Josh Strauss

Josh Strauss serves as President of Environmental Products at Anew Climate, a global leader in diverse climate solutions. Strauss brings expertise in developing and implementing innovative strategies to reduce carbon footprints and restore the environment, with particular focus on the sourcing, analysis, and development of Improved Forest Management, Afforestation, and Avoided Forest Conversion carbon offset projects.

Strauss is a land-use carbon specialist experienced in forest mensuration and geospatial analysis, with credentials including a degree accredited by the Society of American Foresters and certification from the CA Air Resources Board as a Forest Verifier. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from UC Santa Barbara and Master's degrees in Forestry and Environmental Management from Duke University. Strauss is a Doris Duke Conservation Fellow and Tinker Foundation Grant recipient.

Career History

• President, Environmental Products at Anew (2024–present)
• Senior Vice President, Natural Climate Solutions at Anew (2022–2024)
• Senior Vice President, Natural Climate Solutions at The Forestland Group (2022–2024)
• Vice President at Bluesource Inc. (2012–2021)
• Forest Carbon Project Development Contractor at Duke Carbon Offsets Initiative (2012)

What Josh Strauss could bring to President of Environmental Products at Anew Climate: Based on his demonstrated career trajectory in forest carbon markets, Strauss brings deep technical expertise in offset project development combined with increasingly strategic leadership experience. His recent role advancing Anew's expansion into Singapore for high-integrity carbon solutions and involvement in landmark corporate carbon removal agreements protecting hundreds of thousands of acres position him to scale Anew's environmental products division during a period of growing demand for credible nature-based climate solutions.