Firm’s Fourth Annual Report Highlights How Sustainability Principles Are Embedded in Day-to-Day Forest Management
ATLANTA, GA — Timberland Investment Resources, LLC (TIR), one of the world’s leading private equity timberland investment managers, today announced the release of its 2025 Sustainability Report.
The report’s theme, “Sustainable Forestry in Action,” reflects how sustainability is integrated into TIR’s stand-level forest management decisions and across its investment process.
“We hold the belief that timberland is one of the few asset classes where generating competitive returns and contributing to a healthier natural world are not in conflict, and we take that alignment seriously.”
“We hold the belief that timberland is one of the few asset classes where generating competitive returns and contributing to a healthier natural world are not in conflict, and we take that alignment seriously.”
Cory Dukes, Managing Director of Forest Management, opens the report by describing how stewardship is embedded in TIR’s day-to-day work. “Our foresters make stand-level decisions every day that determine the long-term health, productivity, and resilience of the assets we oversee,” he writes. He notes that the practices that protect soil health, water quality, and biological diversity are the same ones that “protect cash-flow stability and long-term land value” for the firm’s investors.
The report also marks TIR’s alignment in 2025 with the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), and its maintained four-star rating from the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), with an improved score in Policy, Governance, and Strategy.
“As nature-related disclosure standards continue to mature, frameworks like TNFD help us strengthen how we identify, evaluate, and report on the environmental and social factors that influence long-term asset performance,” said Justin Fier, Managing Director of Impact Strategy, who chairs the firm’s Sustainability Committee.
Organized around TIR’s four sustainability principles, the report details how the firm delivers as:
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A Responsible and Sustainability-Focused Asset Manager
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A Highly Regarded Environmental Steward
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A Respected Employer and Corporate Citizen
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A Positive Economic and Social Force for Communities
Among the featured initiatives is the continued advancement of the firm’s Winged Biodiversity™ Program, which moved in 2025 from launch to disciplined implementation, building the operational, scientific, and governance foundations for credible biodiversity monitoring across working forests.
“Sustainability is not a separate initiative layered on top of forest management. It is embedded in how we manage.”
“Sustainability is not a separate initiative layered on top of forest management. It is embedded in how we manage.”
“Our goal is to give our investors, partners, and the communities where we work a clear, grounded view of how we manage forests and how we think about the long-term value of these assets,” said Dukes.
