Pulp & Paper

Hundreds of companies, organization and initiatives have set or defined targets to reduce deforestation by 2020. What can we learn from our efforts over the last decade that can help us achieve more impactful results sooner?

Supply Change offers an extensive resource library on deforestation that companies can use to understand the issue and make progress.

Jurisdictional Approaches enable companies to collaborate with local governments and other stakeholders to increase productivity and reduce deforestation over an entire region, not just in a single supply chain.

The Coalition for Sustainable Livelihoods seeks collective action among diverse stakeholders to improve smallholder livelihoods, economic development and natural resources management in North Sumatra and Aceh.

TFA 2020 brings together governments, private sector and civil society to remove deforestation from palm oil, beef, soy and pulp and paper.

Consumer Goods Forum created palm oil sourcing guidelines.

PEFC is the world's largest forest certification system. The standards seek to transform the way forests are managed.

SFI is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting sustainable forest management through certification.

Supply Change tracks and analyzes corporate environmental commitments and disclosure.

CGF brings retailers and manufacturers together to collaborate. CGF members aim to achieve zero net deforestation by 2020.

This guide from World Resources Institute (WRI) and World Business Council on Sustainable Development (WBCSD) provides simple, clear information about the 10 key issues related to sustainable procurement of wood and paper-based products. The guide is designed as an information support tool to assist users as they develop and implement their own procurement policies for forest products.

The GFTN links more than 100 companies, communities and governments in over 15 countries to create market incentives for responsible forestry and trade practices. The initiative was established in 1991 and is the world’s longest-running and largest forest and trade programme of its kind.