#1Earthworm Responsible pulp sourcing: Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia Björn Roberts, Senior Adviser [email protected] M HOORD#2I>I VALUES Earthworm Foundation Established 1999 (then 'TFT') Non-profit partnering businesses for healthy environmental and social supply chain impacts c.250 in 16 countries worldwide, most working 'in the field' with producers and communities Membership of producers, suppliers, brands and retailers Focus on product group supply chains and priority landscapes Product groups include forest fiber-based packaging, paper and biomass, and deforestation- linked agricultural commodities VERIFICATION TRANSPARENCY TRANSFORMATION#3I>I IFL LOSS IN ARKHANGELSK OBLAST, 2000-16 RUSSIA Arkhangelsk Oblast Significant pulp-sourcing region for EF Members including Nestlé FSC COC, FM and CW, but 'expansive' forestry model, moving east through rare boreal IFL and other large areas of old growth forest Iconic Dvinsky IFL diminishing - voluntary protection commitment weakening Arkhangelsk • WWF Russia & Greenpeace Russia public campaign • Heavily forested region with community livelihoods dependent on forest industry The challenge for Nestlé: BAU, walk away, or get involved? CASESTUDY06 FSC in Russia #06 WORKING TOGETHER TO IMPROVE FSC GREENPEACE FSC AT RISK FSC IN RUSSIA: CERTIFYING THE DESTRUCTION OF INTACT FOREST LANDSCAPES EYE ON THE TAIGA August 2014 GREENPEACE HOW INDUSTRY'S CLAIMED SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY IN RUSSIA IS DESTROYING THE GREAT NORTHERN FOREST#4וכן Engagement elements Direct dialogue between Nestlé, the pulp producer and forestry company. Demonstration that the pulp and forestry company would play support legal protection for the Dvinsky, including sacrificing harvesting rights (FSC also convened dialogue between forestry companies, regional government NGOs, and buying companies) Planning to reduce pressure on IFLs and other old growth, by promoting intensive management of 'developed' forest, and other alternative economic opportunities Funding 'Starling' remote sensing (EF-Airbus joint initiative) to monitor for harvesting within the Dvinsky, and to generate better information about the forest resource to support improved management a ל Nestle Pulp and Paper▾ [email protected] P 20 km A#5I>I The Situation Today 2019: 300,000 ha of the Dvinsky IFL under full legal protection, after 10 years of work by WWF and Greenpeace - 2020: WWF, FSC and Earthworm joint project established to: Identify areas of High Conservation Value Forest Work with forest concessionaires to support intensification of sustainable forest management Develop other economic opportunities with forest communities Earthworm Members Nestlé and Mars fund the project, and continued Starling monitoring 2021 priorities: to foster ownership by local leaders, widen the base of actively supportive companies (including international buyers), and make change on the ground#6I>I Take aways A risky situation can offer opportunities for a buying company to be 'part of the solution' - walking away is not necessarily the most responsible thing to do Communicating responsible sourcing requirements through the supply chain back to the producer Readiness to understand a producers' constraints and the full context in which they operate, and to actively to support in whichever way is most appropriate and effective. This 'VTTV' approach is additional to, and compatible with certification#7Earthworm OIgor Podgorny / Greenpeace