2024 Sustainability Report
2024 marked continued progress for the BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group (TIG) as we advanced our mission to deliver responsible, large-scale timberland investment grounded in environmental and social impact.
2024 marked continued progress for the BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group (TIG) as we advanced our mission to deliver responsible, large-scale timberland investment grounded in environmental and social impact.
For over a decade, the U.S. South has faced a significant sawtimber overhang, a legacy of the post-recession slowdown in housing demand. However, our latest analysis reveals a market in transition, with supply and demand moving toward balance. Harvest levels are increasing, leading to a slowdown in inventory growth for the first time since 2008. Despite pressures from rising interest rates, housing demand remains strong, while shifts in sawmill capacity from Canada to the U.S. South are reshaping regional supply dynamics. Structural market changes, combined with sustained housing demand, continue to support long-term timberland investment opportunities.
TTG Brasil recently contributed to the publication of a Guide to Species for Seed Collection (Guia de Espécies para Coleta de Sementes in Portuguese), which adds a vital tool for ecological restoration efforts. This guide provides information on 50 key plant species, offering insights into their characteristics, seed collection methods, and role in restoring degraded landscapes.
New York, NY – 14 November 2024 – BTG Pactual TIG Marks Significant Progress Towards $1 Billion Target to Restore Degraded Land and Promote Sustainable Forestry Across Latin America
The global wood pulp market consumes 213 million metric tons (MT) of wood annually, with 38% of this consumption as “market pulp” sold to non-integrated mills and 62% used internally by companies producing both pulp and paper products.
2023 was another year of growth and achievement for the BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group, with a focus on collaboration, integrity, implementation, and leadership. This Sustainability Report provides stakeholders with an understanding of our ESG performance, focusing on the timberland assets managed by TIG, its subsidiaries, and platform companies.
The BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group and The Nature Conservancy established a unique collaboration on TIG’s one million-plus acre core timberland portfolio in the United States. This report describes the structure of the collaboration and provides detail on the tools being used to deliver meaningful impact, from acquisition pre-screens, to forest management interventions, to carbon project development.
What are natural climate solutions? How much can they help? Natural climate solutions are actions to protect, better manage and restore nature to reduce greenhouse
NEW YORK, 12 December 2022 – The BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group (TIG) has won Environmental Finance’s Impact Award for Investment Team of the Year for an Asset Manager.
NEW YORK, 7 July 2022 – Charlotte Kaiser has joined the BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group (TIG) as the firm’s first Head of Impact Finance.