TotalEnergies Invests in Sustainable Forestry Operations
About Aurora Sustainable Lands
Aurora Sustainable Lands is a carbon-stewardship company that invests in industrially harvested forests to deliver high-integrity, verifiable carbon credits to climate conscious companies.
Leaders in Sustainable Land Management
By managing historically industrial U.S. forestlands with a carbon-stewardship strategy, Aurora protects the planet’s oldest and most cost-effective carbon removal tool, trees, to provide nature-based carbon credits with unrivaled reliability, durability, and quality. Anew Climate markets the carbon credits generated from Aurora’s projects.
Aurora's history
Established in 2021 and completed approximately $1.7 billion in transformative acquisitions to date, Aurora, formerly Blue Source Sustainable Forests Company, is a joint venture between Anew Climate and a group of equity investors led by Oak Hill Advisors and including AB CarVal, EIG and GenZero, among other leading financial sponsors.
Aurora’s mission
To actively manage and conserve forestlands to maximize impact and remove and store carbon from the atmosphere.
Leadership
Aurora is led by a team of seasoned experts with decades of experience in forestry, ecology, finance, project development, and carbon markets who have come together to lead an evolution of an industry.
Board of Managers
Bill Easter
Independent
Adam Kertzner
Oak Hill Advisors
Greg Leveto
Oak Hill Advisors
Angela Schwarz
Anew Climate
Bill Townsend
Anew Climate