Sustainability requires leadership and innovative solutions to local, national, and global environmental challenges—solutions rooted in diverse perspectives and collaborative efforts. The SFI Annual Conference in Montréal, Quebec, brought together over 400 participants across the forest and sustainability sectors to explore how markets, innovation, and nature-based solutions can drive measurable sustainability impacts.

Attendees explored the SFI Climate Smart Forestry Initiative, the role of SFI certification in meeting global market expectations, and heard from forest sector CEOs on how shifting supply chains, evolving trade policies, tariffs, and market transformation are reshaping the forest sector.

Explore highlights from the 2025 SFI Annual Conference.

The SFI conference offers engaging discussions and panels covering the following topics:

• Leveraging SFI Certification for Global Reporting Frameworks and Market Assurances
• Challenging Times and New Opportunities in Forest Sector Markets
• Sustaining Market Demand: The Role of SFI Certification for Current and Future Products
• Indigenous Leadership in Forestry
• From Data to Decisions: Spatial Tools for Sustainable Forest Management
• From Forests to Front Yards
• SFI Climate Smart Forestry: From Science to Practice