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Commercial forestry plantations for sustainable timber production
Cultivation and sustainable timber production for the construction and export sector to reduce pressure on forests.
SectorMost major industry classification systems use sources of revenue as their basis for classifying companies into specific sectors, subsectors and industries. In order to group like companies based on their sustainability-related risks and opportunities, SASB created the Sustainable Industry Classification System® (SICS®) and the classification of sectors, subsectors and industries in the SDG Investor Platform is based on SICS.
Extractives and Minerals Processing
Forestry and Paper
Business Model Description
Industrial Developer of inclusive and sustainable forest plantations and transformation of primary timber products into value-added products with an emphasis on production and innovation of timber products to consolidate a forestry cluster.
Expected Impact
Promote sustainable forestry economic activities that can bring opportunities to the local communities as well as women.
Indicative ReturnDescribes the rate of growth an investment is expected to generate within the IOA. The indicative return is identified for the IOA by establishing its Internal Rate of Return (IRR), Return of Investment (ROI) or Gross Profit Margin (GPM).
Melina and Teak harvest yields are estimated 1.7% and 1.9% (Ospino et al.)
Investment TimeframeDescribes the time period in which the IOA will pay-back the invested resources. The estimate is based on asset expected lifetime as the IOA will start generating accumulated positive cash-flows.
Long Term (10+ years)
Market SizeDescribes the value of potential addressable market of the IOA. The market size is identified for the IOA by establishing the value in USD, identifying the Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) or providing a numeric unit critical to the IOA.
In 2018 sales of pallets were $72 M. $6.2 M of furniture was exported in 2016 (PROCOMER).
Average Ticket Size (USD)Describes the USD amount for a typical investment required in the IOA.
In a silvopastoral system, the costs of management, preparation, and establishment of trees in strips can be around $229- $281 per hectare. (Ospino et al.).
Direct ImpactDescribes the primary SDG(s) the IOA addresses.

Indirect ImpactDescribes the secondary SDG(s) the IOA addresses.

