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

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 Illegal woodFSC woodPolicy supportComms support Traceability

How Do We Do It? Raw Material Producer Customer NGO Donors $$ TA, Comms Tech. Assistance to FSC Comms $$ Manufacturer Raw materials Retailer Finished product FSC wood

Some Achievements Transformed the Global Garden Furniture Industry First FSC Certificates achieved in Peninsula Malaysia, Indochina, Congo Basin, Community forests in Indonesia, Laos Legality certificates; excluding illegal wood through SE Asia, Africa, Brazil, China Won Global Awards - “Biso na Biso” 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… Illegal woodFSC woodPolicy supportComms support Traceability Delivering Responsible Products Forest Responsible Products Beyond Wood

Responsible Products Respect the environment and improve peoples’ lives at all points in the supply chain Wood Pulp & Paper Palm Oil Leather 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 All Underway

How Do We Do It? Raw Material Producer Customer NGO $$ Manufacturer Raw materials Retailer Finished product Donors $$ TA, Comms Tech. Assistance to become RP Comms Cert standard Banks

Our Partnership with Nestlé May 17 th 2010: “No Deforestation” Commitment & Responsible Sourcing Guidelines (RSGs) Compliance with all laws and regulations Protect High Conservation Value Forest (HCVF) Respect Free, Prior & Informed Consent for IPs and local communities Protect Peat lands 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 Approach – Engaging & Transforming Identify key markets – India, Thailand, China Supply chain mapping; Risk mapping RSG Checklist development Traceability - Exploring the “Natural Segregation” Model Stakeholder Engagement RSG Assessments Supplier meetings, other markets, mapping Our Partnership with Nestlé

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: No development on high carbon stock forests No development on high conservation value forest areas No development of peat lands (regardless of depth) Free, Prior and Informed Consent for indigenous and local communities 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

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