Be an industry leader - Make your commitment to the world's ancient forests.
Corporate social responsibility is part of doing business in today's business world. Join international and Canadian industry leaders who have already taken a stance for the world's ancient forests. There are now hundreds of companies in Europe, the US, Japan and Canada that have taken a positive stance for the world's ancient forests by committing to phase out their use of ancient forest fibre by 2003. These companies have developed policies that are shifting them away from ancient forest products towards ecologically responsible alternatives.

The first step in making this commitment is to develop a letter of intent. This letter provides a marker of your company's commitment to the environment, provides a roadmap for what your company aims to achieve and is a measure to chart your progress. To see letters of commitment developed by some of the companies already going old growth forest free click here

To ensure your commitment makes its way into practice, companies have found they need to develop a purchasing policy incorporating the commitment. Depending on the internal procedures of your company, you may want to develop a separate wood and paper procurement policy or merely embed it within all purchasing guidelines and specifications.