Our Company
Molpus Woodlands Group (Molpus) is a leading timberland investment management organization (TIMO) in the United States and serves as the US arm of specialist asset management group Gresham House’s Natural Capital platform. Together, Gresham House and MWG form one of the world’s largest timberland investment management platforms, overseeing approximately $8 billion of forestry assets across the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand on behalf of institutional investors.
With a legacy dating back to 1905, Molpus is one of the oldest timber-related companies in the United States. As an SEC-registered investment adviser, Molpus acquires and manages sustainable timberland investments on behalf of pension funds, endowments, foundations, insurance companies and high-net-worth investors.
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Molpus Woodlands Group Mission and Values
Our Mission
Molpus’s mission is to place our clients and our fellow employees before ourselves in striving to achieve superior investment results for our clients while maintaining a reputation for excellence, integrity, sustainability, and success in the face of adversity and challenges.
Our Values
We continue to nurture the values that have sustained our company legacy since 1905. These values are at the core of who we are and what we do. They drive how we manage our clients’ timberland, support our employees, and fulfill our environmental responsibilities.
Reputation
We always want to do the right thing. Our company’s integrity and reputation underpin our relationships with our clients, employees, vendors, and the communities where we live and work.
We believe our reputation for honesty and integrity is central to why Molpus is a company that people want to work with.
Relationships
With a legacy stretching back to 1905, we have learned the importance of valuing relationships and nurturing them. We believe that relationships begin with listening to those we work and do business with to understand the expectations and goals they have.
We are grateful for the opportunities we have enjoyed, and we never take our business relationships for granted.
Resilience and Adaptability
Given the length of our legacy, there have been many times where we, or our predecessors, have achieved success in the face of adversity. We have always been able to evaluate a given situation and adapt to its challenges.
Our legacy of adaptation and resilience in the face of adversity honors the legacy of three generations of the Molpus family. They have navigated the many changes to our country, our markets, and our world over 12 decades of ownership.
Creativity
We listen to all ideas and always embrace new approaches and new visions to solve past problems and meet future challenges. Creativity is a skill that can be developed, and it involves tenacity, which, in our opinion, works together with creativity. Because, otherwise, many creative ideas will fail. People also tend to avoid hard work and become tired or discouraged.
Our tenacity helps us overcome adversity and meet new challenges. It is important that we model tenacity and cultivate it within our working groups and our company.
Accountability
We challenge each other. We hold each other and ourselves accountable to make needed adjustments. We believe in the importance of accountability to building our company.
By continuing to hold each other accountable, we will improve our clients’ opportunities for achieving success.