• "L’Oreal recognises opportunities within our sector associated with sourcing and marketing sustainably sourced materials." Francis Quinn, L’Oreal
• "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
• "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
• "Our participation in this project will help guide internal efforts to create transparency in our supply chain." Frank Henke, adidas Group
• "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
• "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
• "Weyerhaeuser's reputation depends on managing its forests sustainably and otherwise purchasing wood from responsible sources." Cassie Phillips, Weyerhaeuser
• "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
• "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
• "We have always managed Sainsbury’s forest footprint through working with suppliers and industry experts." Judith Batchelar, Sainsbury's
• "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
• "Deforestation has been losing us an estimated US$ 2-5 trillion of welfare benefits every year." Pavan Sukhdev, TEEB/Deutsche Bank
• "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 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
• "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

Forest Footprint Disclosure (FFD) is a special project of the Global Canopy Foundation, initiated in 2008. FFD engages with private sector companies to ask them to disclose their current understanding of their ‘forest footprint’ based on exposure to five key commodities - soy, palm oil, timber, cattle products and biofuels - in their operations and/or their supply chains.   All these commodities have the potential to be sourced from recently deforested land.  FFD goes beyond simple disclosure and acts as a catalyst for investors to really engage with the companies in their portfolios on this issue. [read more]

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June 2011: FFD launches third annual Disclosure Request

FFD has launched its third annual Disclosure Request. The 2011 Disclosure Request was sent to 360 global companies on June 16th. Last year, 78 companies participated in the Disclosure Request and FFD hopes that it will see even greater participation this year. If your company would like to participate in the FFD Disclosure Request 2011, please contact the .

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9th May 2011: FFD hosts 'Peak Soya?' Event at the Royal Society, London

FFD jointly hosted a high-level meeting with the Royal Society bringing together leading researchers with companies and their investors involved in forest risk commodities such as soy to explore how current and potential future trends in South American climate, land use and policy could affect commodity supply chains. The under-lying issue addressed was - How can the corporate and financial sectors manage these risks and enter into a new dialogue with researchers at the forefront of thinking? Read more and access the day's presentations

''...'Peak Soya?' has been a superb arena for like-minded parties to come together, discuss the big issues and share knowledge...'' Patrick Spink, Environment Executive, British Airways 

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27th January 2011: Forest Footprint Disclosure launches its second Annual Review

Now in its second year, the Forest Footprint Disclosure Project has grown considerably. The second Annual Review – making available the results of the 2010 disclosure request – is now available for download (PDF, 5Mb).

Read the associated press release. Please contact  for queries related to the Annual Review. For press and other queries, please contact or telephone us on +44(0) .

 

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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.

 

 

 

 

Why Forest Disclosure?

The key commodities driving deforestation:

Timber

Beef

Soy

Palm oil

Biofuels