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Building a sustainable future requires a network of inspired professionals that each bring in his own expertise. That is why we are part of a large international network of organizations and professionals in nature conservation and sustainability.
We conduct our research in close cooperation with the Institute for Environmental Studies at the VU University Amsterdam in the Netherlands. And we are supported by international experts in statistics, biology, hydrology and finance.
Together, we share knowledge, develop methodologies, complement each others services and advance an effective lobby to push the global sustainability agenda.
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Session on sustainable development by Grant Thornton Aruba
As part of the strategic cooperation of Wolfs Company Grant Thornton The Netherlands and Grant Thornton Aruba, Esther Wolfs guided a discussion on sustainable development of the island Aruba. Attendees included representatives from different public
Wolfs Company has moved its office
Following the integration of Wolfs Company into the Sustainability and Impact Services (SIS) unit of Grant Thornton NL, our team in the Netherlands will be moving its office to a new address: De Passage 150,
Vrij Nederland on Ecosystem Services in the Wadden Sea
Pepijn Keppel investigated for Vrij Nederland how further gas extraction in the Wadden Sea can affect natural values in the Wadden Sea. Stijn Schep from Wolfs Company was interviewed to reflect on the importance integrated
World Conservation Congress: Our participation in the Conservation Finance Pavilion
The Conservation Finance Alliance hosted the Conservation Finance Pavilion at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Marseille in September, 2021. Through a wide range of well attended sessions, the pavilion offered an effective platform to
IUCN World Conservation Congress
Wolfs Company will be joining and presenting in a number of sessions during the IUCN World Conservation Congress held in Marseille from 3 -11 September. The congress, hosting a wide range of organizations and events
Eco Magazine: the cost of ocean conservation
The Environment Coastal & Offshore (Eco) magazine, through collaborating with NOAA and the Ocean Foundation, has published an issue dedicated to rising sea levels. Jim Tolisano writes extensively about challenges and opportunities related to financing
Tools and resources for the sustainable financing of marine protected areas
The Marine Ecosystems and Management Skimmer Newsletter, a daughter initiative of the Open Communications for the Ocean (OCTO) recently published a comprehensive overview of tools and resources for sustainable financing of marine protecteda areas. See
Wolfs Company joins webinar series on Practice Standards for Conservation Trust Funds
Following up on the launch of the 2020 Practice Standards for Conservation Trust Funds (CTFs), the Network of Latin American and Caribbean Environmental funds (RedLAC) and the Conservation Finance Alliance are organizing a webinar series
New PANORAMA solution: Stimulating sustainable financing for coral reefs in the Turks and Caicos Islands
Since 2015, Wolfs Company has collaborated with the Department of Environment and Coastal Resources (DECR) of the Turks and Caicos Islands in a series of projects to promote financial sustainability for marine protected area management
Expanding our presence on Bonaire
Our Bonaire presence has been strengthened by our new colleague Arxen Alders. He is a specialist in sustainable development and enhancing stakeholder values for islands’ public and private sector clients through strengthening and implementing corporate
Interview: Wolfs Company shares insights on marine park financing
In March 2021, Amílcar Guzmán and Viviana Luján from Wolfs Company joined a conversation with MPA News on Marine Protected Area (MPA) financing. The interview elaborates on Wolfs Company’s experience with MPAConnect, The MedFund and
Wolfs Company joins launch webinar for Global Review of Conservation Trust Funds
To celebrate the publication of Conservation Trust Funds 2020: Global Vision, Local Action, the most comprehensive study on CTFs to date, the Conservation Finance Alliance (CFA) hosted a launch webinar. Wolfs Company, as project leader
Report launch! Conservation Trust Funds in 2020: Global Vision, Local Action
Sweeping Analysis of Conservation Trust Funds to be Released November 12 by the Conservation Finance Alliance and Partners. Report will be released at launch webinar, free and open to the public with prior registration. Read on
Workshops: Sustainable finance for Park management in Saba, St. Eustatius and St. Maarten
Assist Saba Conservation Foundation (SCF), St. Eustatius National Parks (STENAPA) and the Nature Foundation Sint Maarten (NFSXM) to strengthen their ability to achieve sustainable financing of the National Parks in Saba, St Eustatius and St Maarten.
Why is insight into natural capital so important for cruise companies?
This webinar offered by GIZ, the Natural Capital Coalition and Wolfs Company provides deep insight into the benefits and relevance of developing evidence on the opportunities and risks that may arise from impacts and dependencies
Wolfs Company discussing Nature2SDGs at the UN SDSN workshop in Dakar, Senegal
Tim Polaszek, from Wolfs Company, alongside representatives from METRODS, Brazil, and Open Cities Institute, India, presented case studies on the localization of data to achieve national SDG targets. On the 29th and 30th of April,
We’ve moved house… To the SDG House!
Dear friends of Wolfs Company, We are delighted to inform you that we are moving our Amsterdam office to the beautiful and inspiring SDG House! From the 1st April, you will be able to come
Interview with Esther Wolfs by Green Antilles
Wolfs Company’s founder, Esther Wolfs, was recently interviewed by Green Antilles, a Caribbean environment news site. In the interview she explains her personal motives to work on sustainability projects, tells about the work on Caribbean
Wolfs Company shares about MPAConnect Caribbean marine protected area network in Chile
An International Seminar on Wetland Management and Governance was held in Chile in November 2018. Organized in the context of the program for rational use of wetlands of Chile’s state company ENAP Aconcagua Refinery, the
Wolfs Company participates in SEE Congress in Costa Rica – Wolfs Company participa en el Congreso SEE en Costa Rica
On Friday 28th of September, Viviana Luján spoke at the SEE Congress in Costa Rica, as one of the panelists of the round table “Valoración económica de la naturaleza: una herramienta para lograr los Objetivos
Wolfs Company’s presentation on the relation between natural capital, climate change and SDGS featured in Argentina
Viviana Luján, of Wolfs Company, gave a webinar presentation on the importance of Natural Capital to combat Climate Change and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. This webinar was part of the series “Diálogos Virtuales sobre
Wolfs Company’s BEST 2.0 Project featured in SPAW-RAC newsletter
Project led by Wolfs Company in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) is featured in the most recent newsletter (August 2018) of the Regional Activity Centre for the Protocol concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife
Wolfs Company’s participation in conference ‘Natural Capital: Conservation and beyond’ in Santiago de Chile
On May 28th, 2018, The UK’s Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) and the Conservation Law Center co-hosted the conference ‘Natural Capital: Conservation and beyond’, in Chile in order to promote the concepts and methodologies of
New publication: ‘Charting progress towards system-scale ecosystem service valuation in islands’
Using islands as a model system, this paper seeks to understand how ecosystem service valuation (ESV) has and can move from a monetized, single-service paradigm to an integrated valuation paradigm, a participatory approach that represents
Bionews published article about our workshops on St. Eustatius
Last year, the Caribbean Netherlands Science Institute (CNSI) hosted two “Economic Value of Nature” workshops on St. Eustatius from 3-6 April 2017. The Dutch Carribbean Nature Alliance (DCNA) recently published an article on these workshops within their
Sustainable collaboration between Rabobank-WWF (SDG 17)
On July 5th, 2017, Rabobank and the World Wide Fund for Nature Netherlands (WWF Netherlands) organized the congress ‘Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 17: What makes a partnership successful?’ in the auditorium of Rabobank Nederland’s campus
Wolfs Company Newsletter October 2017
We are glad to present you our latest newsletter Newsletter October 2017
Wolfs Company presents at consultation meeting on the Finance Sector Supplement
On the 28th of June the Natural Capital Coalition, the Natural Capital Finance Alliance (NCFA) and the Dutch Association of Investors for Sustainable Development (VBDO) organized a consultation meeting on the draft Finance Sector Supplement
Economic valuation of Natural Resources to be conducted in the British Virgin Islands
With support from the UK Conflict, Stability and Security Fund, Wolfs Company held stakeholder meetings and conducted a workshop to determine the scope of an Economic Valuation of Natural Resources in the British Virgin Islands
Wolfs Company Newsletter February 2017
We are glad to present you our latest newsletter Newsletter February 2017
Wolfs Company, trainer and technical advisor of the Natural Capital Coalition
As from January 2017, Wolfs Company is part of the Natural Capital Coalition to support the private sector in the application of the Natural Capital Protocol. The Natural Capital Coalition is a unique global multi-stakeholder
Blue Solutions Webinar ‘Making Marine Ecosystem Services Matter’
Blue Solutions is a joint venture of GIZ, GRID Arendal, IUCN and UNEP, with the aim to develop and bring together innovative management approaches and policy advice for the sustainable use of marine and coastal
Natural Capital Conference – Let’s talk business!
The Natural Capital Conference, organised by the Platform Biodiversity, Ecosystems and Economy (Platform BEE) was held on 23th and 24th November in The Hague, back-to-back to the European Union Business and Biodiversity Platform, EU B&B
2016 Green Aruba Conference
The 7th edition of the Green Aruba Conference, “Transformation to a Sustainable Energy Mix”, organized by the Government of Aruba, took place on the 17th and 18th of November. Since 2010, this conference is annually
69th Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute Conference
The 69th edition of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute Conference took place in Grand Cayman (Cayman Islands) between 7th and 11th November 2016. The focus of the conference was the application of fishers’ knowledge
2016 Latin American & Caribbean ESP Conference – Healthy Ecosystems for Resilient Societies
The work of Wolfs Company was presented during the first Latin American & Caribbean Ecosystem Services Partnership (ESP) conference, which took place in Cali, Colombia, from 18-21 October 2016. Over 200 researchers, policy makers and
COSME EU Programme
COSME is the EU programme for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), running from 2014 to 2020, with a budget of €2.3billion. COSME is supporting SMEs in: Facilitating access to finance
EU Overseas Roundtable on Biodiversity and Climate Change
8th Roundtable, Brussels, June 2016 The aim of the EU Roundtable is to facilitate and advocate for appropriate consideration of the EU Outermost Regions (ORs) and Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) biodiversity and climate change issues
Eco2Fin tool – Sustainable Financing for MPAs
Following the session held at the World Parks Congress by Wolfs Company in Sydney, the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute (GCFI) organized a webinar on the innovative framework we developed (Eco2Fin) that uses TEEB (The
Webinar Economic Valuation WWF
In their work to establish or improve the management of MPAs, marine conservation practitioners face the complexity of proving the value of the area and its ecosystem services towards stakeholders such as government and industries.
Contract TEEB Aruba signed
On the 9th of February 2016, the Aruban Minister of Environment Mike de Meza and Roland Croes (Director of Setar NV) signed a contract that commissions Wolfs Company to conduct research on the value of
Publication in WWF magazine ‘The Circle. Valuing the Arctic: Seeing the Unseen’
The Circle is a quarterly magazine produced by the WWF Global Arctic Programme, with the objective to inform decision-makers, scientists and the interested public about arctic environmental and development issues. Each of The Circle issues
Coral Reef Managers Handbook
Wolfs Company contributed to Towards Reef Resilience and Sustainable livelihoods, a Handbook for Caribbean Coral Reef Managers that has been developed as part of the FORCE project, coordinated by Peter Mumby. One of Wolfs Company’s
World Parks Congress, Sydney 2014
Viviana Luján participated in two sustainable finance events at the IUCN’s World Parks Conference (WPC) held in Sydney in November 2014. A full day workshop on sustainable finance for marine protected areas, organized by WWF-The