Tft mvo presentation nov 2012
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TFT is a UK-registered non-profit founded in 1999 with over 100 staff members across 14 offices worldwide. They work with over 85 member companies in retail, manufacturing, and supply to promote responsible sourcing. TFT helps companies map their supply chains, increase transparency, and transform their products and sourcing through on-the-ground expertise to improve social and environmental standards over time. They work across various commodity supply chains like wood, palm oil, paper, leather and more to create responsible products through a model of continuous improvement, certification, and external recognition of companies' journeys.
Tft mvo presentation nov 2012
- 1. Who is TFT?
- 2. Who is TFT? Founded in 1999, we are a UK Registered non-profit (charity) • ~100 staff (80% in field locations, >20 different nationalities) Offices in 14 countries • UK, Switzerland, France, US • Indonesian, Malaysia, China, Vietnam, India, Laos • Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Republic of Congo • Brazil We are a MEMBERSHIP based organization • > 85 member companies – retailers, manufacturer, suppliers – growing rapidly Please visit us at www.tft-forests.org
- 3. What do we do? We change products for good! We are your responsible sourcing partner
- 4. What does “responsible” mean? People The environment Shareholder value For good!
- 5. TFT’s Supply Chain Model $$ Donors Comms NGO Customer $$ TA, Comms Retailer $$ $$ Tech. Assistance Finished $$ product Manufacturer Raw Raw Material materials Producer TFT Model •8th April 2010 •
- 6. How do we do it? Responsible products A journey of continuous improvement Quality External recognition (Awards, PR etc.) Certification A company’s actual journey baseline commitment and Time start of journey with us
- 7. TFT’s model for change Values Transformation Transparency 1 Values Transparency Transformation RSG, Policies, Principles Supply chain mapping, Product/Social/Environmental “Define YOUR product story” Traceability, SURE expertise on the ground “Know YOUR product story” “Change YOUR product story”
- 8. Responsible products 2 Supply chain mapping, 1 Traceability, RSG, Policies, “Know YOUR 3 Transformation Principles product story” “Define YOUR Quality product 3 story” Product/Social/Env expertise on the ground “Change YOUR 2 Transparency product story” 1 Values Time
- 9. TFT Product Groups Wood Palm Oil Pulp & Paper Leather/Shoes Stone Social Compliance (cross cutting) Cotton Soy Others – cocoa, shea, minerals… TFT’s “VTT” Model works with any commodity
- 10. TFT People Foresters Agronomists Mediators Retail specialists Supply chain specialists Comms experts Hand Holders Biodiversity folk Sociologists Project Managers Accountants Auditors Capacity Builders etc……We are Doers We work in the shadows, the back-room, to change product stories
- 11. So…finally, who is TFT? Cartoon by Michael Leunig
- 12. THANK YOU