Fisher German prioritises natural capital as real farm business opportunity
Chartered surveyors and property consultants Fisher German have partnered with Trinity AgTech to support their clients in using their natural capital to secure long-term business development.
Fisher German has partnered with Trinity AgTech to use their end-to-end navigator software ‘Sandy’ to support their clients, both rural and commercial, to get a credible view of their natural capital and carbon to deliver long-term business development and opportunities.
David Kinnersley, Head of Agribusiness at Fisher German, explains the company has been looking at carbon for over a decade and at natural capital for nearly six years.
“We’ve conducted extensive research and testing across a number of navigators and tools, but Sandy really struck a chord with us and our clients as the best natural capital software tool out there. We especially respect the fact Sandy uses the latest science, being certified to the highest standard available.
“It isn’t just a carbon-centric tool, but instead looks at the whole natural capital landscape, supporting decision making for environmental benefits, business efficiency and financial sustainability.”
“"Sandy looks at the whole natural capital landscape, supporting decision making for environmental benefits, business efficiency and financial sustainability.“
David Kinnersley
Head of Agribusiness, Fisher German
As a national firm specialising in property consultancy and chartered surveying, Fisher German strives to support their clients across a wide range of property and land services, and in recent years have they seen rapid growth in demand for analytical data and insight on natural capital on farmland.
“From a rural perspective, we want to help our farmers and landowners to identify business efficiencies and new income opportunities, especially with the reduction in government subsidies. Sandy will help these clients to identify the potential to improve their sustainability and unlock capital within their land, without the need to diversify outside of agriculture.
“We want to provide our internal teams and clients alike with a tool that will not only rigorously evidence the actions being taken on farms to improve carbon emissions, biodiversity, soil quality, and water protection measure but also enable them to model changes to help decide which actions to take.
“It can’t be underestimated how critical it will be to farm business prosperity in the long term to understand your natural capital position and take control of managing it effectively.
“This is especially crucial at this time for those in the dairy and fresh produce sector who may, if they don’t take proactive action now, be forced into using alternatives which could incorrectly represent their farm and its practices,” says David.
Fisher German prides itself on helping clients to solve the natural capital jigsaw and this partnership will enable this, especially with Sandy’s easy-to-use, intuitive system that can adapt to individual user’s requirements.
”The scenario planning and AI capabilities are hugely beneficial, allowing for the ongoing evolution of farm management decisions. We want to work with our farmers and use the most robust science, tool and process that best represents our chosen land management practices,” David explains.
Commenting on the partnership, Trinity AgTech’s managing director of business development, Anna Woodley is happy to be working with Fisher German.
“We’re delighted to be helping their clients to revolutionise their natural capital journey.
“Fisher German is a firm constantly looking to provide its clients with forward-thinking opportunities for business resilience and expansion and we believe the decision to offer them Sandy is further evidence of this.”
Sandy’s easy-to-use dashboard enables users to view their farm’s sustainability, opportunities, natural capital valuation and profitability.