Rimba Collective 2025 Progress Report
12 May 2026 - Report
2025 has been a year of incredible growth for the Rimba Collective, with progress beyond expectations. Throughout this expansion, we have retained a critical and unwavering focus on our core principles of robust and meaningful outcomes for people, nature and climate, whilst working within the regulatory frameworks and international standards that guide project selection and implementation.
We are now transitioning into a critical new phase, in which projects move beyond initial engagement and design, and begin to produce externally verified ecosystem service outcomes (ESOs). This enables us to deliver lasting, positive impacts for local communities and nature alike, backed by long-term,funding and delivered by experienced, on the ground Project Operators.
This past year, we finalised the design of an ambitious new Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) framework, along with a standardised deforestation and fire alert verification system. Now, by integrating insights from the alerts into daily operations, teams working at ground level are better informed and better equipped to safeguard conservation and restoration areas from degradation.
Looking to the future, the Rimba Collective is committed to expanding our efforts, delivering strategic, long-term funding support to Project Operators working at ground level, so they can continue to build greater resilience into the forests, farms and sourcing landscapes of Southeast Asia.
This year, we will also launch a new blended finance partnership programme, which will strengthen the foundations and enabling conditions needed for building long-term impact at scale.
We are now transitioning into a critical new phase, in which projects move beyond initial engagement and design, and begin to produce externally verified ecosystem service outcomes (ESOs). This enables us to deliver lasting, positive impacts for local communities and nature alike, backed by long-term,funding and delivered by experienced, on the ground Project Operators.
This past year, we finalised the design of an ambitious new Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) framework, along with a standardised deforestation and fire alert verification system. Now, by integrating insights from the alerts into daily operations, teams working at ground level are better informed and better equipped to safeguard conservation and restoration areas from degradation.
Looking to the future, the Rimba Collective is committed to expanding our efforts, delivering strategic, long-term funding support to Project Operators working at ground level, so they can continue to build greater resilience into the forests, farms and sourcing landscapes of Southeast Asia.
This year, we will also launch a new blended finance partnership programme, which will strengthen the foundations and enabling conditions needed for building long-term impact at scale.
Our progress in 2025 demonstrates the Rimba Collective model is achieving what it was designed to do: protect natural capital, reduce risk, reward stewardship and build resilient landscapes that support nature, climate and people.
Dr. Chela Powell
Associate Director Technical Development & Assurance
We are delighted to share these results with you in the pages of this report and look forward to continuing our fruitful journey together in the years to come.
Sincerely,
Dr. Chela Powell
