Investing in Our Natural World

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Woodland Trust

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To improve Our Natural World, we offer social investment to organisations working on nature-based solutions towards three impact goals:

  • Preserved and improved species health and habitats
  • Sustainable and ethical food
  • Clean and healthy freshwater

By focusing on these areas, we aim to make a significant difference on climate change.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion:

We commit to funding more organisations led by communities experiencing racial inequity, as well as building community wealth. In Our Natural World, where the majority of organisations are not ethnically diverse, we will use our position as a funder to influence recruitment and governance practice to be more inclusive.


Preserved and improved species health

Space for nature

We want to support organisations and work delivering impact in line with our priorities:

There are also specific opportunities we are proactively exploring:

  • Land purchases and project finance for restoration of peat and space for nature, prioritising community ownership models where possible.

Case studies:


Sustainable and ethical food

Nature friendly farming

We want to support organisations and work delivering impact in line with our priorities:

There are also specific opportunities we are proactively exploring:

  • Innovation across the supply chain in agriculture and aquaculture, as well as investment for collaboration, co-operatives and sharing best practice for nature friendly farming.

Case studies:


Clean and healthy freshwater

Freshwater

We want to support organisations and work delivering impact in line with our priorities:

There are also specific opportunities we are proactively exploring:

  • Revenue generation from ecosystem services

Case studies: