WBCSD: Sustainable Forest Finance Toolkit Now Available

Geneva, 22 February 2010 - PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) have launched the Sustainable Forest Finance Toolkit [2], which aims to support the finance sector in progressing towards the sustainable financing of industries impacting forests.

It provides financial institutions with guidance in client acceptance procedures, portfolio management, designing a clear and pragmatic forestry policy and the creation of internal procurement policies for forestry products.

The toolkit has undergone extensive stakeholder review involving leading banks, forestry industry companies, non-governmental organizations, certification bodies, governments, investors, asset managers and multilateral institutions.

The toolkit is available for download as a complimentary resource at: www.pwc.co.uk/forestfinancetoolkit [2]. 

For more information contact Chris Knight [10], PwC or James Griffiths [11], WBCSD