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

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News from FFD

June 17, 2010
EU set to ban illegal timber from 2012
BBC News

May 3, 2010
Forest footprint makes its mark
Timber Trade Journal

April 7, 2010
CDP To Ask 302 Firms To Report Water Use
Environmental Leader

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Media releases

June 8, 2010
'European Buyers Meet Latin American Suppliers of Commodities Linked to Deforestation'

February 10, 2010
'International Brands Lead the Way in Disclosing their Global Forest Footprint'

December 9, 2009
'Financial and Corporate Sectors Call for Greater Transparency in the Global Supply Chains that Fuel Deforestation at Copenhagen'

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FFD projects in the press

April 7, 2010
CDP To Ask 302 Firms To Report Water Use
Environmental Leader

February 11, 2010
Questionário pode ajudar empresas a acabar com desmatamento no país
CBN Globo Radio

February 11, 2010
The Forest Footprint Disclosure Report 2009
Reuters UK

This first annual survey of international firms' awareness of and willingness to disclose their impacts on forests finds low overall awareness, with some firms leading the pack.

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