environmental leadership: making the right choices for paper and practicing environmental...
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ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP
Making the Right Choices for Paper and Practicing
Environmental Stewardship
About FPAC
• 21 member companies• Represent 2/3 of certified forest area in Canada• Work on behalf of wood, pulp and paper producers at
both the national and international levels• Represent industry interests on issues including the
economy, trade, and the environment• Encourage positive branding of industry • Promote highest standards of forest management• Involved with research and development and analysis
About Boxfish
• Work to create sustainable transformations• Work with governmets, established businesses, new
technologies and advocacy groups• Linking reliable, prosperous businesses to a healthier
more livable environment• EcoOpportunity
Building Environmental Credentials in Forestry
Building Environmental Credentials
Social Licence to Operate•We get it•We’re doing something about it•We can do better
Building Environmental Credentials
Sustainability Commitments• Certification (2002)• Sustainability Initiative (2005)• Illegal Logging (2006)• Traceability (2006)• Conservation Planning (2006)• Carbon-neutrality (2007)• Bio-pathways (2010)• Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement (2010)
Forging a Collaborative Path
New Social Dialogue• Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement
• New collaborative relationship• 3-year commitment: suspension of logging/suspension of
campaigns• Solution space
• FPAC members commit to the highest environmental standards of forest management and conservation.
• Environmental organizations commit to global recognition and support for FPAC members’ efforts.
Forging a Collaborative Path
• Forest Practices - World Leading• Protected Areas Network - Fill gaps where possible• Caribou - Accelerate recovery planning• Climate Change - Adopt full lifecycle approach• Industry Prosperity - Improve economic conditions• Market Recognition - Visible ENGO support for
industry and products in the marketplace
Responsible Sourcing
Responsible Sourcing
• Environmental credentials articulated through responsible sourcing principles:– Harvest legally– Regenerate promptly– Reduce waste, support recovery and recycling– Reduce greenhouse gases and help fight climate change– Welcome independent scrutiny of how they manage forests
• Supported by a new social dialogue– Environmental credentials include relationships with
conservation and environmental NGOs
Thank you