Draft Growth and Value Strategy 2027-2031

Closes 8 Mar 2026

Business development

Our Draft Sustainable Growth and Value Strategy 2027-2031 - choose 'Business development'.

As a quick reminder, our draft key commitments for 2027-2031 are:

  • Innovation: We will explore new and innovative ideas for our business, specifically for green finance, asset management, and commercial business process improvements.
  • Woodland creation growth: We will develop an action plan to address recommendations made from a forestry deep-dive in Wales: Trees and Timber Deep Dive | GOV.WALES and opportunities to grow the Welsh Government Woodland Estate, aligned with the Welsh Government’s ambitions for the forest network.
  • Sustainable land use: We will support key stakeholders in identifying new delivery mechanisms to increase the area and improve the quality of the Welsh Government Woodland estateWe will achieve this by contributing to a rural land map and land-use plan as well as clarifying our role in enabling sustainable commercial development opportunities on land in our care.
  • Case studies as demonstrators: We will develop and publish case studies of our work to encourage and promote innovation, evidence outcomes achieved and lessons learnt and use these to build confidence and develop future opportunities.
  • Pilot schemes & co-funding: We will develop pilots for innovative approaches to the management of the Welsh Government Woodland Estate and National Nature Reserves. We will also invite proposals from others to collaborate and develop a template for funding mechanisms between the public and private sector.
  • Investment appraisal: We will create financial investment appraisal tools to support our decision making in investment and new funding opportunities.
We are seeking to explore new and emerging opportunities for sustainable income generation through the work we deliver. Which of these three areas do you support for our further development and focus (tick all that apply):
Please comment on which areas you most value and why?
Which development areas, aligned to new sustainable income streams (that aren’t already mentioned), would you wish us to explore further, and why?