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IWC always strives to be at the forefront of market developments and stay attuned to new investment opportunities in timberland and agriculture around the world. We believe this is best achieved through an active presence at relevant conferences and speaking events, sharing knowledge and learning about new opportunities in the alternative assets market. In this section, you will find a list of the latest conferences and speaking events that IWC’s employees have attended as well as interesting insights from our four investment teams regarding some of the latest market developments.
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Stories
Creating new forests plays a vital role in the global transition to a greener economy
Timberland as an asset class provides a rare opportunity to generate risk-adjusted market rate of returns and address some of the major challenges of our time. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report from October 2018 emphasizes the urgent need for change to keep global warming below 1.5°C. Read more…
Establishing new forests to counter increasing CO2 emissions – a new Danish initiative
2015-2018 were the warmest four years recorded to date and the consequences on the environment and the world’s natural habitats can already be felt on numerous levels. The world’s forests presently store about 296 million Gt of carbon – the annual amount of CO2 emitted by 861,563 coal-fired plants. Read more…
Conference attendance
NOVEMBER 29-30, 2019 – Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Forest Landscape Restoration investor’s workshop (Fri.) and Global Landscape Forum event (Sat.)
Shauna Matkovich, Senior Sustainability Manager
OCTOBER 2-3, 2019 – Amsterdam, Netherlands
Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) Investor Forum 2019
Anders Pagh, Director of Impact Timberland Investments
Shauna Matkovich, Senior Sustainability Manager
SEPTEMBER 17-19, 2019 – Portland, OR
Who Will Own the Forest? 15
Lars Holm Simonsen, Director of Timberland Manager Advisory
Josh Yearout, Investment Forester
Øystein Juul Nielsen, Investment Forestry Analyst
SEPTEMBER 10-12, 2019 – Paris, France
PRI in Person 2019
Silvia Koleva-Pancheva, ESG Manager
JUNE 10-15, 2019 – Kampala, Uganda
The Second Greater Virunga and Semuliki-Albert Landscape Stewardship Meeting
Shauna Matkovich, Senior Sustainability Manager
Speaking Events
JUNE 5, 2019 – Berlin, Germany
Berlin Green Investment Summit
Celine Claudon, Director of Client Relations, participated in a panel regarding “Forestry and Reforestation: real assets and CO2 capture”
MARCH 14, 2019 – Helsinki, Finland
FinnFund Forestry Roundtable
Anders Pagh, Director of Impact Timberland Investments, presented “Greenfield Forestry Impacts”
DECEMBER 2, 2018 – Bonn, Germany
Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) Bonn – Financing Forest Landscape Restoration: How the Public and Private Sector can pull together
Shauna Matkovich, Senior Sustainability Manager, participated in Discussion Forum 15 entitled “Financing Forest Landscape Restoration”
SEPTEMBER 25-27, 2018 – PORTLAND, OR
Who Will Own the Forest? 14
Céline Claudon, Director of Client Relations, moderated a panel regarding “Institutional Investor Concerns”
MAY 30, 2018 – WASHINGTON D.C.
GLOBAL LANDSCAPES FORUM – Building the Investment Case for Sustainable Landscapes and Restoration
Shauna Matkovich, Sustainability Manager, presented at Dragon’s Den “IWC Treenewable Climate Fund 1”