Operation Wallacea, or Opwall, has been running international biodiversity research expeditions since 1995 in developing countries and has become the largest private sector provider of biodiversity field research. To date, 640 papers have been published in peer reviewed journals and 72 new species to science have been described as a result of the intensive global programmes that Opwall run.

As a result, Opwall has built up a network of biodiversity and climate academics and field specialists who are funded through the programme as well as in-country organisations and personnel that can reliably deliver projects in remote locations. It is this network that has enabled the rapid development of mangrove reforestation projects around the world.

The Hoffmann family has a long standing history of supporting initiatives that seek to preserve and restore nature, both through philanthropy and private investment.

The Hoffmann family provides the financial management and investment knowledge to the joint venture company.

Global Footprint Network is an internationally recognised Natural Capital think tank with numerous international environmental awards.

Since being founded in 2003, their National Footprint Accounts have been included in countless reports by organizations like the World-Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), UN Environment, and the European Environment Agency. They have engaged with more than 70 country governments on six continents and partnered with over 80 organizations. Over 15 national governments have applied the footprint metric to their own policy initiatives.