Traceability

Global Traceability’s RADIX Tree software platform allows users to track products to their point of origin, verify supply chain data in a flexible and easy way, and connect with suppliers.

The IWPA day-long training course provides a comprehensive review of legality requirements, with a particular emphasis on the Lacey Act. The course covers compliance strategies, procedures and resources that can help participants understand and develop due diligence management systems. The course website provides a list of course resources for further information.

The Global Timber Tracking Network (GTTN), coordinated by Bioversity International, is an effort to promote the use of DNA and stable isotopes to fight illegal control. The network is developing a global database of DNA and stable isotope fingerprints of major commercial timber species, which could help reinforce illegal logging laws and certification standards by helping verify that the species listed in the paperwork is legal and labeled correctly. The database will also allow importers and authorities to verify the declared origin of wood and wood products.

The initiative, now part of the Carbon Disclosure Project is designed to create transparency and improve companies’ understanding of the “forest footprint” of their direct operations and the operations they finance. The "forest footprint" focuses on production, use, and trade of key commodities linked to global deforestation: timber, soy, beef and leather, palm oil and biofuels. Every year, a number of companies are invited to disclose information about policies related to the sustainable supply chains for these commodities, and the actions they are taking to manage risks.

The PEFC’s Due Diligence System requires participants to establish supply chain control systems to minimize the risk that certified products include raw materials from controversial sources.

The NEPCon LegalSource Programme offers third party certification for forest product traders, processors and forest managers, confirming that they exercise due care to reduce the risk of sourcing and trading illegally harvested forest products. The LegalSource standard is designed to be compatible with laws that are established or coming into place in the US, EU and Australia, with the aim of excluding material originating from illegal harvesting from their markets.

Data warehouse maintained by the British organization Chatham House dedicated to illegal logging and associated trade. The warehouse contains documents, presentations, media records and links related to illegal logging and the trade in illegal timber. The web site provides a contextual framework, which outlines major themes related to illegal logging: causes and drivers of illegal logging and trade, initiatives and approaches to address the problem, relevant policies and legislation, key actors and stakeholders, indicators of progress and important sources of information.

A report that provides a summary of electronic and semi-electronic timber tracking technologies and case studies aimed at providing guidance to timber tracking users, as well as general information on tracking technologies and drivers of its application. Timber tracking technologies and databases allows users to collect data on the source of timber and timber products, and store that information in an accessible and user-friendly database.

A guide to 127 major initiatives that promote the legal production and trade of timber. The guide provides an overview of the array of initiatives, highlighting trends, gaps, and major opportunities.

String is an online, data recording, tool. The system enables users at all phases in the supply chain to request information about the product from their suppliers. If the data is missing, or if certain validation rules are not met, the data will be marked as incomplete or invalid. Users can generate reports from the data to get a complete picture of the flow of the product throughout the supply chain, and all the available data.