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September 8th, 2011
ForestEthics and twenty other environmental organizations—with collective membership in the millions all across North America—have described five steps that SFI needs to take to stop misleading the public. Download the letter from major environmental organizations opposed to SFI’s greenwash here.
SFI publicly touts its support from “conservation groups across North America.” However, those that do support SFI are not exactly a who’s who of the environmental movement–many of them have financial ties to SFI that raise serious questions about why they are supporting SFI. In contrast, the 21 North American environmental organizations that have publicly taken a stand against SFI include many very prominent defenders of our planet’s forests, communities, water and wildlife:
21 environmental organizations challenge Sustainable Forestry Initiative’s (SFI) misleading marketing
Groups sign on to letter telling SFI to take five (steps away) from greenwashSeptember 8th, 2011
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SFI publicly touts its support from “conservation groups across North America.” However, those that do support SFI are not exactly a who’s who of the environmental movement–many of them have financial ties to SFI that raise serious questions about why they are supporting SFI. In contrast, the 21 North American environmental organizations that have publicly taken a stand against SFI include many very prominent defenders of our planet’s forests, communities, water and wildlife:
ForestEthics • Friends of the Earth • Natural Resources Defense Council • Sierra Club • Rainforest Action Network • Center for Biological Diversity • Dogwood Alliance • Wild South • Wild West Institute • Environmental Protection Information Center • Alliance for the Wild Rockies • Conservation Northwest • Ebbetts Pass Forest Watch • Natural Resources Council of Maine • Forest Ecology Network • Gifford Pinchot Task Force • Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center • Wild Earth Guardians • Green America • Oregon Wild • The Green Life Online
Download the letter from major environmental organizations opposed to SFI’s greenwash here:
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