The Terry Portfolio: Tackling Climate, Biodiversity, and Human Well-being Together

The world is facing a trilemma: climate change, biodiversity loss, and human well-being are all deeply interconnected. Solutions that focus on one issue in isolation often fail to address the broader system. A new initiative from Project Drawdown highlights the need for integrated approaches that optimize benefits across all three dimensions. At Terry, we share this vision and have built our portfolio to create real, tangible impact across these interlinked challenges.

Beyond Silos: Addressing the Trilemma Holistically

The latest assessment from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) underscores the necessity of tackling climate, biodiversity, and human well-being together. It highlights that biodiversity is essential for clean water, food security, and human health. Yet, biodiversity loss is accelerating, driven by land conversion, pollution, and climate change. The IPBES report warns that fragmented governance often leads to unplanned trade-offs, where well-intended policies for one area inadvertently cause harm elsewhere. What we need instead are solutions that maximize co-benefits across these challenges.

That’s exactly what Terry is designed to do. By enabling consumers to direct economic power toward sustainable solutions, we ensure that purchases contribute to projects that simultaneously restore nature, mitigate climate change, and improve human well-being.

The Terry Portfolio: Impact Across the Trilemma

Our portfolio reflects this integrated approach:

• Climate Action: Projects like Kelp Forest Alliance and One Tree Planted contribute to carbon sequestration, enhancing climate resilience while restoring marine and terrestrial ecosystems.

• Biodiversity Restoration: The Pollinators and Land van Ons protect critical habitats, ensuring the survival of countless species while maintaining the health of water systems.

• Human Well-being: Sheltersuit provides immediate relief for people experiencing homelessness with sustainable, upcycled materials, directly linking social impact with circular economy principles. Meanwhile, Trees for the Future helps farming communities build agroforestry systems that enhance food security, livelihoods, and biodiversity simultaneously.

By purchasing through Terry, consumers are actively funding these solutions: ensuring that every transaction contributes to a healthier planet and more resilient communities.

Moving from Problems to Synergies

Historically, many sustainability efforts have operated in silos, focusing on single-issue interventions. However, research increasingly shows that truly transformative change happens when we break down these barriers and align solutions.

The new Project Drawdown initiative and the findings from IPBES both emphasize that to meet global climate and biodiversity targets, we must accelerate solutions that address multiple dimensions at once. Terry aligns with this approach by providing individuals with an easy, effective way to contribute to projects that operate at these intersections.

A Future of Collective Impact

Terry is more than just a funding tool: it’s a movement proving that small consumer choices can drive large-scale environmental and social change. The trilemma we face requires bold action, but the good news is that solutions already exist. Through Terry, every purchase becomes an investment in a thriving planet and a more just future.

To explore our full impact, visit The Terry Portfolio.

Sources:

• Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), Summary for Policymakers, December 2024

• Project Drawdown, "A New Initiative Focused on Solutions at the Intersection," February 2025