Colour cases ought to be printed in colour to optimize their effectiveness. Adams established Patagonia Sur in the year 2007 as the world's initial for-profit land conservation organizations. His target was to buy over 100,000 acres of property in southern Chile and operate a range of sustainable businesses to construct yearly yields for investors. Patagonia Sur intended to derive various streams of earnings from the property-including eco-tourism sustainable land development, carbon credits, water rights and eco-brokerage-thus giving a monetary return to investors on top of reaching a positive environmental impact.
Patagonia Sur For Profit Land Conservation in Chile Case Study Solution
Nevertheless, institutional investors challenged whether Patagonia Sur could do more than break even yearly. Further, they stressed that in fact the danger of the investment went up considerably as the firm spent management time and its capital on numerous revenue streams. Moreover, some investors believed that for profit conservation was not morally right. Warren needed to convince both institutional and individual investors that his vision would triumph in both creating yields and maintaining the natural beauty of Patagonia.
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