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About GFTN
GFTN is WWF's initiative to eliminate illegal logging and transform the global marketplace into a force for saving the world's valuable and threatened forests.
By facilitating trade links between companies committed to achieving and supporting responsible forestry, the GFTN creates market conditions that help conserve the world’s forests while providing economic and social benefits for the businesses and people that depend on them. The GFTN considers independent, multi-stakeholder-based forest certification a vital tool in this progression and helps infuse the principles of responsible forest management and trade practices throughout the supply chain. Learn how it works...
GFTN Participants...
- emcompasses more than 286 participating companies, employing 2.8 million people worldwide.
- represent 16% of all forest products traded internationally every year, with combined annual sales of US$66 billion.
- are engaged in 200 trading deals with other GFTN participants, worth US$95 million.
- manage over 20.2 million ha of certified forests and 7.2 million ha in progress to certification
- trade 16% of the volume of internationally trade timber and fibre
- support 42,749 local families through community operations
How to join the GFTN?
GFTN participants are communities, companies, and organizations that have a significant impact on valuable and threatened forests. Current GFTN participants include multinational timber companies, communities managing traditional forest lands, construction companies and those who produce the lumber they use, manufacturers producing specialty products for niche markets, retail chains, architects, and family-owned distribution companies.
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GFTN Updates
Domtar Instrumental in Increasing Availability of Certified Copy Paper in U.S.
Recognized as a leader in sustainable growth in the pulp and paper industry, Domtar Corporation—the world’s second largest integrated manufacturer and marketer of uncoated freesheet paper and GFTN-North America Participant—continues to deliver on ...
GFTN Quarterly Newsletter, January 2010
Major highlights include:
* Rising to the Challenge: Williams-Sonoma Joins GFTN-North America on a Sustainable Sourcing Trip
* Greening Supply Chains: Home Retail Group Conducts Responsible Timber Sourcing ...
Rising to the Challenge
As the third largest consumer of wood products, the US furniture industry has a critical role to play in influencing the sustainability of the forest products supply chain by helping suppliers transition to ethical and environmentally responsible ...