GEORGE COLLIER
Location: Various client properties across New Zealand (Canterbury, Southland, Otago, Wairarapa)
Date: 2010 – Present
Terrain: Diverse range – from flat to rolling country in the Central North Island, and high country in the South Island
Solution: Worked with Stuart to formulate and deliver a national road show to inform professionals on the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS)
“Forest360 know their stuff inside out. Setting this up right at the get go is seential.”
Background
- Chair of Rural Accountants, Chartered Accountant of Australia and New Zealand
- Was looking for a proven partner with experience and expertise in the latest forestry legislation
ICL recognised they needed a partner to help them and their farming clients navigate time-consuming, complex forestry plans, as ETS became more complicated
Response
- One-stop-shop for all forestry planning and planting activity
- Showed how changes in ETS legislation could open up opportunities in farm plans
- Advised farming clients how to set up structures to secure on-going forward forest and carbon payments, and to maximise farm income
