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Homebase funding for FTN India Set up
Homebase have generously donated £50,000 to help fund the set up of Forest and Trade Network in India. These funds will be used to partly cover the costs of developing a business plan for the proposed India FTN, plus a thorough review of other potential funding options; plus provide funding for core activities, such as baseline appraisals of companies and action plan development, and recruitment of staff. This comes at an important time when buyers are looking for goods from India with credible certification credentials, or are willing to support those who are in progress to certification.
Homebase has also supported the WWF UK FTN's lead in a proposal to access EU funds to work with small to medium sized enterprise wood producers in India, Vietnam and China for a period of three years - to encourage best practice in a new sector.
Homebase has also supported the WWF UK FTN's lead in a proposal to access EU funds to work with small to medium sized enterprise wood producers in India, Vietnam and China for a period of three years - to encourage best practice in a new sector.
Charles Drewe, Homebase Sustainability Manager, said: "We have a responsibility to our customers to ensure the products we sell are not manufactured from illegal timber. Customers are increasingly concerned about sustainability and look to us for advice. Supporting the GFTN has given us access to a worldwide network of suppliers who are like minded in actively promoting a partnership for responsible wood purchasing. We are committed to the GFTN and the mechanics which permit suppliers to improve their sourcing and environmental impacts and encourage the continued development of procedures to protect the resources in emerging markets".
Corporate donations such as this are an important source of funding for the GFTN's work. Since joining the WWF-UK FTN in 1996, Homebase have supported the GFTN by donating funds to aid the successful establishment of the Malaysia Forest & Trade Network in 2003, and encouraged community participation in forest management and forest certification in the Mangkuwagu Forest Reserve in Sabah. Homebase's contributions are also helping towards the development of tools to estimate the cost of forest certification in the tropics. This type of continued support from companies such as Homebase has enabled the GFTN to make important steps toward finding sustainable solutions for the forest products industry, and in the course of doing so, conserving some of the most environmentally significant places on the planet. Many thanks Homebase!
Corporate donations such as this are an important source of funding for the GFTN's work. Since joining the WWF-UK FTN in 1996, Homebase have supported the GFTN by donating funds to aid the successful establishment of the Malaysia Forest & Trade Network in 2003, and encouraged community participation in forest management and forest certification in the Mangkuwagu Forest Reserve in Sabah. Homebase's contributions are also helping towards the development of tools to estimate the cost of forest certification in the tropics. This type of continued support from companies such as Homebase has enabled the GFTN to make important steps toward finding sustainable solutions for the forest products industry, and in the course of doing so, conserving some of the most environmentally significant places on the planet. Many thanks Homebase!