Investoinnit vastuulliseen ja kestävään metsätalouteen ovat kannattavia metsänomistajille ja yhteiskunnalle
Suomen suurimpiin metsänomistajiin lukeutuva Finsilva Oyj investoi metsänhoitoon ja luontopääoman hoitamiseen vuonna 2024 yli viidenneksen puukaupan liikevaihdostaan. Investointi on pinta-alayksikköä kohti 2–3 kertaa enemmän kuin yksityismetsissä keskimäärin. Korkeat investoinnit metsänhoitoon ovat taloudellisesti kannattavia, minkä lisäksi ne lisäävät luonnon monimuotoisuutta ja tukevat työllisyyttä. Toimenpiteet keskittyvät Finsilvan ydinalueille Etelä- ja Keski-Suomeen. Vuonna 2023 Finsilvan toteutuneet […]
Dasos performs highly profitable timberland exit
Dasos Capital Oy, a European pioneer in forest-based natural capital investing, has signed an agreement to sell a forest asset formed by a portfolio of around 24,000 hectares located in Finland, Estonia and Latvia. The buyer is Ingka Investments, the investment arm of Ingka Group – the biggest IKEA retailer. The forest asset is resulting […]
Dasos Habitat Foundation signs a new biodiversity contract
In the context of Dasos BioD-Wind concept, Dasos Habitat Foundation has closed an offset-contract on biodiversity with Eurowind Energy, a Danish renewable energy company. The contract concerns Tielampi wind farm being developed in Lapinlahti, Northern Savonia, in Finland. Tielampi wind farm is designed to avoid nature-loss to the extent possible. Residual impact on nature resulting […]
Over 40% of Finland´s energy consumption to be sourced from forestland by 2030
Finnish energy consumption on average for the past 10 year stands at 376 TWh. Regarding the supply of energy, the role of forestland is currently increasing rapidly due to a growing number of wind turbines locating on forestlands. Currrently, some 33% of the energy in Finland is supplied by forests. The bulk of the contribution […]
UK targets to expand forest cover by 60%
The UK Government has introduced a statutory tree planting target to increase woodland cover in England from current 10.2% to to 16.5% by 2050. Current woodland cover in England is 1.3 million ha, and the target set for 2050 is hence 2.1 million ha. This 800,000 ha afforestation will require some 12 billion euro investment […]
Wind energy on pathway towards real net-zero impact – wood-based green energy infrastructure in the middle of forest
World’s tallest wooden wind turbine has started production in Gotherburg, Sweden. Tip height for the blade is at 150 m while the wooden tower itself reaches 105 m, built of 144 layers of laminated veneer lumber (LVL). LVL is one of the engineered wood products that enable specialized wood building with an excellent strength-to-weight ratio, […]
Dasos Capital Oy yhdistää voimansa CapMan Oyj:n kanssa
Dasos Capital Oy ja CapMan Oyj (“CapMan”) ovat allekirjoittaneet 21.12.2023 sopimuksen Dasos Capital Oy:n nykyisen osakeomistuksen muuttamisesta CapManin osakkeeksi osake‑osakkeelta -vaihdolla (osakevaihto). ”On innoittavaa yhdistää voimat CapManin tapaisen arvostetun pääomasijoittajan kanssa, jolla on takanaan nousujohteinen ja vankka historia”, sanoo Olli Haltia. ”Yhteistyö CapManin kanssa tuottaa synergiaetuja ja tuo entistä enemmän voimavaroja varsinaiseen sijoitustoimintaan sekä arvonluomiseen […]
Successful PEFC surveillance audit in Dasos’ forests in Ireland
Fourth surveillance audit was conduct in Foraois Growth Ltd forests in Ireland in November past by Soil Association (certificate code SA-PEFC-FM-007488). Foraois Growth Ltd is fully owned subsidiary of Dasos Timberland Fund II. Based on the sample of sites visited during the audit and the sections of the PEFC standard sampled against, no corrective action […]
Nature: sustainable forest management contributes to meeting global climate targets
Forests are a substantial terrestrial carbon sink, but anthropogenic changes in land use and climate have considerably reduced the scale of this system. A recent scientific study reveals that, at present, global forest carbon storage is markedly under the natural potential, in areas with low human footprint. Most (61%) of this potential is in areas […]
Our economic system treats nature as a free good. Sustainable forestry can help correct that.
Please see: https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/land-use-biodiversity/comment-our-economic-system-treats-nature-free-good-sustainable-forestry-can-2023-12-06/ Dasos Capital Oy Ltd is a founding member of International Sustainable Forestry Coalition (https://www.isfc.world)