Why GreenLife?

Because we know where and how to reap returns.

Carbon offsetting is much like any other venture in one respect: You want a good return on your investment While being fair to the local people and environemnt.

We aim to ensure you get it.

Our mission is twofold: We strive to make the most of your company’s investment to benefit recipients and act as a force for positive and enduring change. This is why we put such painstaking effort into designing projects around UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) beneficiaries’ needs.

All your funding goes to achieve sustainable results in developing countries – today, tomorrow, and for many tomorrows to come.
Your company also wins by factoring carbon offsetting into its business equation. Investing in carbon markets can help cut costs cutting, save energy, and reap very good returns on your investment.

Guidelines

Make it valuable and it will be cherished.

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Team

South-to-south cooperation

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Guidelines

Make it valuable and it will be cherished.

Local communities figure prominently in all our projects.It’s their environment and their home, and we need their full support to capitalize on your investment. This is why building infrastructure, conducting awareness programs, and employing locals are all part of every investment strategy. We also aim to ensure that the community benefits from soil and water protection, renewable energy also the selling of sustainable forest products, and ecotourism.

Guarding against illegal encroachment is one of the greatest challenges.

Local farmers, timber and mining companies, and others with vested interests may seek to exploit what we seek to protect, and it’s not easy keeping tresspassers out of such large areas. Local communities are the first to detect such intruders. Awareness programs aim to help people understand what a healthy forest means to their lives and livelihood.

We manage to engage the community, employing locals as forest rangers and involving them in ecotourism, they will come to see their forest as their most valuable asset. And that is the best protection a forest can enjoy.

Local employment matters so much that the only outsider, is our project developer. All project managers are locals who have been well prepared to continue managing this valuable asset long after initial goals have been met.

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Team: South-to-south cooperation

South-to-south cooperation

South-to-south cooperation is a term coined to describe communities in similar situations who come together and learn from one another.

We believe strongly in its merits, using this method when climatic conditions and the ground realities that these communities face are much the same.

Our coaches are rooted in such communities, and know how to help people help themselves. For example, people with stronger water management or farming skills peer-educate others with less advanced skills in these areas.

We have tested this within Namibia, Rajasthan in India has very similar soil conditions as Namibia we have invited farmers in both countries to share information such as the Millet is both the staple grain in both areas. Rajasthan has more seed and drought resistant grains as they have a long history of seed banks. Another area is traditional water management systems Rajasthan India has largest population in the world living in a desert and have 1000 year old traditions of water harvesting. The same was in Namibia but the colonial powers and ocupations wiped out traditional Namibian water management system from its recollection only a handful of elders remember.

Team

Hoslo Jiwa

Henrik Björnberg

Pekka Pihlajasaari

Chong-Gu RA

GRIZZLY HILL CAPITAL

Hoslo Jiwa, is the Executive Director of GreenLife CSR, He has over 30 years of project development experience in Africa, Asia, South America and Europe. He has been a proponent of Nature Based Solutions for over 30 years. He has a track record of planting trees in Namibia, Ethiopia, Angola, Mozambique, Brazil, India, Indonesia and in both Republic of Congo and Democratic Republic of the Congo. Training on Redd+ and VCS, CCB, NBS, CDM to both governments and private mining companies. He has worked on conservation issues for GreenLife Society, Wildlife Conservation Society, The Nature Conservancy and represented many International NGOs as their Country Director or Chief of Party utilising funds from USAid, EU, Jeff Bezos Foundation and private equity funds.
Henrik Björnberg is a board member of GreenLife CSR, he has been actively working on sustainability issues within his companies. He has 30 years in the paper industry and has led to innovation on recycled paper and packaging. He is a key component on getting the paper industry to look at tree planting as viable methodology for offsetting carbon emissions.
Pekka Pihlajasaari has several decades of experience in developing and modelling solutions with the benefits of a applied mathematics and computer science background. The rigour provided by this training has helped with the preparation of enterprise structures and their operation while maintaining the ability to rapidly respond and overcome changed market environments and unexpected technical challenges
Chong-Gu RA
Investment Advisor (Green Life CSR / Trees for Life Namibia)

C-level executive with 20+ years in management consulting, investment advisory, and capital raising across equity, mezzanine, and debt capital for startups and established firms. He is leveraging his robust network of ultra-high-net-worth individuals, family offices, and financial institutions across Europe, Asia, and Africa, and drives impactful investments and sustainable growth.

His expertise includes strategic transformation in financial services and technology, with a proven track record in fundraising, notably as a founding member and VP of Start-ups at the Swiss InsurTech Hub. Passionate about impact investing and sustainable development, he is dedicated to fostering innovation and collaboration for a better life and environment in diverse ecosystems, particularly in Europe, Asia and Southern Africa.

Grizzly Hill Capital Ltd is a privately held investment company with domicile in Helsinki, Finland. Grizzly Hill Capital are a share holder of GreenLife CSR GmbH