Chestnut Launches Chestnut Nature Works, a New Business to Help Communities and Critical Infrastructure Grow Together
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Chestnut Nature Works builds upon Chestnut's broader platform, combining land expertise, community engagement, environmental stewardship, and project development to support the next generation of data center, energy, and industrial growth in the United States.

NEW YORK, Sept. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Chestnut today announced the launch of Chestnut Nature Works (CNW), a new business that helps developers, hyperscalers, utilities, investors, and communities create the environmental and community foundations necessary to accelerate responsible growth at the local level. CNW is a natural expansion of Chestnut's industry-leading nature-based carbon removal business.

As data center development and industrial growth accelerate across the United States, projects face increasing scrutiny from local stakeholders. Concerns often center on water availability, environmental impacts, community trust, and whether promised economic benefits will materialize.

CNW was created to turn those concerns into lasting commitments that deliver measurable local benefits, including restored watersheds, protected land, local jobs, and community assets. This helps America's communities welcome growth while preserving what makes them unique.

Chestnut believes successful projects require more than engineering and capital. They require authentic local engagement, visible community benefits, long-term stewardship, and transparency every step of the way. CNW gives the companies building America's next chapter a way to strengthen the land, water, and communities their projects depend on.

"The U.S. built its economic leadership through transformative investments in railroads, electrification, highways, and digital networks," said Brian DiMarino, Chief Commercial & Operating Officer, Chestnut. "Today's AI economy requires a new generation of investment, not only in data centers and power infrastructure, but also in the communities and natural infrastructure that supports them. Chestnut Nature Works exists to help ensure growth creates lasting local value."

Leveraging Chestnut's experience acquiring, managing, restoring, and developing natural assets across the United States for its flagship forest carbon projects, CNW combines strategic advisory services with implementation capabilities to move projects from concept through execution. The platform's services include watershed restoration, water replenishment initiatives, forestry and conservation projects, ecological buffers, community recreation assets, workforce partnerships, and stakeholder engagement programs designed to create visible and measurable local benefits. Chestnut's proprietary land screening and monitoring technologies help accelerate project development and ongoing stewardship efforts.

Unlike traditional consulting firms, CNW is designed as an execution-oriented platform capable of originating, structuring, and implementing projects at scale. Its team combines expertise in land management, forestry, conservation, project finance, and economic development with a network of partners. Through relationships with organizations across energy, utilities, engineering, environmental services, and institutional investment, CNW brings the capabilities and credibility required to address community-level concerns on large-scale projects.

"Major infrastructure projects succeed when communities, developers, utilities, and local stakeholders work together from day one," said Ben Dell, CEO, Chestnut and Managing Partner, Kimmeridge. "Our role is to help bring those groups together and deliver tangible outcomes that create value for everyone involved."

About Chestnut

Chestnut builds and manages natural infrastructure across the United States, restoring forests, watersheds, and working lands that deliver lasting ecological and economic benefits alongside verified carbon removal. Founded in 2022, the company combines land acquisition, project finance, forestry, and carbon market expertise to develop and operate projects at scale. For additional information on Chestnut, its strategies and environmental stewardship, please visit https://chestnutcarbon.com/.

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