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We Value Nature.
Our mission is to unlock the economic value of nature with integrity and with real outcomes for climate, biodiversity, and communities. Our work spans hands-on ecosystem restoration, public agencies, and international finance.
We work with investors, mission-driven companies, public agencies, and landowners who want to move from ambition to action. What makes EcoCapitalOne different is the ability to work across the full chain — from land and governance to finance and markets — with a focus on integrity and long-term impact.
Our Services
Advisory & Strategy
Advisory & Strategy
Many institutional actors, public agencies, and landowners know they should engage in nature-based finance—but they struggle to translate ecological ambition into bankable, credible, and scalable strategies. The result is stalled projects, missed funding windows, and growing skepticism from investors and auditors alike.
We provide senior-level advisory at the intersection of nature, policy, and finance. This includes strategic positioning of forest and nature-based projects, readiness for carbon and nature markets, navigation of standards and audits, and alignment with investor and funder expectations. Our advisory turns complexity into clarity and momentum.
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Hawaii is full of fallow areas that were once pristine, unique ecosystems. Those areas are waiting to be restored now. While working with the State of Hawaii’s Division of Forestry and Wildlife, I helped initiate the Kahikinui and Nākūla Forest Carbon projects—among the first large-scale native forest restoration efforts designed with carbon finance in mind. Operating within real-world regulatory, ecological, and political constraints gave me rare insight into what it actually takes to move a public-sector forest carbon project from concept toward market credibility.
Investment Opportunity Curation
Investment Opportunity Curation
Investors are increasingly interested in nature and climate—but face a fragmented market, uneven quality, and high reputational risk. Many opportunities lack technical rigor, credible governance, or a compelling investment narrative, making capital deployment slow and cautious.
We curate high-integrity, investment-ready nature opportunities. This includes identifying credible projects, shaping their financial and impact narrative, stress-testing them against market and audit expectations, and translating ecological value into terms investors can trust. we act as a bridge between land, science, and capital.
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While working for the State of Hawaiʻi, I helped originate a private-sector investment opportunity aligned with public conservation priorities. Knowing that Coca-Cola North America would be speaking at a mainland conference, I proactively prepared tailored materials and a clear value proposition linking watershed protection to business risk management and water security. Following an initial conversation and several follow-up discussions, this led to Coca-Cola partnering with Hawaiʻi DLNR to fund watershed conservation projects upstream of its Honolulu bottling facility. The collaboration ultimately resulted in a multi-year, six-figure investment to protect and restore critical forest watersheds, demonstrating how well-structured nature-based opportunities can align corporate sustainability goals with measurable ecological outcomes.
Thought Leadership & Speaking
Thought Leadership & Speaking
Decision-makers and investors are overwhelmed by buzzwords—carbon, biodiversity credits, natural capital—yet lack grounded, practitioner-led insight. This creates confusion, hesitation, and sometimes backlash against nature finance altogether.
We deliver authoritative, practitioner-driven thought leadership rooted in real projects, policy realities, and market dynamics. Through keynotes, panels, and closed-door briefings, we help audiences understand what actually works, what doesn’t, and where the market is going next—without hype.
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Having worked across local forestry operations and legislative processes in Hawaii, European policy and innovation programs, and emerging nature finance markets, we bring a rare “full-stack” perspective. Our insights are shaped not by theory, but by hands-on experience with forests, auditors, ministries, and investors—making our voice credible to both practitioners and capital allocators.
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