Natural Asset Company
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A company type was invented to turn nature itself into a tradable stock.
Who they are
Intrinsic Exchange Group, which developed the Natural Asset Company (NAC) model[1].
What they do
The record calls it Step 10 in extracting maximum value from carbon emission permits.
How it works
A lease is placed into a holding company of type Natural Asset Company, and that company is floated on the stock exchange. It is presented publicly as a way to monetise natural resource production — water, timber, fish, food production — 'but obviously sustainably so.' The model licenses ecosystem services and floats them via an IPO. The record notes this does not establish that NACs are a creation of the CBD, that they own the land outright, or that the attempt to create this holding company type succeeded.
Why it matters
It shows how a financial structure can be built to turn nature into a listed asset, while being described in the language of sustainability.
The engine's record — word for word
The corpus records: "Step 10 - The Natural Asset Company. In order to extract maximum value from these carbon emission permits, the lease is placed into a holding company of type Natural Asset Company , and floated on the stock exchange." It is presented publicly as: "And - in very short - a Natural Asset Company will monetise natural resource production ( water, timber, fish, foor production , …), but obviously sustainably so." Documents named in the corpus: NYSE ‘ Natural Asset Company ’ rule change; target 19; national biodiversity finance plans; Global Environment Facility. Cross-sourced to intrinsicexchange.com, twitter.com — documents cited by the corpus and retrieved independently of it.
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Ecosystem Serviceslicenses ecosystem services and floats via IPO [The Natural Asset Company] — does not establish: that NACs are a creation of the CBD or that they own the land o
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Intrinsic Exchange Groupattempted creation of the holding company type — does not establish: It does not establish that the attempt succeeded.
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