Timber Finance Initiative

"Wood can contribute to combating climate change and, thanks to its thanks to its CO₂ storage capacity. the asset of the coming years for climate-conscious investors." The Zurich Timber Finance Initiative is convinced of this: the association, founded in March 2021 in Zurich The association, founded in Zurich in March 2021, aims to promote knowledge transfer and networking between the forest and timber industry and the financial market through the development of new Methodologies for CO₂ storage, financial products, through white papers, analyses and reports, a knowledge hub, Promote training and consultations.

"The construction industry is responsible for around 40% of global CO₂ emissions. Sustainably-grown wood will play an important role in the decarbonization of the construction industry important role in the decarbonization of the construction industry: As a CO₂ store and as a CO₂-negative building material. By 2030, we want to invest around CHF 100 million in the forestry and timber industry by 2030, thus making a significant contribution against climate change," explains Erik Reichmuth, TFI Managing Director and finance expert.

The Timber Finance Board scores with multi-company founder & VR Thomas Fedrizzi and innovator and "Timber Startup Incubator" founder Stefan Zöllig as well as the experienced timber industry expert Thomas Lüthi. Currently, the Timber Finance Initiative is focused on three services and products:

Development CO₂ storage certificates for timber buildings
In order to drive forward the decarbonization of the decarbonization of the construction industry, the Zurich Timber Finance Initiative is developing a is developing a system based on international standards CO₂ certificate for carbon dioxide removals in timber construction. The certificate is intended to create ecological and financial incentives for institutional to use more wood as a building material and at the same time to compensate for the ecological forestry services required for this purpose. The launch of the certificate is planned for the first quarter of 2022.

Advisory & Knowledge Hub
Timber Finance advises banks, pension funds, investors and family offices on sustainable investment strategies and timber and Timber Investments in Switzerland and Europe. Institutional Timber Finance supports institutional real estate investors as a builder's consultant on the subject of competitions, tendering, awarding, regional wood procurement and financing of timber construction projects.

The Timber Carbon Capture & Storage Index
Timber Finance has developed the first Index for the modern forest and timber industry. The index includes 30 selected, listed companies from Europe and North America from the most most sustainable part of the timber industry. The index launch is scheduled for January 2022 planned. "There is a knowledge and investment gap between the forest and timber industry and the financial market. We want to close this Close this gap with sustainable financial products. Because sustainably managed wood - from forests to timber construction - is the hidden champion in the field of sustainable finance in our latitudes. the "hidden champion" in the field of sustainable finance in our latitudes and belongs in the portfolio portfolio of every climate-conscious investor," adds Thomas Fedrizzi, VR Fedrizzi, VR & Timber Finance Initiative Board Member.

More information about Timber Finance is available here:www.timberfinance.ch