Building the measurement tools for forest capital.
A company developing software and an ISO-based forest calculation method, with purpose-oriented governance. The state of the forest becomes observable, not declared.
BENEFIT COMPANY (SOCIETÀ BENEFIT) · CALCULATION METHOD BASED ON ISO 14064-2 · POSITIVE VALIDATION OPINION FROM AN INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION BODY · ISSUED TO THE CLIENT · 2026
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Forest capital is extensive, fragmented and under-measured.
Much of Italy's forest is managed with outdated data and with ownership fragmented among a multitude of holders. A repeatable, documented measurement method makes this capital manageable and plannable. Syntropica started with the method, the component that takes the longest and on which the rest rests; the software carries its application to scale. The revenue model is based on services (method, measurement, documentation, planning) paid by companies that promote forest management in their own value chain. Companies fund the management; owners remain the registered holders of the parcels.
Structural advantages
An integrated chain.
Forest measurement, management and planning in a single process, from baseline to reporting.
An underserved segment.
Small municipalities, consortia and landowners: a large segment with few tools today, to which simple access can be offered without requiring specialist technical expertise.
Learning effect.
Every hectare monitored will improve the calibration of the predictive models, reducing uncertainty and increasing data reliability: an advantage that grows with scale.
Purpose-driven governance.
An Italian benefit company (Società Benefit) with its purpose written into its articles of association and governance set up for steward-ownership. The articles of association are set up to accommodate a steward entity. Italy still lacks a dedicated legal form; until the entity is established, control rests with the holders of voting shares. Stewardship
Where we stand
- Company.
- Italian benefit company.
- Method.
- Calculation method based on ISO 14064-2, with a positive validation opinion from an independent verification body; validation of the reporting method is planned. Opinions are issued to the client and confirm the reasonableness of the assumptions of its project. Each project requires a new verification. Method
- Tools.
- Satellite monitoring and analysis in use; platform and predictive models in development.
- In the field.
- The operating model was developed in Valsesia, where it is now fully operational and complemented by other similar projects led by the founders. Every project is based on a multi-year management plan, with the maintenance of the retained biomass bound by regional legislation, an estimate against ordinary management with stated uncertainty and a reserve margin covering adverse events; subsequent growth is allocated after direct measurement.
- Registry.
- By modelling choice, Syntropica does not issue or intermediate credits and follows the development of the CREA national registry, as soon as it is available.
- Governance.
- Special shares (class S) for a steward entity, provided for in the articles of association.
- Context.
- The European framework for sustainability reporting and environmental claims is evolving; demand for verifiable forest data will follow as it settles.
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