From Vision to Action: Promoting Responsible Forest Management and Trade Ian Gray Responsible Forest Coordinator GFTN October, 2009.

From Vision to Action: Promoting Responsible Forest

Management and Trade

Ian Gray

Responsible Forest

Coordinator

GFTN

October, 2009

Why Are You Here?

Maybe you…

• Have concerns about Lacey and don’t know what to do…

• Want to commit to industry leadership in responsible sourcing and don’t know how…

• Want strengthened supply chains but need the local context…

• Want to manage your supply chain risk with easy to understand tools and guidance…

Why Does This Matter?

• Your brand is your business

• Your supply chain is your security

• Your social license to operate is crucial

• Your customers are increasingly “green”

• You have the choice:

• Lead or follow

• Set the pace or get dragged along

Why GFTN?

• Local to global expertise• GFTN has over 80 staff in 30 countries • WWF has 5400 staff in 40 countries

• Extended network• Strong connections with local NGOs,

Universities, Governments

• Proven program• Largest and longest running “stepwise

approach” program in the world

GFTN Participants Across the Globe

GLOBAL TOTALS (October 2009)

296 Companies 27 Million Hectares 16% of the Global Forest Products Market35 Countries 19 Million Hectares FSC $66 Billion USD Sales in Forest Products

2.4 Million People Employed

GFTN Participants

• Sell over US$66 billion in forest products per year

• Manage 19 million ha of FSC certified forests, with another 8 million in progress

• Trade 242 million cubic meters of forest products per year

• Have 189 trading deals with other GFTN Participants

• Employ over 2.4 million people

Why work together?

• We can all achieve bigger results working together• Utilize complimentary capacity/skills • Access different networks• Learn from each other

• We may have different goals but we can achieve those through similar means

GFTN at a Glance

VISION: • To transform the global market place into

a force for saving the world’s valuable and threatened forests, while providing economic and social benefits for the businesses and people that depend on them.

GOAL: • Mainstream responsible forest

management and trade by 2020.

Growing Threat: Illegal Logging & Trade Hot Spots

Russia

Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana,

Indonesia

MalaysiaPapua New Guinea

BrazilPeru

IMPACT OF ILLEGAL LOGGING

Global Hardwood Trade: Up to 15% is illegal

Global Illegal Trade: Costs Developing Countries $15

billion per year

Illegal Wood Trade: Depress timber prices by 7-16%

Eastern Europe

China

Ecuador

Is this our vision for global forests?

… or this?

What the GFTN Does:

• Works towards eliminating illegally logged

forest products

• Uses “stepwise approaches” to responsible

forest management and purchasing

• Facilitates trade linkages within a Business-to-

Business framework

• Provides structural support to achieve

responsible sourcing and credible certification

What the GFTN Offers:

• Credible and transparent global framework

for companies to demonstrate best

practices.

• Access to information

• Guidance and access to best practice tools

• Linkages to offices throughout the GFTN

and WWF Networks

Types of GFTN Participant Companies

Forest Participants• Open to forest managers and owners

who are committed to responsible forest management

Trade Participants• Based in all the countries where the

GFTN operates• Open to processors, traders,

manufacturers, importers and retailers• Requires commitment to responsible

purchasing of forest products

From Forest Floor to the Retail Store

MANUFACTURERS

PRIMARY PROCESSORSFOREST MANAGERS

TRADERSRETAILERS

GFTN Tools for Buyers

Case Study 1: GFTN-China: The World’s Factory

• A significant portion of the world’s timber passes through China

• A huge amount of this timber finds its way onto the US markets

• Since the launch of the GFTN-China in 2005, GFTN companies in North America have already created more than 20 trading relationships with GFTN-China Participants with a combined value of over $20 million USD

Conservation through Collaboration:GFTN Allies in Responsible Forestry

Thank You

Local Forests. Global Markets.

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