Level up stakeholder and Indigenous relations in forestry with Jambo

Adopt Jambo SRM and ensure your forestry management team is prepared and informed throughout the lifecycle of their projects.

Jambo is a centralized platform for managing stakeholder interactions and Indigenous consultation, enabling forestry companies to stay on top of commitments and issues. By leveraging Jambo SRM, you can foster strategic partnerships and build stronger connections with your communities.

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Why you need Jambo for better stakeholder and Indigenous relationship management in forestry

Effective stakeholder engagement is essential for sustainable forestry management. It ensures that all relevant stakeholders are actively involved in informed decision-making processes. Indigenous communities, local governments, industry representatives, and environmental organizations must be consulted to promote collaboration toward balancing economic goals with ecological sustainability.

This collaborative approach helps ensure that the needs of various stakeholders are considered, leading to more balanced and responsible forest management practices. Jambo enables forestry teams to easily view and report on their entire history of engagement with stakeholders and communities. This information is used to communicate project goals better, build trust with stakeholders and inform decision-making.

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Securely store and organize your stakeholder information

You may use multiple solutions to log and track stakeholder engagement and Indigenous consultation records.

  • Keep an up-to-date and secure database of crucial contact details that can be shared across projects (like Indigenous communities, trappers, government personnel, community groups, etc.)
  • Control user permission levels and access to records.
  • If anyone leaves the team, their information will still be available.
  • Reduce the volume of ad-hoc solutions and lower the risk of information gaps or data falling through the cracks.

Build and maintain collaborative stakeholder relationships

You want to build relationships with stakeholders and communities to enhance understanding and collaboration.

  • Consistently track and manage records of communication and interactions with stakeholders and Indigenous communities.
  • All records are auto-linked so you can easily view the entire history of engagement with each individual or organization.
  • Prepare for a meeting by reviewing a profile to stay consistent in messaging.
  • Review what tactics worked to improve future engagements and consultations.

Stay on top of stakeholder issues and commitments

If data lives in multiple locations, it's impossible to know if issues and mitigations are being addressed.

  • Track issues or concerns as they are received, review them by priority and impact and monitor them until they are resolved.
  • Commitments or mitigations can occur in regulatory approvals, as part of sustainability certifications, Indigenous agreements, or during engagements, but they may not need to be fulfilled immediately.
  • Log all commitments made and assign tasks to team members so they are fulfilled and not forgotten.

Simplify Indigenous, regulatory and sustainability reporting

You need to save time searching for information to add to reports.

  • When all your data is stored in one location, you can easily access it and export it into reports in just a few clicks.
  • Create internal updates and project progress reports.
  • Demonstrate adequate stakeholder engagement and Indigenous consultation to regulators and governments with reports that show the entire history of engagement and consultation.
  • Create community engagement reports for ESG, CSA, SFI and FSC certification submissions and reports.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) - Jambo and forestry

Here, you can find answers to the most commonly asked questions about how Jambo helps the forest industry streamline stakeholder and Indigenous engagement.

What makes stakeholder engagement in forestry different from other industries?

Forestry stakeholder engagement is unusually complex because it involves a wide range of parties, including Indigenous and Tribal communities, rights holders, landowners, local governments, environmental organizations, trappers, regulators, and community groups, each with distinct interests, legal rights, and levels of influence.

Why can't forestry teams just use a spreadsheet or general CRM to manage their stakeholder relationships?

Spreadsheets and CRMs are built for sales pipelines and customer transactions, not for the long-term, multi-party relationship management that engagement in forestry demands.

How does Jambo help forestry teams manage Indigenous consultation?

Jambo gives teams a secure, centralized record of every engagement with Indigenous communities, from initial outreach through ongoing meetings, concerns raised, commitments made, and actions taken.

Can Jambo help with FSC, SFI, and other forestry certification requirements?

Yes. FSC and SFI certification standards both require documented evidence of stakeholder engagement and Indigenous consultation, and auditors will ask for it.

What types of stakeholders can forestry teams manage in Jambo?

Jambo handles the full spectrum of forestry stakeholders in a single platform, including Indigenous and Tribal communities, rights holders, landowners, trappers, local residents, environmental organizations, federal and provincial government agencies, regulatory bodies, industry associations, and NGOs.

How does Jambo help forestry teams stay on top of commitments and action items?

In forestry, commitments to communities and Nations can be made months or even years before they need to be fulfilled and forgetting them carries real reputational, legal, and regulatory risk.

How does Jambo support engagement reporting for forestry?

Reporting is one of the most time-consuming parts of stakeholder and Indigenous engagement in forestry, especially when data lives across emails, notebooks, and shared drives.