We believe intact habitats must exist for the good of the planet and humanity. Our mission is to help define sustainable investment opportunities and identify material risks, growth opportunities and paths to protecting natural ecosystems.
We are Wilderness Markets.
The value of intact, functioning ecosystems is becoming more apparent as our planet comes under increasing stress.
Whether it’s meeting the global challenge of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, the Task Force on Climate Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) or the Task Force on Nature related Financial Solutions, charting a path to sustainability can seem difficult, murky, and time consuming.
As the public and regulators increasingly demand more robust definitions of “sustainable” investments and practices, we can assist in meeting those demands and ensuring investments, supply chains, and business practices achieve the ambitious targets required to reduce human impacts.
We founded Wilderness Markets because we believe intact habitats should exist and should be valued appropriately by assessing environmental, social, and governance inputs in addition to financial.
The truth is markets exist for both the ecosystem and for the products they can provide without destroying these habitats. Our role is to promote triple-bottom line investments by
Our experience spans both terrestrial and marine environments in Africa, Latin and Central America and the United States. Focus sectors include agri-business, tourism, and fisheries.
Wilderness. The restorative powers of natural wilderness are well documented — whether on land or water. Walking in the woods, hiking a summit, or sailing the high seas — humans are psychologically, physically, and socially tied to nature.
We dream of leaving this planet better than we found it so that our children and our children’s children never know a world without nature.
We believe the way to achieve that dream is to help industry value the habitats their operations would impact— not to stop economic progress, but to align financial decisions with ESG needs.
Neel Inamdar, Principal
Neel has extensive experience assessing, developing and implementing financial solutions to environmental and sustainable resource utilization challenges.
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Jada Tullos Anderson
Jada specializes in projects concerning agricultural, energy and the environment and focuses on market-based solutions to development. She has worked with organizations like the Overseas Private Investment Corporation providing input on environmental risk.
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We use a data-driven approach to assess and price the risks and opportunities associated with building sustainable fisheries or agri-business finance options. Through our process, we will develop robust finance criteria that integrate the non-financial ESG factors — such as ecosystem health and stock health considerations — into investments.
The resulting value chain framework helps us understand the entire supply chain, from production to consumption, within the context of its geography and institutional setting. By linking disparate aspects of the industry, we can understand the constraints to impact investing and minimize those barriers to build financially viable and sustainable enterprises.
“We are thrilled to see that these sustainability practices are positively impacting the social well being of harvesters and workers, and that they are improving sales to large-scale foodservice, retail and institutional buyers.”
