1. The use of sustainability indicators in EFORWOOD Ewald Rametsteiner, BOKU University Vienna EFORWOOD Conference 2 October 2007, Brussels

2. EU policies: - “sustainable development” as core principle - a range of key tools developed/under development EU sustainable development indicators EU sustainability impact assessment

3. Forestry-wood chain: -… based on renewable resources -... a pillar of any bio- based economy - …potentially “truly sustainable”, …but

4. Forestry-wood chain sustainability: -… don’t claim it, measure it -… assess impacts of other factors on FWC-sustainability INDICATORS SPECIFY THE DIMENSIONS ON WHICH SUSTAINABILITY IS MEASURED AND ASSESSED

5. INDICATORS SPECIFY THE DIMENSIONS ON WHICH SUSTAINABILITY IS MEASURED AND ASSESSED

6. BIO-PHYSICAL KNOWLEDGE SOCIETAL VALUES ECONOMIC DYNAMICS UNDERSTANDING

7. Sustainability indicator development: -… has a scientific AND a “political” dimension -… needs iterative development loops -… needs updating over time (open, evolving concept) FWC indicator development: -… based on existing EU SDI sets -… iterative development loops within EFORWOOD -… + stakeholder consultation

8. = FWC sustainability indicators are relevant at the “Input” and the “Output” end Data collection for processes along FWCs Reference Frame: FWC – Sust. Indicators Economic Social Environmental FW chains Region case EU case Sust. Impact Assessment tools ToSIA EUROPE WORLD Current & future scenarios Results: changes in FWC – Sust. Indicator values FWC-INDICATORS in EFORWOOD

9. Iterative procedure (2005 – 2009) 2005 Oct 2007 2009 FWC-SI SET SIAtools FWC-SI SET FWC-SI SET rev. FWC-SI SET rev. SIAtools SIAtools rev. SIAtools rev. Single chains(Regional) cases

10. Forestry-wood chain sustainability indicators: Initial FWC indicator Set (draft 5): … 22 quantitative indicators - economic: 8 - social: 4 - environmental: 10 … 6 qualitative indicators …now in revision

11. 1 Economic indicators (1) Gross value added and GDP (2) Production costs (1) Trade balance (1) Resource / material use (5) Enterprise structure (6) Investment and R&D (7) Innovation (8) Total production 2 Social Indicators (9) Employment (10) Wages and salaries (11) Occupational safety and health (12) Education and Training 3 Environmental Indicators (11) Energy generation and use (11) Greenhouse gas balance (15) Transport (16) Water (17) Forest resources (18) Recycling and recovery (19) Emissions to soil, water and air (20) Tree species comp. & forest protection (21) Corporate responsibility (22) Generation of waste

12. Data collection on indicators for single chains: - for relevant indicators - based on data collection protocols - per Module and process

13. = FWC sustainability indicator revision after first “test round” on single chains SIA Data collection for processes along FWCs Reference Frame: FWC – Sust. Indicators Economic Social Environmental FW chains Region case EU case Sust. Impact Assessment tools ToSIA EUROPE WORLD Current & future scenarios Results: changes in FWC – Sust. Indicator values FWC-INDICATORS in EFORWOOD

14. EXPECTED OUTPUT: FORESTRY-WOOD CHAIN SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS 1. used for sustainability impact assessments in TOSIA tools developed by EFORWOOD 2. ready to be used for other purposes - for forest sector sustainability reporting - as reference for company sustainability reporting

15. The use of sustainability indicators in EFORWOOD Ewald Rametsteiner, BOKU University Vienna EFORWOOD Conference 2 October 2007, Brussels