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In order to receive the wide range of benefits and services of joining the GFTN-UK, participants are required:
- to work with WWF to trace all non credibly certified wood products back to forest source;
- to phase out all forest sources that are illegal, are the subject of unresolved social conflict or have high conservation value, unless credibly certified;
- to obtain substantial and increasing volumes of credibly certified wood and/or paper products;
- to make publicly availabl a clear statement of timber/paper policy, which meets WWF Global Forest & Trade Network requirements;
- to submit annually to the GFTN-UK a report on forest product use, including an annual action plan with SMART targets for improvement and;
- to comply with the Membership Guidance, Requirements and Communication Code of Practice, and not make any misleading or unsubstantiated claims about the forest products they sell.
All potential members of the GFTN-UK are assessed against their capacity and willingness to deliver these objectives prior to joining the network, as performance is assessed annually.
We monitor the members' business as it operates in the UK, and it is important that the business purchasing is reported on in full.
A critical first step of membership is to eliminate supplies where the forest source is not known, or the source is known but does not comply with the purchasing policy. The policy will include points such as eliminating products made from illegally harvested timber, or from forests that have been inappropriately clear-cut and converted to other land uses.
Members must work to trace all their timber and/or paper products back to the forest source. This is usually done by means of supplier questionnaires.