WWF Wood Group

This article or the following section is not adequately provided with supporting documents ( e.g. individual evidence ). Information without sufficient evidence could be removed soon. Please help Wikipedia by researching the information and including good evidence.

The WWF Wood Group ( called Group 98 in Germany before 2001 ) is an association of companies that sell FSC -certified wood products. The group is coordinated by the environmental organization WWF .

background

In 1997, the WWF founded a worldwide network in which companies can join together to form buyer and producer groups. The aim was to encourage processing and trading companies to get involved in sustainable forestry. At the same time, the aim of the association was to promote the marketing of FSC-certified wood products. The WWF Wood Group, for example, buys whole logs and has them cut into boards because the energy required to manufacture furniture from solid wood is low. Affiliated companies include Migros , Coop , Möbel Pfister and Karstadt .

Web links

• WWF Wood Group ( Memento of March 6, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
• FSC study on wood products. (PDF) WWF Germany , 2009

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Nature conservationists and the German wood industry set up an initiative to protect forests . In: Agra-Europe . No. 8 , 2003.
2. ↑ Our commitment . Migros publicity report. In: SonntagsBlick . October 28, 2007.
3. ↑ Big dreams made of solid wood . In: Handelszeitung . April 4, 2007, p. 20 .
4. ↑ Matias Frei: The environment plays a minor role in wood . In: Tagesanzeiger . July 31, 2006, p. 21 .
5. ↑ Karstadt relies on wood with the FSC seal . In: Agra-Europe . No. 36 , 2000.