Funders | Forest Footprint Disclosure

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

About us

The FFD Project has been made possible by funding from the UK Government Department for International Development, and the following charitable foundations: The Global Canopy Foundation, The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, The Waterloo Foundation, and the Rufford Maurice Laing Foundation.