SFI’S FOCUS ON ENVIRONMENTAL,
SOCIAL, AND GOVERNANCE (ESG) THEMES
SFI’S FOCUS ON ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND GOVERNANCE (ESG) THEMES
SFI certification clearly remains a powerful tool to provide customers and producers of forest products with the tools and guidance needed to make responsible supply-chain decisions and achieve sustainable forest management goals. With more than 350 million acres/142 million hectares certified to the SFI Forest Management Standard, and tens of millions of acres positively influenced by the SFI Fiber Sourcing Standard, SFI is creating solutions on a broad scale to address critical environmental, social, and governance (ESG) topics. SFI standards can help with ESG disclosures through third-party audits and demonstrate that your organization addresses climate, fire resiliency, biodiversity and species recovery, and much more.
We’ve developed a variety of content we think will be valuable to your organizations. Here are a few of those items:
Briefing notes on how the SFI standards specifically address ESG topics:
SFI Forest Management Standard
- Biodiversity and Species Recovery (including old growth)
- Climate and Fire Resiliency
- Healthy Communities and Urban Forestry
- Indigenous Peoples’ Rights, Recognition, Relationship Building (including UNDRIP)
- Reducing Risk (avoid deforestation, illegal logging)
- Water Quality, Quantity and Soil Health
- Workforce Development and Training
SFI Fiber Sourcing Standard
SFI Chain of Custody Standard
- Biodiversity and Species Protection
- Reducing Risk (avoid deforestation, illegal logging)
- United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)
Other Resources
- Respecting Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Through the 2022 SFI Standard
- SFI’s Indigenous Relations Commitment: Advancing Respectful Forest-Focused Collaboration
- SFI and Achieving Zero Net Deforestation Goals
This content is evolving and expanding. We’ll let you know when we update these resources.
