Technology development and capacity building for responsible forest management and sustainable wood supply chains in China (phase IV, V, VI, VII)

Project Period: 2015-2023

Funding Source/Donor Organization: IKEA

Executing Agency: Research Institute of Forestry Information and Policy, Chinese Academy of Forestry

Contact: Xu Bin: binxu@vip.sina.com

Brief Introduction:

A 6-phased cooperation program between IKEA, a globally large home retailer, and the RIFPI. The goal of the project is to strengthen and increase IKEA's certified supply chain in China by providing custom training and robust technical assistance services to support IKEA suppliers (and sub suppliers) on responsible forestry and sustainable supply chain management, in order to support IKEA's goal to meet IWAY forestry standards and international forest product market's requirement on wood legality and sustainable forest certification.