature-Based Solutions

    We urgently need nature-based solutions and regenerative business models to help mitigate climate change, restore biodiversity and protect our planet. But these types of projects need early seed capital to get them going.

    We work with owners of natural assets and project developers to identify what investors need to get involved early on. We also bring in our technology and science partners to ensure clear and reliable measuring and reporting, to help build trust.

  • WHAT WE DO 

    Develop Policy Around Natural Capital

    We advise governments and policymakers on incorporating natural capital into the macro-economic framework and creating a fair and robust market for nature.

    We help countries realize the opportunity for building a nature-based economy and identify the benefits to health and resilience for their communities.

  • WHAT WE DO 

    Value Living Nature

    We collaborate with project developers and asset owners to value the services of natural resources. From single species all the way to valuing entire ecosystems and biodiversity.
    By projecting and valuing nature's ecosystem services over the next 10, 20, and even 100 years, we lay the groundwork for attracting the private investment needed to protect and restore our natural world.

    Ultimately, transitioning to a nature-based economy makes conservation an economic engine for development.

  • WHAT WE DO 

    Investing in Nature

    Living nature is a new market. Both buyers and sellers are on a learning curve.
    We advise investors on how to navigate this new market and help design investment instruments that deliver equity, stewardship, and long-term protection of people and nature.

  • WHAT WE DO 

    Nature-Based Solutions

    We urgently need nature-based solutions and regenerative business models to help mitigate climate change, restore biodiversity and protect our planet. But these types of projects need early seed capital to get them going.

    We work with owners of natural assets and project developers to identify what investors need to get involved early on. We also bring in our technology and science partners to ensure clear and reliable measuring and reporting, to help build trust.

  • WHAT WE DO 

    Develop Policy Around Natural Capital

    We advise governments and policymakers on incorporating natural capital into the macro-economic framework and creating a fair and robust market for nature.

    We help countries realize the opportunity for building a nature-based economy and identify the benefits to health and resilience for their communities.

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