Forest Solutions Group
Our Forest Solutions Group (FSG) is the global platform where leading business in the forest products sector build and share solutions to sustainable development. FSG’s mission is to grow an inclusive circular bioeconomy that is rooted in thriving working forests.
The Forest Sector SDG Roadmap released in 2019, provides FSG’s framework for action. As a sign of shared commitment and as a condition of FSG membership, FSG members endorse and adhere to a set of Membership Principles & Responsibilities, and report annually on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to track progress towards achieving the SDGs.
Focus areas
To maximize its contributions to the SDGs, FSG’s work program if built around two mutually reinforcing pillars:
Sustainable Working Forests: Continuously supply renewable materials for the bioeconomy while providing multiple benefits for people and the planet such as carbon sequestration, clean water, habitat, economic livelihoods.
Sustainable Bioeconomy: Lead the transition to a low-carbon and circular economy through the supply of renewable products from sustainable working forests to substitute fossil-based materials.
Click on any of the eight impact areas to learn about FSG members’ commitment, key performance indicators and contributions to the SDGs. For more information, download the Forest Sector SDG Roadmap Implementation Report.
The challenge
We are living in an increasingly resource-constrained world confronted with a climate emergency, the loss of nature and growing inequality. This calls for a radical shift away from fossil-based materials combined with the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, material reuse, and scaling up inclusive business models.
The business case
The forest-based circular bioeconomy, rooted in working forests, is an alternative low-carbon economic model based on the sustainable consumption of biological resources to produce food, feed, products and energy.
The solution
The forest sector lies at the heart of this transition to a low-carbon, circular bioeconomy due to the ability of forests and forest products to capture and store carbon. When sourced responsibly, forest products are renewable, and they can be recycled several times. They can effectively substitute and complement fossil-based materials in sectors such as packaging, construction materials, textiles, bioenergy, pharmaceuticals and even vehicle components.
Highlights
Catalogue of key decarbonization actions
Following Forest Sector Net-Zero Roadmap Phase I, this interactive Catalogue of key decarbonization actions aims to support forest companies in their effort to drive decarbonization by guiding them through the choice and implementation of 10 impactful actions to tackle carbon intensive stages (‘emissions hotpots’) of the value chain of three forest products: Engineered wood products, paper-based consumer packaging, and cellulose-based textiles.
Forest Sector Nature-Positive Roadmap
This report offers a shared definition of nature-positive for the forest sector as a bedrock for subsequent guidance and tools to support forest companies in the implementation of nature-positive strategies. The definition is grounded in a comprehensive set of actions forest companies should take to halt and reverse nature loss along the full value chain and transform the systems in which they operate.
Forest Sector Net-Zero Roadmap (Phase I)
Developed in consultation with 21 key stakeholders this report offers a clear and compelling narrative on the role of sustainable working forests and their products in supporting the transition to a net-zero economy. It calls on peers in the forest sector, policy makers, investors and customers to leverage the full transformative potential of the forest sector.
Publication
27 Nov 2023
Catalogue of key decarbonization actions (Phase II Forest Sector Net-Zero Roadmap)
FSG demonstrates its contribution to 9 sustainable development goals by reporting on Key Performance Indicators on a yearly basis.
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