Encouraging transparency within the forest industry and improving the traceability of forest products are vital to the goals of promoting climate-smart forestry (CSF) and rewarding companies and forest managers who go the extra mile to supply climate-smart wood (CSW).
Traceability: The ability to trace a product to or track one from the forest origin, either through a ‘product backward’ approach that works up a supply chain to the forest or through a ‘material forward’ approach where origin or other information is provided at the top of a supply chain and cascades downward to the end user.
Transparency: The disclosure of information about both the supply chain and origin. In the forest industry, there are two main components: supply chain mapping and disclosure of relevant information about the source forest or forests.
