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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

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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

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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

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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