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A joint project by World Resources
Institute (WRI) World Business Council for
Sustainable Development (WBCSD) Sustainable
Procurement of Wood Paper-Based Products
UN-FAO/ECE Forest Communicators
Network Communication Opportunities, Challenges
Strategies 13 May 2008, Bilbao, Spain James
Griffiths, WBCSD
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Agenda

• Introduction to the Sustainable Procurement (SP)
  of Wood and Paper-Based Products project
• What is it?
• Who developed it...why.and for whom?
• What are its key elements?
• How to use it.
• How to get SP project materials.
• Summary.

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1. What is the Sustainable Procurement (SP)
project?

• Information guides
• designed to help customers develop their own
  procurement policies for wood and paper-based
  products
• Decision support tools
• provides credible simple information on
  existing approaches to the responsible
  procurement of wood and paper-based products from
  legal sustainable sources

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1. SP project three components

• Introduction to Sustainable Procurement
• Executive Summary (20 pages)
• An introduction for senior purchasing executives
  responsible for paper procurement policies -
  outlines key issues
• Released October 2007
• Sustainable Procurement Guide and Resource Kit
• Guide and Resource Kit (ring binder, 100 pages)
• A procedures manual for the purchasing officer
  who implements paper procurement decisions
• Detailed guide to 23 existing approaches,
  extensive glossary and references
• Released April 2008
• Website www.SustainableForestProds.org
• Hosted by WRI with additional information sources
• Ongoing revisions and updates of the Guide
  on-line

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2. Who developed it?

• World Resources Institute (WRI)
• Information and policy NGO based in Washington
  DC, USA
• Practical solutions to move society to live in
  ways that protect the Earths environment and its
  capacity
• www.wri.org
• World Business Council for Sustainable
  Development (WBCSD)
• Business NGO based in Geneva, Switzerland with a
  significant forest, paper and packaging member
  cluster
• 210 global companies committed to making a
  difference through sustainable development
• www.wbcsd.org
• Financial Support from Bank of America WBCSD

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2. Why did we develop it?

• Responding to requests from suppliers and
  customers on how to understand and use the many
  existing approaches claiming to support the
  responsible procurement of sustainable wood
  paper-based products

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2. For whom?

• Wood Paper-based product marketers
• Sales Marketing Information tool
• Private and Public sector customers who
• Are significant users purchasers of
• wood, pulp, paper paper packaging
• Do not have in house wood paper product
  processing expertise
• Concerned or confused by the proliferation of
  approaches
• Want to source on a responsible sustainable
  basis and are seeking a procedures guide

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2. Two key objectives

• Assist wood paper customers understand, select
  and use relevant existing approaches with
  confidence.
• 2. Help expand the market for sustainable wood
  paper-based products.
  

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3. Key elements - Introduction released in Sept 07

• Introduction to Sustainable Procurement
• 10 key questions
• Two summary tables mapping 23 approaches (wood
  paper)
• Supply chain
• Geography
• Main issues addressed
• Characterization
• Contacts
• Glossary Website

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3. Ten key issues related to sustainable
procurement
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3. Guide Resource Kit April release

• Ten key issues and questions when formulating a
  sustainable procurement policy for paper-based
  products.
• Comparative information on the (23) existing
  approaches and their relevance and utility in
  addressing each of these key procurement issues.
• Plus extensive information on many topics,
  including traceability, supply chain management,
  eco labels, legality, recycling, plantations,
  special places, climate change, pollutants
• Additional resources on SFM and sustainable
  production procurement
• Terminology Acronyms Glossary de-mystifying
  sustainable forest management jargon and
  terminology for lay customers
• References

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3. Scope Paper Approaches highlighted
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3. Selecting approaches key factors

• Which organizations are behind the program?
• Sector specific (NGO, government or industry) or
  multi-stakeholder
• What is the scope of initiative/tool?
• Alignment with the users supply chain, product
  focus or geographic scope?
• What are the stated goals and mission of the
  initiative/tool?
• Consistent with the users business strategy and
  long term vision?
• What opportunities are there for user input into
  future decisions about the initiative/tool?
• Does it take a holistic approach, covering a
  sufficiently broad array of issues associated
  with sustainable procurement ?

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3. Special website hosted by WRI

• www.SustainableForestProds.org
• Download or Order-on-line the Introduction
  Guide
• Additional resources
• Ongoing updates on new approaches and changes to
  existing approaches
• Three new paper product approaches since
  September!!
• Envelope Manufacturers Association - Paper
  Envelop Environmental Awareness Tool kit CD ROM
• WWF Guide to Buying Paper
• New Zealand Government Paper Procurement
  scorecard

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4. How to use the SP Guide

• Wood Paper customers can use it to
• Formulate their own sustainable procurement
  policies.
• Select use with greater confidence those
  existing approaches that are relevant to their
• Wood Paper purchasing needs
• Core company values
• The expectations of their customers
  stakeholders

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4. SoCustomers can

• Use all or select key issue questions to frame
  their sustainable procurement policy, defining
  their specific requirements
• Select relevant existing approaches to implement
  their sustainable procurement decisions
• Access background information as needed.

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5. How to get SP project materials

• Hard copies of Introduction 2 samples of the
  full Guide here today
• Order or Download either Introduction and the
  Guide Resource Kit from WRI, WBCSD or SFP
  websites (free)
• Visit www.SustainableForestProds.org for
  additional resources and ongoing updates

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6. Summary the project

• Expand market for sustainable wood and
  paper-based products
• Information Decision support tools for major
  customers suppliers and other users
• Provides impartial, simple credible information
  on key issues existing approaches
• Help customers to formulate and implement their
  procurement policies and requirements

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6. Summary - Future issues

• Ongoing proliferation of approaches will
  continue
• Three new approaches since September!!
• Sustainable procurement is a lot more than
  simple forest certification
• Processing impacts Life Cycle of products
  becoming important
• Carbon emissions next focus!!
• Social issues emerging rapidly
• Global scale customers will increasingly use a
  portfolio of approaches e.g.
• certification CO2 emissions special
  requirements!!

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6. Summary project design

• World Resource Institute
• Independent technical assessment
• Liaison with approach managers/owners NGOs
• Involve customers in content design
• Time Inc (paper), KCC (specialty fiber), P G
  (packaging)
• 2 types of publication (Intro and Manual) plus
  website access
• Targeted promotion
• User events over the next 12 months
• Translation of Intro in Portuguese, Spanish
  Chinese
• Generic trade publication article
• Continuity next 3 years
• Process and resources to update for amended new
  approaches

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For more information

• www. sustainableforestprods.
• org