Timber Finance Initiative – Unlocking the climate potential of Timber

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Promoting timber
as the hidden champion
of sustainable finance

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Shaping the Carbon Sink
Built Environment

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Sourcing CHF 100 M
investments by 2030 to fund
timber industry growth

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Establishing timber as
the leading carbon capture
and storage technology (TCCS)

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Closing the gap between
financial markets and
the timber industry

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Making all aspects
of timber bankable

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Promoting timber
as the hidden champion
of sustainable finance

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Shaping the Carbon Sink
Built Environment

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Sourcing CHF 100 M
investments by 2030 to fund
timber industry growth

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Establishing timber as
the leading carbon capture
and storage technology (TCCS)

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Closing the gap between
financial markets and
the timber industry

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Making all aspects
of timber bankable

Promoting Timber
as the hidden champion
of sustainability

Shaping the Carbon Sink
Built Environment

Establishing Timber as
the leading carbon capture
and storage technology (TCCS)

Sourcing CHF 100mln
investments by 2030 to fund
timber industry growth

Closing the gap between
financial markets and
the Timber Industry

Making all aspects
of timber bankable

The Initiative

Timber is rapidly gaining importance as a Carbon Dioxide Removal Technology (CDR). Sustainably managed forests and timber construction are the most efficient way to extract CO2 from the atmosphere and store it long-term. Mass Timber has the potential to make a significant contribution to combating climate change.

The Timber Finance Initiative, founded in 2021, is the Swiss competence center for timber investments.

We promote the sustainable investment opportunities of the forest and timber industry through the development of new financial products, carbon credits, whitepapers and advisory services.

Around 40% of global CO2 emissions currently stem from the construction industry. Mass timber can change that.

We bridge the gap between investors and the timber industry.

Services

Finance

Timber Finance offers investors CO2-relevant investment opportunities and provide growth financing for the forest and timber industry. By 2030, we will mobilize CHF 100 million for the timber industry in the form of impact investments.

Advisory

Timber Finance advises the public sector and private real estate investors on the implementation and development of their timber construction strategy as part of their Net-Zero commitments.
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Climate Solutions TCCS

We are developing the Timber Carbon Capture & Storage Certificate (TCCS). With this tool we can assist private and public real-estate developers with reaching their net-zero emissions targets, using their very own real estate portfolios.

Knowledge Hub

As a knowledge hub, the Timber Finance Initiative analyzes and shares the latest information from science and industry. We share and document where the national and international climate debate stands with regards to the timber and forest sector.

FROM REFORESTATION TO A CIRCULAR WOOD INDUSTRY

Investors are currently concentrating on reducing CO2 through projects in the field of afforestation and forest protection. But this is only the beginning of a whole value chain of CO2-friendly investment opportunities: Through the sustainable management of forests, we can generate harvests that flow into the circular timber industry. By harvesting wood and using these materials in construction, we can efficiently replace carbon-intensive materials such as steel and concrete.

SUSTAINABLE: GROW, STORE CO2, BUILD, REPEAT

Timber construction can store CO2 cost-effectively in the long term and at the same time improve the general health of our forests and promote their CO2 storage capacity. Sustainable timber construction means that our forest is preserved and that the excess wood is stored in our buildings for the long term every year. In this way we keep the CO2 storage capacity of our forest and with our houses we create a second “built forest”, which considerably expands the entire CO2 storage capacity of the planet.

A MARKETPLACE FOR WOOD INVESTMENT

Thanks to our deep understanding of the timber industry and our financial expertise, we enable companies in the timber industry to access the capital markets. We are creating a marketplace for CO2-storing buildings with the aim of directing investments into a CO2-neutral industry.