Blake Lapthorn were pleased to welcome James Hulse, Director of the Forest Footprint Disclosure project, to its green breakfast on 7 December at Oxford.

1. Forest
Footprint Disclosure
THE FOREST FOOTPRINT DISCLOSURE PROJECT
James Hulse
Director
FFD
General Presentation Autumn 2009

2. What is Forest Footprint Disclosure?
A special project of the Global
Canopy Programme, based in
Oxford
Charitably funded
Started in 2008, just completing
our third year of operations

3. What do we do?
The problem:
deforestation
The causes: cattle,
timber, palm oil, soya
The solution:
reduce demand

4. How do we do it?
69 endorsing asset owners & managers, inc Legal &
General, AXA, Aviva, Schroders: $7 trillion of assets
We send a questionnaire to 360 companies asking them to
disclose their policies on these commodities
Companies chosen for their use of these commodities and
their importance in the supply chain

5. Pride and Prejudice
Emerging markets looking
for wealth creation
Selling off natural capital
for short term gain
Who pays to keep natural
capital?

6. Sense and Sustainability
Certification schemes for
commodities to ensure traceability
and sustainability
Business case: reputational risk,
operational risks & opportunities,
security of supply
Legislative drivers: Lacey Act,
FLEGT, Dutch ban on non-certified
palm oil from 2015

7. Persuasion
DOJ Raids Gibson Guitars
looking for Illegal Wood

8. 87 Participating Companies

9. Participant feedback
• ‘Disclosing to the FFD presents an obvious way for BA to demonstrate its
commitment to tackling environmental issues. It also serves to enhance the airline’s
corporate reputation among an increasingly environmentally aware customer base’
– British Airways
• ‘[FFD] has prompted increased scrutiny of [our] suppliers and given a clearer picture
of how forestry is impacting [our] peers and competitors’
– Mondi
• ‘Completing the FFD questionnaire has helped us to think more broadly about our
procurement policy impacts.’
– Drax
• ‘Our participation in this project will help guide internal efforts to create transparency
in our supply chain.’
– Adidas Group

10. We thank the Institutions below for their
financial support:
CLUA
The Waterloo Foundation
The Esmee Fairbairn Foundation
The Rufford Maurice Laing Foundation
Department for International Development (DfID)