The World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) released The Guide to the Guides - a toolbox that can help buyers understand and find advice on how to purchase products originating from the world's forests.

It includes a full report that details the top 10 questions that corporate managers should ask when purchasing forest-based products and references to resources for help, a shorter overview report and a Web site with a spreadsheet tool.

The Guide to the Guides offers assistance to sustainability managers for defining and implementing purchasing policies for the entire range of forest-based products. It details topics such as forest certification, legality, environmental-friendliness, social impacts and recycled-content percentages, and directs managers to advice on tracing their supply chains, implementing monitoring processes and many other issues.

Click the link below to download The Guide to the Guides.

You can go to www.wbcsd.org for background on WBCSD.

The Guide to the Guides (PDF 1896 KB)

04/30/2008