Ethical sourcing – the root of success - FSC New Zealand · and paper used in Europe is certified...
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Saw Mill Factory Print Book Shop Forest Stewardship Council ® “ Sustainability is becoming a business imperative; doing nothing is no longer an option. It is about securing your business for the future.” PricewaterhouseCoopers 1 Demand... Demand for sustainable timber and paper in the UK has grown even faster. 2009 2010 US$2300 million US$2686 million Illegal logging Every two seconds, somewhere on Earth an area of forest the size of a football pitch is clear-cut by illegal loggers. 3 Products of illegal timber trade can be found everywhere, from building sites to private homes. 4 The world’s leading forest certification organisation Going up... Despite difficult economic conditions, worldwide demand for goods branded as “ethical” continues to grow. For example, in the UK... 2 Benefits of FSC certification Meet the FSC Top three opportunities. 5 From forest to store with the FSC The highest environmental and conservation standards have been applied. The rights and needs of local people and workers have been respected. The product has been tracked from the forest to the store. It’s not just timber for building and paper products that can be certified… Much of the responsibly managed timber and paper used in Europe is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC ® ). An FSC logo means you can be confident you are not contributing to the destruction of the world’s forests. 150,000,000 hectares of forest worldwide are managed to FSC standards 6 www.fsc.org 1 PricewaterhouseCoopers: Sustainability - Are Consumers Buying it? 2008 2 Ethical Consumerism Report 2011: The Co-operative Group 3 The World Bank: Justice for Forests - Improving Criminal Justice Efforts to Combat Illegal Logging, March 2012 4 FSC Website: About Us – www.FSC-uk.org/?page_id=5 5 FSC Business Value and Growth: Global Market Survey 2011 6 FSC: Facts and Figures on FSC growth and markets, February 2012 Increased supply of ethical material or products 53.9% 30.9% 25.9% Additional clients Promotion of FSC labelled products 1st 2nd 3rd International Non-profit Founded 1993 Democratic 800+ members Forests in 79 countries Endorsed by WWF, Greenpeace, Oxfam, Fundecor and Altropico Non-governmental 8.8% growth 16.8% growth FSC-SECR-0002 > 10,000,000 7,500,000 – 9,999,999 5,000,000 – 7,499,999 2,500,000 – 4,999,999 1,000,000 – 2,499,999 750,000 – 999,999 500,000 – 749,999 250,000 – 499,999 100 – 249,999 none 2009 US$69.8bn 2010 US$75.9bn Ethical sourcing – the root of success
Transcript of Ethical sourcing – the root of success - FSC New Zealand · and paper used in Europe is certified...
Saw Mill
Factory
Book Shop
Forest Stewardship Council®
“ Sustainability is becoming a business imperative; doing nothing is no longer an option. It is about securing your business for the future.”
PricewaterhouseCoopers1
Demand...Demand for sustainable timber and paper in the UK has grown even faster.
2009 2010US$2300 million US$2686
million
Illegal loggingEvery two seconds, somewhere on Earth an area of forest the size of a football pitch is clear-cut by illegal loggers.3
Products of illegal timber trade can be found everywhere, from building sites to private homes.4
The world’s leading forest certification organisation
Going up...Despite difficult economic conditions, worldwide demand for goods branded as “ethical” continues to grow. For example, in the UK...2
Benefits of FSC certification
Meet the FSC
Top three opportunities.5
From forest to store with the FSC
The highest environmental
and conservation standards have been applied.
The rights and needs of local people and workers have been respected.
The product has been tracked
from the forest to the store.
It’s not just timber for building and paper products that can be certified…
Much of the responsibly managed timber and paper used in Europe is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC®).
An FSC logo means you can be confident you are not contributing to the destructionof the world’s forests.
150,000,000 hectares of forest worldwide are managed to FSC standards6
www.fsc.org1 PricewaterhouseCoopers: Sustainability - Are Consumers Buying it? 20082 Ethical Consumerism Report 2011: The Co-operative Group3 The World Bank: Justice for Forests - Improving Criminal Justice Efforts to Combat Illegal Logging, March 2012
4 FSC Website: About Us – www.FSC-uk.org/?page_id=55 FSC Business Value and Growth: Global Market Survey 20116 FSC: Facts and Figures on FSC growth and markets, February 2012
Increased supply of
ethical material or
products53.9%30.9% 25.9%
Additional clients
Promotion of FSC
labelled products
1st
2nd3rd
International
Non-profit
Founded 1993
Democratic800+ members
Forests in 79 countries
Endorsed by WWF, Greenpeace, Oxfam, Fundecor and Altropico
Non-governmental
8.8% growth
16.8% growth
FSC-SECR-0002
> 10,000,0007,500,000 – 9,999,9995,000,000 – 7,499,9992,500,000 – 4,999,9991,000,000 – 2,499,999750,000 – 999,999500,000 – 749,999250,000 – 499,999100 – 249,999none
2009US$69.8bn
2010US$75.9bn
Ethical sourcing – the root of success
