Promoting Sustainable Forestry

3,951

Number of suppliers who received information on reforestation and best management practices
in 2011

We are strong supporters of promoting sustainable forestry. A few examples of our work in North America in 2011 are provided below:

• We purchased wood directly from 1,919 private forest owners and provided them with information on reforestation and best management practices.
• We provided information on reforestation and best management practices to 3,951 indirect suppliers, such as loggers who supply logs to third-party sawmills that sell their residual chips to us.
• We communicated our procurement policies to loggers, chip suppliers, wood dealers and other raw-material suppliers.
• In the United States, we provided information about sustainable forestry to more than 1,900 family forest owners. About 350 of these owners—who manage a total of more than 130,000 acres—participated in our Land Owner Assistance Program. In 2011, we helped these owners develop forest-management plans, provided 1.1 million seedlings at no cost, and helped regenerate 1,856 acres through planting and 3,737 acres through natural regeneration.