Sustainable Procurement of Wood and Paper-Based Products: Version 2

The WRI/WBCSD guide 'Sustainable Procurement of Wood and Paper-Based Products: Version 2' is a decision-support tool helping customers develop sustainable procurement policies. It provides 47 resources and organizes its guidance around ten essential questions covering legality, sustainability, climate change, and the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities.

• The WRI/WBCSD publication serves as an information and decision-making tool designed to assist customers in creating sustainable procurement policies for wood and paper-based products, including details on existing methods for sourcing from legal and sustainable origins.
• Version 2 of the guide expands the 'guide to the guides' section, now featuring 47 tools and resources to support the sustainable procurement of forest products, which is an increase of 13 resources over the previous version.
• The guide organizes its information around ten 'essential questions' for procurement managers, covering origin, information accuracy, legality, sustainability, protection of special places and sensitive ecosystems, climate change, environmental protection, the use of recycled fiber, the use of other resources, and the needs of indigenous peoples and local communities.

APA

World Resources Institute (n.d.). Sustainable Procurement of Wood and Paper-Based Products: Version 2. https://www.wri.org/sustainable-procurement-wood-and-paper-based-products-version-2

Chicago

World Resources Institute. Sustainable Procurement of Wood and Paper-Based Products: Version 2. n.d. https://www.wri.org/sustainable-procurement-wood-and-paper-based-products-version-2.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitutendsustainable, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{Sustainable Procurement of Wood and Paper-Based Products: Version 2}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, url = {https://www.wri.org/sustainable-procurement-wood-and-paper-based-products-version-2}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }