SNS-112: Improving market communication of wood prducts’ environmental values (pilot study)
Project leader: D.Sc. (Econ) Tarmo Räty, Metla – Finnish Forest Research Institute, tarmo.raty@metla.fi
Financing: 340.000 DKK for 1 year

The pilot study will consider the views and deployment of Environmental Performance Measures (EPM) from both the supply and demand side of the wood markets. It will a) review EPMs that are currently being applied in the woodworking industry and in the industries they supply material for (e.g. construction) and b) compare EPMs with the other explicit and implicit environmental indicators that are generally used among different costumer groups and among influential stakeholders (e.g. ethical funds, ENGOs) and government agencies.

In this pilot research the consortium will also develop the main project proposal that will assess potential use of environmental performance measures of wood product markets in a number of Baltic and central-European countries.