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, to chart a course to the transformation of individual forest companies, the sector and the broader economic system in which they operate.
Forest companies contribute toward nature-positive by promoting sustainable forest management practices in the forests they manage and source from. The perpetual cycle of harvesting and planting ensures a renewable supply of wood for the circular bioeconomy while providing multiple benefits such as carbon sequestration, clean water, habitat and economic livelihood.
Forest companies contribute toward nature-positive by halting and reversing the impacts on nature related to the processing of harvested wood, and the manufacturing of products for everyday use, such as pulp, paper, packaging, tissue paper, building materials, biomaterials or bioenergy.
Forest companies contribute toward nature-positive by reducing the impacts of transportation, and by working with customers and other downstream partners to stimulate the use, reuse and recycling of sustainable forest products and waste streams, as well as their safe disposal.
