James Hicks

RSK Wilding is an exciting new venture established in 2020, on a mission to use rewilding to offset carbon and biodiversity impacts while also having other environmental and societal benefits. We are a multidisciplinary team bringing together an unrivalled breadth of expertise in the agricultural sector, biodiversity net gain and ecological monitoring, habitat creation and management, sustainable land management, carbon accounting and climate and sustainability science from across the RSK business group. We want to make a real difference and to help others make that difference. We want to make rewilding possible not just for conservation groups or altruistic landowners, but also for developers requiring BNG to obtain planning permission for projects, landowners wanting their land returned to nature whilst also gaining an income, companies committed to being more sustainable, and philanthropists wanting to invest in the UK landscape. RSK Wilding’s experts assess the best approach for each individual site, using selected interventions to ensure that the right biodiversity is created in the right place. Rewilding encompasses a whole spectrum of actions to restore and protect the natural environment. We take a balanced approach of necessary and appropriate intervention while also allowing nature to prevail. Whatever we do, it will always be through open and transparent consultation, working collaboratively with neighbouring landowners, relevant nature conservation bodies and other interested parties. The more people, businesses and organisations that sign up to RSK Wilding, the more we can use our expertise and drive to help reverse biodiversity loss and climate change. By restoring more of the UK’s landscapes to the natural, biodiverse and wild places they used to be, and connecting existing protected areas to give wildlife room to roam, we will be playing our part in leaving a lasting legacy for future generations, UK biodiversity, the environment and the climate.