Business View Magazine | Volume 8, Issue 6

64 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 8, ISSUE 6 achievements are when we make connections across pillars and leverage the scale of our network. We have incredible scale that helps us have a huge impact. There are more than 375 million acres certified to the SFI Forest Management Standard, and tens of millions more positively influenced by the SFI Fiber Sourcing Standard. But, far more than the acres certified or influenced, working with a powerful, diverse network of people that are passionate about forests is what drives our success. “We have 34 SFI Implementation Committees that act as SFI’s “boots on the ground.” Made up of local members of certified organizations, community groups and others, they work with local, forestry, and professional associations, universities, government agencies, landowner groups, and conservation groups to promote SFI standards. Their duties including logger training, ensuring harvesting is done appropriately and more.