TERRAGRN is a private-sector enterprise, cultivating & operating large biodiverse agroforests
By revitalising degraded landscapes, we address and mitigate the environmental, social, and economic impacts of the climate crisis. Our agroforests safeguard food security, expedite socio-economic development in local communities, and support the renewable energy transition away from fossil fuels.
TERRAGRN is a pioneering player in the green economy and is changing the status quo of how business is done so that it restores rather than damages the planet. We are creating an open-source, community-centric blueprint to replicate our innovative model globally.
TERRAGRN transforms degraded and unutilised lands into sustainable, biodiverse and carbon-sequestering agroforests in Africa
We believe that businesses can no longer ignore the climate crisis. By investing time and capital into nature we can revive biodiversity, sequester carbon, improve productive yield, generate jobs, bring more women into the workforce, and create socio-economic progress.
Our mission is to create positive social, environmental, and economic change through inspirational nature-based solutions, developed in collaboration with local communities.
We will initially focus our efforts in South Africa, before expanding our agroforestry systems internationally. We are uniting government agencies, local communities, global foundations, multilateral banks, development finance institutions, research universities, regional NGOs, and corporations to deliver our unique vision, based on five key components:
By investing In Nature-based-Solutions, TERRAGRN delivers on:
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Climate resilience
Our projects deliver large scale carbon sequestration and offer opportunities to decarbonise supply chains
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Financial security
We provide extensive job opportunities resulting in sustainable development of rural communities
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Bamboo Solutions
We are creating materials for construction and pulp as well as alternative renewable and natural fuels
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Food security
Our practices are regenerative for both soil and water and provide sustained productivity alleviating food shortages
Regeneration approach & environmental impact:
Our contribution to net zero
TERRAGRN’s approach to creating a biodiverse forest has three stages, delivered on every projects.
TERRAGRN is committed to furthering the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals which aim to make significant environmental, social and economic impacts by 2030 to ensure prosperity and health for all.
We align with 16 of the 17 goals through our actions and business model with goals 15, 13 and 5 sitting at the heart of our company mission. We believe that by focusing on these we can truly make an impact that will have a positive knock-on effect in achieving the other goals.
See how we are supporting the UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Furthering the UN Sustainable
Development Goals
Project already underway in South Africa
Future projects in the planning and negotiating stages.
TERRAGRN recognises the power of collaboration.
We partner with several reputable organisations with a range of expertise to strengthen and deliver our ambitious vision.
Meet the TERRAGRN team
The TERRAGRN team brings decades of experience in building capital-intensive businesses, structuring development finance arrangements with public and private institutions, executing complex multi-year development programmes, and managing multi-region operations. Supported by a senior, accomplished Board of Strategic Advisors, the team brings extensive hands-on experience in forestry, permaculture, farming and biodiversity.
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Sundar Bharadwaj
Co-Founder & CEO
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Roy Masamba
Co-Founder & Director
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Krishnakumar Raman
Co-Founder & Director
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Sharul Jain
Chief Financial Officer
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Matt Durnin
Chief Scientist
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Andrew Hickey
Chief Information & Technology Officer
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Andrew Mendoza
Chief Strategy Officer
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Vicky Mitchell
Chief Marketing & Communications Officer
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Mandla Ndlovu
Country Lead, South Africa
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Anne-Marie Solari Bozzi-Altenburg
General Counsel
TERRAGRN’s commercial operations will deliver four essential Nature-based Solutions
Supplying sustainably harvested bamboo for green renewable energy replaces our reliance on fossil fuels
Agroforests provide stable and diverse food sources and create a range of enterprise opportunities for their local communities
Sustainably-grown and harvested bamboo is a fast-growing, renewable raw material that, used in commercial bamboo products
Production of captive power from forest waste will be a priority and demonstration of our Circular Economy focus
