Business View Magazine | Volume 8, Issue 6

70 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 8, ISSUE 6 AT A GLANCE FIRST RESOURCE MANAGEMENT GROUP (FRMG) WHAT: Provider of specialized forest management services WHERE: Headquarters in North Bay, Ontario WEBSITE: www.frmginc.com FIRST RESOURCE MANAGEMENT GROUP INC. F orest management plays a significant role in the overall timber value chain. Its purpose is to promote and achieve the three pillars of sustainability: economic, social and environmental. Most companies in the forest industry run their own forest management departments. First Resource Management Group (FRMG) is changing this by offering forest-management-as-a-service (FMaaS). This unique service leverages a team of specialized forest experts to deliver sophisticated forest management services to the forest industry. These services benefit companies large and small. As a contract forest manager for forest tenure holders, the company oversees close to a fifth of all the area of undertaking (harvestable forest) in Ontario, establishing them as a critical partner for forward-thinking timber companies in the area. The company also provides other specialized forest management and information services from coast to coast with its SkyForestTM technology, which uses satellites to provide detailed information about forests. Yet, as Phil Green, CEO of FRMG, acknowledges, they have bigger ideas to bring to market to continue fulfilling their mandate of getting the right wood to the right mill at the right cost, SOPHISTICATED FOREST MANAGEMENT