Forest Industries Intelligence Limited is a UK-based consultancy serving a range of clients in the international forest products sector. Areas of particular expertise include:
- Forest industry market intelligence;
- Marketing and promotion;
- Environmental issues;
- Forest Policy and sustainability;
- International trade issues.
Recent consultancy work undertaken by Forest Industries Intelligence Limited includes:
- A major contract to assess the global competitiveness of tropical timber for the International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO)
- Assessing the Potential Market Impact of a FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the EU and Malaysia commissioned by the Netherlands Government
- Impact Assessment of potential EU Illegal Logging/Due Diligence Legislation for Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) & UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
- Regular preparation of European section of the ITTO Market Information Service
- Acting as an independent technical advisor to the American Forest and Paper Association (AF&PA) and American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) on environmental and other market access issues in the EU since 1998.
- Hardwood and softwood market development work for AF&PA and AHEC in Eastern Europe, India, the Middle East, and Asia.
- Preparation of a regular market news report for the Timber Industry Development Division of the Ghana Forestry Commission.
- The development of a comparative database and matrix of forest certification schemes on behalf of the Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI), and follow up reports comparing forest certification schemes.
- Development of criteria and indicators of credible forest certification schemes for the International Forest Industry Roundtable, which have provided the basis for the development of a Legitimacy Threshold Model by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development.
- Preparation of regular 6 monthly reports on Price Premiums for Verified Legal and Sustainable Timber Products in the United Kingdom for the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and Timber Trade Federation (TTF).
- Preparation of UNECE Timber Committee Annual Market reports on Sawn Hardwoods and on Forest Certification.
- Regular reports on forest certification and other environmental issues for the UK Timber Trades Journal and Timber Building magazine.
- Contract with TTF/DFID to prepare a set of reports on African timber supplying countries and European hardwood markets as background material for a series of industry roadshows held in Africa during summer 2005.
- Preparation of an environmental brochure and detailed review of international hardwood markets for planning purposes for a major international wood products company.
- Advising the Office of Public Works in the Republic of Ireland on environmental timber procurement policies and procedures.
- Preparation of trade articles on the environmental credentials of timber in construction for a major Spanish client.