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Sample procurement policy2 of 2Procurement HOME3.0 Environment Performance3.1 Air & Water Quality__________ is committed to source/finance its productsfrom suppliers who can demonstrate that they meetand go beyond the requirements of air and water qualityregulations and collaborate with conservation organisations,government, research organisations and others to protectand improve long-term air and water quality.3.2 Climate & Energy__________ values forest products suppliers/borrowers thatare fuel switching or have already switched to lessgreenhouse gas-intensive energy sources such as carbonneutralbiomass, and who are committed to further emissionintensity reductions and/or energy efficiency.3.3 Efficient Use of Resources__________ values forest products suppliers/borrowers thatpromote the efficient use of natural resources in theiroperations, such as fibre use optimisation; reuse andrecycling; and decreasing water use in operations.3.4 Recovery & Recycling__________ is committed to encouraging recycling of paperand wood; implementation of paper collection programmesin our corporate offices; and recognising that recycledcontent will ultimately be driven by a variety of factorsincluding consumer requirements that include strength,brightness, stiffness; availability of supply; as well as theenvironmental cost/benefit of transporting recovered paperto achieve recycled content objectives.4.0 Social Responsibility__________ values forest products suppliers/borrowersthat ensure the health and safety of their employeesand their communities, support and improve communitydevelopment, and collaborate with aboriginal peoples.5.0 Research & Education__________ will educate our staff, suppliers, shareholdersand customers about our commitment to continuallyimproving environmental performance, and will promoteawareness and accountability on related issues. Wesupport those organisations that contribute to research onsustainable forest management, conservation of biologicaldiversity and the development of new technologies that willimprove resource utilisation and efficiency, while minimisingenvironmental impacts.6.0 Monitoring & Reporting__________ encourages all suppliers/borrowers to monitorand regularly report on their sustainability performance. Wewill produce an annual report on our sustainableprocurement/financing commitments and progress inachieving our sustainability objectives.7.0 Continual Improvement__________ will continue to look for opportunities to improveour procurement/financing policy and associatedpartnerships and initiatives, as we learn through experience,new research and collaboration with our stakeholders.Page 80pwc
Appendix 1: Special places 1 of 3Definitions related to special places.Developed by Definition Characteristics Management preferences NotesAlliance for ZeroExtinction (AZE)AZE sites (AZE, 2007)Focus on sites in most urgent need of conservation to prevent speciesextinctions. Priority sites must meet the three following requirements:• Endangerment – at least one endangered or critically endangeredspecies listed by IUCN.• Irreplaceability – the area contains the overwhelmingly significant knownresident population of the endangered or critically endangered species, orit contains the overwhelmingly significant known population for one lifehistorysegment of the species.• Discreteness – the area has a definable boundary within which thehabitats, biological communities, and/or management issues have morein common with each other than they do with those adjacent areas.Management for conservation.A global joint initiative of 52 biodiversityconservation organisations. Alliance membersinclude BirdLife International, ConservationInternational, Wildlife Conservation Society, andWorld Wildlife Fund US. 595 sites around theworld have been identified to protect 794species of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibiansand conifers.American Tree FarmSystem (ATFS)Special sites (AFF,2004)Sites of special interest because of their recreational, historical, biological,archaeological and geological features.To the extent practicable,management practices shouldprotect these sites.Special sites can be identified directly on theground by landowner and an ATFS inspectionforester.ConservationInternationalBiodiversity hotspots(ConservationInternational, 2007)Hotspots are priority global areas for conservation. Hotspots arecharacterised by exceptional levels of plant endemism (at least 1,500species of vascular plants) and by serious levels of habitat loss (lost atleast 70% of its original habitat). Worldwide, 34 biodiversity hotspots havebeen identified. Collectively, these hotspots are estimated to house highlevels of biodiversity, including at least 150,000 plant species asendemics and 77% of the world’s total terrestrial vertebrate species.Conservation can be carriedout through a variety ofapproaches, including theestablishment of protectedareas and the implementationof economic alternatives.Conservation outcomes identified for individualhotspots are defined through regional-scaleplanning processes; maps of biodiversityhotspots and species databases are availableat www.biodiversityhotspots.org.ConservationInternationalMajor tropicalwilderness areas(Mittermeier et al., 2001)A complementary concept to the biodiversity hotspots, the major tropicalwilderness areas have high diversity and endemism, low humanpopulation density, and remain largely intact.Conservation can be carriedout through large scaleconservation set-asides.Include the Guyana Shield region (Suriname,Guyana, French Guiana, Venezuela andadjacent parts of Brazil), the upper Amazonian(Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia); asubstantial portion of the Congolese forestsblock/Congo River Basin in Central Africa; andmost of the island of New Guinea and adjacentsmaller Melanesian islands (Solomon Islands,New Britain, New Ireland and Vanuatu).Page 81pwc
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