The International Council of Forest and Paper Associations (ICFPA) has released its biennial Sustainability Progress Report, which highlights the forest products sector’s global response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Who is ICFPA?
ICFPA serves as a forum of global dialogue, coordination and cooperation. The ICFPA currently represents 18 pulp, paper, wood, and fibre-based associations that encompass 28 countries. This includes many of the top pulp, paper and wood producers around the world. The 2021 ICFPA Sustainability Progress Report shows progress on nearly all of the sector’s performance indicators using the most recent data available (2018-2019). This report demonstrates progress in seven key areas of sustainability; sustainable forest management, renewable energy, greenhouse gas and sulphur dioxide emissions, water use, health and safety, and recycling.
ICFPA president and CEO of Forest Products Association of Canada, Derek Nighbor, said, “In the face of the biggest health and economic crisis of our lifetimes, we are reminded that the global forestry sector has the potential to address some of our most urgent social, environmental, and economic challenges. Forestry workers and forest products are in the unique position to drive our move to a lower-carbon world through sustainable forest management, advancing the forest bioeconomy, and recovering more paper and paper-based packaging for recycling.”
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