ForestEthics

Overview

ForestEthics, a nonprofit environmental organization with staff in Canada, the US and Chile, recognizes that individual people can be mobilized to create positive environmental change—and so can corporations. Corporate mobilization is a tool that is changing the entire paradigm of environmental protection, and ForestEthics is leading that revolution. What makes us unique is that we view corporations not as obstacles, but as opportunities. We take our adversaries and turn them into advocates for positive change.

Mission

ForestEthics protects Endangered Forests by transforming the paper and wood industries in North America and by supporting forest communities in the development of conservation-based economies.

Program

Corporate power can be used to destroy forests—or to protect them. By leveraging that one basic truth, ForestEthics has created a revolutionary way to protect Endangered Forests—a process that has saved over seven million acres. Our program areas include the Great Bear Rainforest(British Columbia), the Inland Temperate Rainforest (British Columbia), The Boreal forest (Canada), the Sierra (California), and Chile. Our public outreach campaigns against industry giants Staples, Office Depot and Victoria’s Secret are transforming their industries and protecting millions of acres of forests.

Impact

We expose corporations that destroy Endangered Forests. Behind every piece of paper and lumber there is a story—a forest, wildlife, people. We educate the public about the places that these products come from.We help corporations that want to act responsibly. No corporation can afford to have its brand become synonymous with forest destruction. We use corporate power to permanently protect forests. Logging companies can’t ignore their largest customers—the corporations we work with. By turning logging company customers into environmental advocates, we have the ability to effect real change now.

Countries of Operation

Canada, Chile, United States