British government prefers 'Green' vendors.BRITISH GOVERNMENT PREFERS 'GREEN' VENDORS. American Forest & Paper Association (AF & PA), Washington, D.C., USA announced that the Sustainable Forestry Initiative The Sustainable Forestry Initiative is a program to certify forests to insure they are being managed in a sustainable manner. SFI was started in 1994 by members of the American Forest and Paper Association. (SFI) program and four additional forest certification programs have been the subject of a detailed study by the government of the United Kingdom (U.K.) as a primary step in creating procurement guidelines. The report will be available online soon at http://www.defra.gov.uk/. Beginning in May 2005, the U.K. government will give procurement preference to participants of SFI, Forest Stewardship Council The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is a non-profit organization based in Bonn, Germany. The Council's stated mission is "to promote environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial and economically viable management of the world's forests". (FSC FSC See: Foreign Sales Corporation ), and Canadian Standards Association See CSA. (CSA) that meet certain criteria. |
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