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"L’Oreal recognises opportunities within our sector associated with sourcing and marketing sustainably sourced materials." Francis Quinn, L’Oreal
"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
"Weyerhaeuser's reputation depends on managing its forests sustainably and otherwise purchasing wood from responsible sources." Cassie Phillips, Weyerhaeuser
"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
"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
"Our participation in this project will help guide internal efforts to create transparency in our supply chain." Frank Henke, adidas Group
"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
"We have always managed Sainsbury’s forest footprint through working with suppliers and industry experts." Judith Batchelar, Sainsbury's
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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

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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

March 8, 2010
Carbon Emissions 'Outsourced' to Developing Countries
Carnegie Institution for Science

February 17, 2010
Hey, green spender: The truth about eco-friendly brands
New Scientist

February 16, 2010
Big business leaves big forest footprints
BBC News

February 11, 2010
Big cities and global farming now driving deforestation, study finds
Guardian

February 9, 2010
Palm oil deal 'a threat to the rainforest'
The Independent

January 29, 2010
UK pledges £50m to tackle Indonesia deforestation
BBC News

January 28, 2010
US Securities and Exchange Commission to Provide Assistance on Climate Change-Related Disclosure
Greenbiz.com

January 17, 2010
Biodiversity nears 'point of no return'
BBC News

December 17, 2009
Everyone agrees on the need to save trees, but the details are still tricky
The Economist

December 11, 2009
Eat less meat and dairy: official recipe to help health of consumers – and the planet
Guardian

November 19, 2009
Gibson Guitar under federal investigation for alleged use of illegal rainforest timber from Madagascar
mongabay.com

November 19, 2009
Deforestation emissions should be shared between producer and consumer, argues study
Mongabay

November 13, 2009
Brazil pledges deep emissions cut by 2020
Reuters

November 1, 2009
Beef exporters unite against Amazon deforestation
New Agriculturist

October 20, 2009
UN report slams existing biofuel policies
Guardian

October 16, 2009
Deforestation and the true cost of Europe's cheap meat
Guardian

October 1, 2009
Climate change threatens Brazil's rich agriculture
Reuters

September 10, 2009
Acacia avenue. How to save Indonesia’s dwindling rainforests
The Economist

September 9, 2009
'Sustainable' palm oil campaign banned by ASA
Guardian

August 15, 2009
Oil giants destroy rainforests to make palm oil diesel for motorists
The Times

August 13, 2009
Brazil meat co Bertin to refuse cattle from Amazon

August 6, 2009
Adidas, Clarks, Nike and Timberland agree moratorium on illegal Amazon leather

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