25 July, 2001
International Business And Environmental Leaders Convene to Explore Markets for Well-Managed Forest Products
Portland, Oregon - From September 26-28, 2001, the Certified Forest Products Council (CFPC) with WWF - the conservation organization, will host the premier certified forest products conference in North America. The conference will be convened as a forum to exchange ideas with some of the world’s foremost experts in forest management and to provide a unique opportunity to view first-hand the breadth of certified forest products available on the global market.

5 June, 2001
New Investment Fund joins forces with WWF, the Forest Stewardship Council and the Certified Forest Products Council to save Rainforests
WWF and the Certified Forest Products Council (CFPC) are delighted to announce their support of The Xylem Rainforest Fund, L.P. (XRF), which has stated its commitment to invest in certified forest management companies recognized by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). The target fund size is US$500 million. With this commitment, XRF joins the Global Forest and Trade Network (GFTN) co-ordinated by WWF, along with over 700 member companies and organisations worldwide.

6 April, 2001
Financial Services Company Joins Network of Leaders for Responsible Forestry
London, UK - WWF - the conservation organisation- is delighted to announce that Friends Ivory & Sime, the market leading socially responsible investment manager, has become the first financial services company to join the WWF 95+Group (the UK Forest and Trade Network). Friends Ivory & Sime is also the first to join the global network of over 700 companies worldwide who are committed to producing, purchasing and now investing in forest products from well-managed forests and to supporting independent certification.

27 March, 2001
Business Backs Eco Label
Brussels, Belgium - Decospan, Europe's biggest manufacturer of veneer panelling, announced today it will buy as many wood products as possible from well-managed woodlands - becoming the 50th Belgian company to join Club 97 (Forest and Trade Network Belgium): a group of firms in Belgium backing the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), a unique initiative enabling consumers to identify timber products from environmentally and socially well-managed forests through forest certification and product labelling.

14 March, 2001
Top ten companies can help save the world's forests, a new WWF report shows
London, UK - If managed correctly, one fifth of the world's forests could provide the industrial wood and wood fibre necessary to meet projected future needs, and just 10 companies can help make it happen, shows a new report published today by WWF, the conservation organization.

14 March, 2001
Tropical Forest Trust Receives Prestigious Environmental Award
London, UK - At a ceremony in London today, the Tropical Forest Trust (TFT) received an award from the world's largest conservation organisation - WWF, in recognition of its commitment towards ensuring an increasing area of the world's remaining forests are well managed using the Forest Stewardship Council's (FSC) principles and criteria.

25 January, 2001
WWF and Tembec Inc. Reach Historic Accord to Promote Long-term Sustainability of Canadian Forestry
Montreal, Can - The future prospects for vast tracts of Canada's forests brightened today following an announcement that Tembec Inc., one of the country's largest producers of forest products, has agreed to work with WWF in Canada to promote supply and use of forest products certified to the high environmental standards of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).

1. 29 November, 2000
   BBC Worldwide - First in the World to Publish Magazine on FSC Paper
2. 12 August, 2000
   World's first FSC-certified apartment building - Swedish construction company takes a green step forward fits
3. 9 August, 2000
   World's Second Largest Home Improvement Retailer Joins Growing Forest Network
4. 2 August, 2000
   World premiere: Swiss print shop acquires FSC-certificate

1. 6 June, 2000
   Growing network to save the world's forests
2. 27 April, 2000
   First FSC certification in Russia: A new beginning for the timber industry
3. 11 April, 2000
   New hope for the Amazon