About Aurora Sustainable Lands

Carbon-stewardship forest conservation

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.

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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.

Aurora's 2024 ESG report

Read more about Aurora's 2024 Impact & Sustainability vision

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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.

Jamie Houston

Chief Executive Officer

Kevin Bates

Chief Financial Officer

John Furlow

General Counsel, VP of Business Development

Aaron Paul

VP, Head of Transactions and Analytics

Joe Schwartz

Senior Director of Transactions

Christine Simmons

VP, Finance & Accounting

Blake Stansell

President & COO

Cakey Worthington

VP, Carbon Operations

Board of Managers

Bill Easter

Independent

Adam Kertzner

Oak Hill Advisors

Greg Leveto

Oak Hill Advisors

Angela Schwarz

Anew Climate

Bill Townsend

Anew Climate

Current Open Positions

Sustainability Intern

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Location

Chapel Hill, NC

General Summary: Aurora Sustainable Lands (Aurora) is seeking a Sustainability Intern to support the company’s Forest and Carbon Operations team. This intern will form a strategy for completing an evaluative assessment of Aurora’s portfolio for reporting under the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) using the LEAP framework and will create a roadmap for public disclosure of key sustainability metrics under this framework for Aurora’s 2025 sustainability reporting. A successful candidate will have a unique mix of technical and practical skills including familiarity with financial reporting standards, knowledge of forestry and nature-based climate solutions, and exposure to geospatial analysis. Success will require strong project management and interpersonal skills. This is an excellent opportunity for a graduate student seeking experience in corporate sustainability and exposure to forest carbon markets and large-tract management. All applications will ideally be submitted by March 10th.

Primary Responsibilities and Competencies:

Scoping Aurora’s portfolio-wide interactions with nature and biodiversity.
Locating and Evaluating Aurora’s material interactions with and dependencies on nature.
Creating a roadmap for assessing and reporting these interactions for 2025 sustainability reporting.
Developing SMART indicators/tracking metrics for other ongoing sustainability reporting needs.
Developing data collection methodologies for biodiversity indicators.
Producing a capstone presentation to be shared with executive team detailing internship experience.

Required Education, Experience and Certification:

In pursuit of or having completed bachelor's program or in a master's program with studies focused on business, capital markets, ESG, environmental and/or sustainability.
Strong skill set and experience in independent research and analysis.
Experience with GIS and/or remote sensing.
An enthusiasm for using environmental markets to address critical climate challenges.
Strong communication and organization skills.

Preferred Education, Qualifications & Experience:

In pursuit of or having completed a graduate degree relevant to forestry and/or environmental management (e.g., Master of Forestry, Master of
Environmental Management, or Master of Science with a Forestry focus).
Awareness of regulatory reporting trends regarding climate change risk & ESG
Awareness of GHG quantification, net zero modeling, and Science Based Target initiative (SBTi)
A demonstrated strong background, keen interest, or past work experience in ESG and sustainability-related reporting.