World Forestry Day: Why timberland investment is about more than commodities

The day after World Forestry Day, we reflect on the world's attempts to reduce CO2 concentrations. As investors look to build portfolios aligned with net zero objectives, timberland investment has never been so important.  Carbon benefits Timberland has the potential to be a net negative carbon investment, thanks to the ability of forests to remove carbon from the atmosphere, particularly when compared with other real and traditional asset classes. So, by allocating investment to timberland within a portfolio, investors are actually removing CO2 from the atmosphere every year on averag...