Interfor Corp T.IFP

Great Bear Rainforest

[EthicalInvestor]

https://www.greenpeaceusa.org/media/factsheets/interfor.htm Putting a Face on Destruction: Interfor Interfor's business consists of logging, and selling and processing logs, primarily as lumber for construction. Of Interfor's lumber sales in 1995, 50 percent went to the Pacific region, 24 percent went to the U.S., 17 percent went to Canada and 9 percent went to Europe. Interfor's sales to the U.S. consist mainly of Western red cedar, which is used to produce decking, bevel siding and other building materials. Most of Interfor's Western Hemlock is exported to Europe and Japan, although Sauder (Interfor's subsidiary in Washington) uses hemlock to produce door and window moldings. Interfor owns 58 logging operations and seven sawmills in the coastal temperate rainforest of British Columbia (B.C.), and one logging operation and sawmill in the central interior region. Interfor plans to begin logging in 11 of the remaining 69 pristine valleys in the next 10 years. If these plans are carried out, the survival of the Great Bear Rainforest will be jeopardized. Interfor controls a large share of pristine valleys in the Great Bear Rainforest and is a major force in its destruction. Environmental and Legal Record Government and industry documents such as the Michael Jantzi Research Associates report (1995) and the Tripp report (1994) identify Interfor's environmental record as a major concern. Interfor has repeatedly violated existing Canadian laws, and harmed the environment and the endangered species that live in the forest. Between June 1995 and June 1997, Interfor was charged and penalized 136 times for breaking provincial legislation. Charges included: One infraction of the Waste Management Act, One infraction of the Pesticide Control Act, 11 infractions of the Litter Act, 66 infractions of the Forest Act and 57 infractions of the Forest Practices Code. According to the Ministry of Forests, Interfor has failed to comply with the Forest Practices Code on 414 occasions. Examples of Interfor's infractions include creating landslides into fish- bearing Clowhorn Creek, logging illegally inside Garibalde Park, and breaching an order to stop work in Clayoquot Sound. Address International Forest Products Limited (Interfor) P.O. Box 49114, Four Bentall Centre 3500-1055 Dunsmiur Street Vancouver, B.C., Canada V7X 1H7 Ph.: 001 [phone] Fax: [phone] www.interfor.com Facts and Figures CEO: Bob Sitter Employees: 3,100 Annual Allowable Cut (AAC): about 3,700,000 cubic meters (1997) Sales (1997): 757,100,000 Canadian dollars (41 percent Canada, 59 percent export) Net earnings: 400,000 Canadian dollars