Climate Asset Management Celebrates Four Wins at the Agri Investor Global Awards 2025

Project Olympic Rainforest recognised across four categories.

London, United Kingdom – 23 March, 2026 – Climate Asset Management, the natural capital investment manager established as a joint venture between HSBC Asset Management and Pollination, alongside co-investment partners Stafford Capital Partners and EFM, today announced that Project Olympic Rainforest has received four honours at the Agri Investor Global Awards 2025:

• Deal of the Year – Global
• Timberland Deal of the Year – Global
• Deal of the Year – Americas
• Timberland Deal of the Year – Americas

The clean sweep recognises Project Olympic Rainforest as a notable example of innovative and scalable natural capital investments. The project demonstrates how climate-smart forest management, long-term carbon offtake agreements and strong community engagement can work together to deliver durable financial performance while supporting climate and biodiversity outcomes.

James Bullen, CAM’s Head of Asset Management, highlighted the broader shift underway in institutional investment approaches to natural capital. “We are seeing natural capital move from the margins of portfolios into mainstream real-assets discussions. Institutional investors increasingly recognise that nature underpins economic value across food systems, timber supply, water security and climate resilience. What is increasingly evident is that appetite is now running ahead of deployment—many investors understand the case, but want greater confidence in how these strategies scale and deliver returns. Managing natural capital well is therefore not just about impact; it is a way to mitigate long-term risk and unlock durable, real-asset returns.”

Reflecting on the structure of the Olympic Rainforest project and the role of carbon markets in supporting long-term investment, Stephen Addicott, Co-Managing Partner at Stafford Capital Partners, added:

“The long-term offtake agreements underwritten in the Olympic Rainforest Project help to significantly mitigate the risks around carbon cashflows. It is an investment that we believe will provide upside through diversified and stable revenue streams.”

Bettina von Hagen, CEO and Board Chair at EFM, also highlighted how the project demonstrates practical pathways for institutional investors to participate in emerging carbon and conservation markets:

“The Olympic Rainforest demonstrates what is possible when effective deal-structuring, rigorous management, and risk mitigation is applied to emerging natural capital strategies within established timberland markets.”

The Olympic Rainforest project reflects growing institutional demand for investments that:

• mitigate long-term risk linked to biodiversity loss, water scarcity and land degradation;
• provide inflation-linked, cash-flow-generating real assets;
• blend timber, carbon, and ecosystem services revenue streams;
• deliver tangible ecological outcomes at landscape scale;
• and are grounded in robust governance, partnerships and social licence to operate.

These awards highlight how natural capital investing is evolving beyond a niche sustainability allocation to become an increasingly important component of diversified, future-focused investment portfolios.

About Climate Asset Management

Climate Asset Management, a partnership between HSBC Asset Management and Pollination, delivers investment solutions that address climate change and biodiversity loss by mobilizing capital into natural capital and nature-based solutions. Through its Natural Capital and Nature-Based Carbon Strategies, the firm seeks to generate returns while also delivering measurable environmental and social impact.

Headquartered: 43 Whitfield St, London, W1T 4HD.
Amsterdam Office: Amsterdam Strawinskyhuis, Strawinskylaan 6, 1077 XZ, Amsterdam
Luxembourg Office: 18 Boulevard do Kockelscheuer 1st Floor, L-1821, Luxembourg

Climate Asset Management Limited is authorised and regulated in the UK by the Financial Conduct Authority (FRN 944222).

For more information, visit www.climateassetmanagement.com

Media contacts

Kanika Sharma – Marketing and Communications | Climate Asset Management
kanika.sharma@climateassetmanagement.com

About EFM

EFM is an investment and management firm that acquires forests and implements climate-smart strategies in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. EFM creates value by combining timber production with revenues from carbon sequestration, conservation, recreation and biodiversity. EFM’s investment management business focuses on FSC-certified forests in the US, and its advisory business focuses on cutting-edge natural climate solutions opportunities globally. The firm has two decades of experience and manages more than 200,000 forestland acres and is expanding to markets where increased funding for climate benefits and ecosystem services can create a competitive advantage and deliver value to investors, local communities and the public.

About Stafford

Stafford is an independent private markets investment and advisory firm with USD 8.9 billion (as at 31 December 2025) in assets under management and advice for more than 150 institutional clients worldwide. Founded in 2000, Stafford has a global team of 90+ professionals investing in infrastructure, timberland & agriculture, and sustainable private equity through secondaries, primaries, and co-investments. Stafford is a UN PRI signatory and is committed to the Net Zero Asset Managers (NZAM) Initiative. It implements an RI Policy across all strategies. In the UK, Stafford is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (Firm Reference Number: 225586).