Transcript Introducing TFT A Non-profit private sector model to fight deforestation What is TFT? A UK Registered non-profit (charity) • 90+ staff (>75% in field.

Introducing TFT
A Non-profit private sector model to fight
deforestation
What is TFT?
A UK Registered non-profit (charity)
• 90+ staff (>75% in field locations)
Offices in 14 countries
• UK, Switzerland, France, US
• Indonesian, Malaysia, China, Vietnam, India, Laos
• Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of Congo
• Brazil
We’re a MEMBERSHIP based organization
• > 85 member companies – retailers, manufacturer, suppliers – growing rapidly
Please visit us at www.tft-forests.org
What drives us?
We’re Passionate about:
People, Products & the Environment
We believe we can be best in the world at:
Helping businesses deliver Responsible Products
What Do We Do?
Businesses
Engage
Transform
Pragmatic
On-the-ground
Deliver
Brand value
Profits – Good Wood Good Business
Something of our History
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Illegal wood
FSC wood
Policy support
Comms support
Traceability
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How Do We Do It?
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Donors
Comms
NGO
Customer
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TA, Comms
Retailer
Finished
product
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Manufacturer
Raw
materials
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$$
Tech.
Assistance to
FSC
Raw Material
Producer
FSC wood
Some Achievements
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Transformed the Global Garden Furniture Industry
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First FSC Certificates achieved in Peninsula Malaysia, Indochina, Congo
Basin, Community forests in Indonesia, Laos
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Legality certificates; excluding illegal wood through SE Asia, Africa, Brazil,
China
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Won Global Awards - “Biso na Biso”
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Grew the business, added new members, survived 2009!
But….13 million hectares of forest lost per year, mostly through agriculture
expansion
• Cattle ranching, soy, Palm oil – used in consumer products
15% of all GHG emissions from tropical deforestation
Can we do more?
Something of our History cont…
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Illegal wood
FSC wood
Policy support
Comms support
Traceability
Beyond Wood
Forest Responsible Products
Delivering Responsible Products
Responsible Products
Respect the environment and improve peoples’ lives at all points in the supply
chain
• Wood
• Pulp & Paper
• Palm Oil
• Leather
All Underway
• Cotton
• Stone
• Sugar, Soy, Cocoa – preliminary discussions
• Any product really……
It’s about one end of the supply chain taking RESPONSIBILITY for what
happens at the other end
How Do We Do It?
Banks
$$
Donors
Comms
NGO
Customer
$$
TA, Comms
Retailer
Finished
product
$$
Manufacturer
Raw
materials
$$
$$
Raw Material
Producer
Tech.
Assistance to
become RP
Cert
standard
Our Partnership with Nestlé
May 17th 2010:
“No Deforestation” Commitment & Responsible Sourcing Guidelines (RSGs)
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Compliance with all laws and regulations
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Protect High Conservation Value Forest (HCVF)
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Respect Free, Prior & Informed Consent for IPs and local communities
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Protect Peat lands
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Protect High Carbon Stock (HCS) forests
Sent a crystal clear message to ALL suppliers across ALL commodities that it’s
time to innovate deforestation out of their products
Link to RSPO….RSGs = Nestlé Sustainability Standard - not new cert scheme
Our Partnership with Nestlé
Our Approach – Engaging & Transforming
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Identify key markets – India, Thailand, China
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Supply chain mapping; Risk mapping
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RSG Checklist development
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Traceability - Exploring the “Natural Segregation” Model
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Stakeholder Engagement
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RSG Assessments
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Supplier meetings, other markets, mapping
GAR Forest Conservation Policy
A Genuine Breakthrough in the global palm oil industry
GAR wants to ensure that its palm oil operations have no deforestation
footprint. Core to this is:
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No development on high carbon stock forests
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No development on high conservation value forest areas
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No development of peat lands (regardless of depth)
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Free, Prior and Informed Consent for indigenous and local communities
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Compliance with all relevant laws and National interpretation of RSPO P&C
Mirrors the Nestlé RSGs
Scaling Up
Buyers critical
Bankers, investors – critical
This will only work if those that make the NO DEFORESTATION
COMMITMENT are rewarded i.e. more profits, greater shareholder value
Let’s speak clearly – it’s 100% about $$$$$$$$
And that’s OK! And that’s where we really need the financial services sector to
come in – it’s not all about cost!
TFT’s NO DEFORESTATION
COMMITMENT
Nestlé RSGs are excellent – clear message to supply chain partners
But…Nestlé buys 0.7% of palm oil traded on the global market
Our model needs leverage to TRANSFORM
So, we need others to make the NO DEFORESTATION COMMITMENT too!
We need to give raw material growers a clear, overwhelming message:
“If you’ve got DEFORESTATION in your product, we can’t buy it!”
And Finally…
Deforestation is a supply chain issue….
TFT model is about one end of supply chain taking responsibility for what
happens at the other end
We’ve shown in the past with wooden products what CAN be achieved
The NO DEFORESTATION COMMITMENT can have a mighty big impact if we
can only get leverage
“Ten years ago, Greenpeace and its counterparts were lambasting virtually the
entire industry as unsustainable, socially exploitative and environmentally
destructive. Now, they're suggesting that if GAR/TFT standards were
applied across the whole sector, the war would virtually be over.”
Richard Black, BBC Science & Environment Correspondent
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/richardblack/
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