SFI "Future Forests" - The 2014 National Progress Report

We appreciate the progress made in 2013 by The Sustainability Consortium, GreenBlue, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development's Forest Solutions Group, the Consumer Goods Forum and the National Association of State Foresters for developing and renewing statements, positions, resolutions and performance indicators that continue to send a signal that certification is a valued proof point of responsible forestry. And thanks to those signals in the supply chain, the forest area and reach of the SFI community continues to grow. With one-quarter billion acres [100 million hectares] certified to the SFI Standard and many more positively influenced by SFI fiber sourcing, SFI has the necessary scale to influence the future of our forests. That scale is equivalent to an area larger than the forested land in the top-eight forested l.l.S. states combined - Texas, California, Oregon, Montana, New Mexico, Georgia, Alabama and Colorado. That's also bigger than the combined forested lands in British Columbia, Alberta, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador. With this scale comes responsibility. SFI's living reality lab of working forests is a place where responsible forest management is practiced and research is conducted to develop tools and practices to further enhance our conservation contribution across working forests and a larger landscape.

Our influence has grown by actively focusing on research, conservation partnerships and community-building. The SFI program responds to local needs and issues across North America through 34 SFI Implementation Committees at state, provincial and regional levels. Working together, this diverse network results in many of the stats, facts and successes shared on the following pages.