Adam Davis is the President of Solano Partners, Inc., a consulting firm focused on environmental investment and the financial value of natural systems.
Adam has worked on programs that integrate sustainability principles into business strategy since 1985, solving problems across a wide range of environmental issues involving materials, energy, toxics and land. Since 1997 he has been involved in “applied ecosystem services theory”: developing market mechanisms and incentives that allow landowners and land managers to benefit from conservation and restoration actions.
He is a co-founder and served as Editor-in-Chief of the Ecosystem Marketplace , which is a global information service on these market mechanisms and incentives for conservation. He is also a Partner in Ecosystem Investment Partners, a new private capital solution that delivers returns to investors by buying and then restoring a portfolio of highly productive real estate holdings.
Current consulting clients include the USDA Office of Ecosystem Services and Markets, the U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution, the American Wind and Wildlife Institute, ESA Adolfson, Terra Global Capital, and Meadowsweet Partners. Recent clients include the Union of Concerned Scientists, The Nature Conservancy, the Sonoran Institute, Parametrix, DuPont and Nestle.
He can be reached at adam@ecosystempartners.com or by phone at 415-462-0163.
About This Website
This website provides background information and resources related to the consulting services offered by Solano Partners, Inc. and on the topic of the financial value of conservation and restoration of natural features on land.
The articles and writings here reflect a newly emerging value proposition – essentially the value created by the increasing scarcity of services provided by intact ecosystems. For environmentalists and conservationists, this value proposition provides new avenues for conservation finance. For investors and for businesses, this new set of values is an important component of a strategic approach that creates competitive advantage through environmental performance. For policy makers and regulators, these mechanisms enable a refreshing new way of interacting with businesses and landowners; an alternative to telling them what not to do.
As in all systems, scarcity implies value, and the dynamic between supply of and demand for the services provided by ecosystems has led to the development of market mechanisms and incentive structures that reward scientifically measurable units of protection and restoration.
We’ve all known for a long time that land is valuable as a place to build things on, and as a place to take resources from. Now, land is becoming valuable not just for what it is, but what for what it does under true stewardship.