ANS Standard for Due Diligence in Procuring/Sourcing Legal Timber

ANS LTDD 1.0 - 2013
Risk Awareness Tool for Multinational Enterprises in Weak Governance Zones aims to
help companies that invest in countries where governments are unwilling or unable to assume
their responsibilities and developed by OECD.
http://www.oecd.org/investment/investmentpolicy/36885821.pdfhttp://www.oecd.org/investment/i
nvestmentpolicy/36885821.pdf
The Global Forest Registry maintained by the Forest Stewardship Council is a free source of
information on the risk of sourcing controversial timber throughout the world.
http://www.globalforestregistry.org/map
Transparency International provides a website for the Corruption Perception Index with scores
conducted on an annual basis by Transparency International.
http://cpi.transparency.org/cpi2011/results/
http://gcb.transparency.org/gcb201011/infographic/cpi.transparency.org (/cpi2011)
World Wildlife Fund Global Forest Trade Network provides a website with information about
participants in WWF‟s Global Forest Trade Network. Useful papers that are available include:
Framework for Assessing Legality of Forestry Operations, Timber Processing and Trade,
October 2009, WWF
Exporting in a Shifting Landscape, 18 June 2010, G. White, WWF
GFTN‟s Guide to Legal and Responsible Sourcing, 17 June 2010,
http://sourcing.gftn.panda.org/index
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