Forest Footprint Disclosure

"Weyerhaeuser's reputation depends on managing its forests sustainably and otherwise purchasing wood from responsible sources." Cassie Phillips, Weyerhaeuser
"We actively support the role of FFD in improving transparency of company progress at all levels in the supply chain and in advancing sustainable practices." Freddie Woolfe, Hermes Equity Ownership Services
"Gaining and maintaining market share by providing eco-labelled products is an opportunity that we recognise, FFD participation provides a welcome opportunity for us to share our values." Peter Gardiner, Mondi
"I don’t see this as an exercise to showcase the good and criticise the bad, instead it’s an opportunity to help companies reduce their forest footprint." Jonathon Counsell, British Airways
"We welcome the FFD project as an important step on the path to reducing deforestation and hope that our experience is useful to other companies." Lauren Orme, Marks and Spencer
"Deforestation has been losing us an estimated US$ 2-5 trillion of welfare benefits every year." Pavan Sukhdev, TEEB/Deutsche Bank
"We have always managed Sainsbury’s forest footprint through working with suppliers and industry experts." Judith Batchelar, Sainsbury's
"Our participation in this project will help guide internal efforts to create transparency in our supply chain." Frank Henke, adidas Group
"Carrefour Brazil, within the framework of the ABRAS, has called for credible third party audits to ensure beef products are not from deforested areas of the Amazon." Paul Rowsome, Carrefour Group
"We are committed to procuring biomass on a sustainable basis. Completing the FFD questionnaire has helped us to think more broadly about our procurement policy impacts." Nigel Burdett, Drax Power
"FFD provides a useful forum for us to share our experience and our aim is to have 100% third party certified sustainable materials in our supply chain as soon as they are available." Pekka Tuovinen, Neste Oil
"Climate change and sustainability issues represent an important growth area for our business and we are keen to engage with other FFD participants." Mark Gough, Reed Elsevier
"As a responsible company, we value good relations with suppliers and want to work with suppliers who acknowledge the need to focus on sustainability." Annette Hansen, Danisco
"L’Oreal recognises opportunities within our sector associated with sourcing and marketing sustainably sourced materials." Francis Quinn, L’Oreal
"As an industry leader, IOI Group has targeted to have all growing areas under its control RSPO certified by the end of 2011." Donald C. Grubba, IOI Group

The Forest Footprint Disclosure Project (FFD Project) is a new initiative, backed by 45 financial institutions with over $4 trillion in collective assets under management, created to help investors identify how an organisation’s activities and supply chains contribute to deforestation, and link this 'forest footprint' to their value...[read more]

Santander endorses the FFD Project The 2010 cycle of the Forest Footprint Disclosure Project was kickstarted on 8th June, in São Paulo, the financial capital of Latin America and the business heart of Brazil. The launch happened in the headquarters of Santander Bank - the first financial institution in Latin America to endorse the FFD Project. The Brazilian meatpacker Marfrig and Kimberly-Clark also announced their commitment to answer our disclosure request this year... [read more]

On 10 February, 180 representatives of the corporate and financial sectors gathered in the City of London to hear at first-hand the results of the first Annual Review of the Forest Footprint Disclosure Project. The Review analyses questionnaires answered by 35 international companies that innovated by disclosing information that helps assess how their activities directly or indirectly contributed to deforestation...[read more]

The inaugural Forest Footprint Disclosure Annual Review - making available the results of the 2009 disclosure request - is now available for download (over 6 MB).

View the media release 'International Brands Lead the Way in Disclosing their Global Forest Footprint' from the Review's launch.

You'll also find more information on the site about the initiative, about forest footprints and each of the key commodities behind them, and how and why your company should participate. Please contact us for further information on the project, or for press enquiries.

The Project's Global Forest Footprints Report, provides a concise overview of how businesses around the world contribute to deforestation.