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FPAC Presentation to: Greening Industry Network Conference Waterloo, Ontario June 16, 2007

FPAC Presentation to: Greening Industry Network Conference Waterloo, Ontario June 16, 2007. Presentation Overview. Industry Background The Forest Industry. Climate change and Sustainability Capital Investment: The Driver of Competitive and Sustainable Renewal

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FPAC Presentation to: Greening Industry Network Conference Waterloo, Ontario June 16, 2007

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  1. FPAC Presentation to: Greening Industry Network ConferenceWaterloo, OntarioJune 16, 2007

  2. PresentationOverview • Industry Background • The Forest Industry. Climate change and Sustainability • Capital Investment: The Driver of Competitive • and Sustainable Renewal • 4) Enabling Renewal: The Role of Public Policy

  3. Canada’s Forest Industry – An Overview • Shipments of $88 billion in 2006 • Source of over 820, 000 jobs - 320,000 direct • Over 300 forestry dependent communities • High productivity, high wage sector • Leading source of business and economic opportunities for Canada’s Aboriginal peoples

  4. The Leading Exporter of Forest Products Source: FAO February 2007

  5. One of Canada’s Leading Industrial Sectors Source: StatsCan March 2007

  6. Key Sector in Each Region of Canada Source: StatsCan April 2007

  7. PresentationOverview • Industry Background • The Forest Industry. Climate Change and Sustainability • Capital Investment: The Driver of Competitive • and Sustainable Renewal • 4) Enabling Renewal: The Role of Public Policy

  8. Canada’s Forest Sector and a Changing Climate • The wealth and prosperity generated by the industry almost entirely dependent on the ecosystem. • Significant risks and implications associated with a changing climate: - Insect Infestations: Mountain Pine Beetle - Fires - Forest Management

  9. Critical Impacts and Adaptation Issues for Canada’s Forest Sector • Climate Change Impacts & Adaptation: A Conspiracy of Silence? • Changing practices today to minimize risks and take advantage of opportunities: • Insect disturbances: can we anticipate the next epidemic? • Forest Fires: How a changing climate will impact on their frequency, location and severity • Forest Management: Impacts at the stand level of a changing climate on growth, yield and other variables • Need a climate change adaptation effort proportional to the magnitude of the challenge

  10. Canada’s Forest Industry and GHG Emissions Mitigation • Industry takes pride in its record both of leadership in reducing emissions and proactive collaboration with government and other stakeholders: • Since 1990, Canada’s pulp & paper sector has reduced emissions 44% while increasing production volume 20% • In November, 2003 the forest industry became the first to sign an MOU with the Government of Canada on climate change

  11. Canada’s Forest Industry and Bio-Energy Climate Change • Pulp & paper sector largest industrial energy user in Canada - 24% of Canadian total • 60% of total self-generated from renewable sources – about 1700MW of installed biomass cogeneration capacity • Potential to become net source of green power by 2020 through reinvestment & technological innovation

  12. Can Superior Sustainability Performance Confer Competitive Advantage

  13. Presentation Overview • Industry Background • The Forest Industry. Climate Change and Sustainability • Capital Investment: The Driver of Competitive • and Sustainable Renewal • 4) Enabling Renewal: The Role of Public Policy

  14. Forest Industry an Major Source of Private Sector Innovation in the Canadian Economy Source: Statscan April 2007

  15. Globally Canada’s Forest Products Companies are not as profitable as others Source: PwC, CIBC World Markets, April 2007

  16. The Forest Products Industry is Making Significant Investments Source: StatsCan Jan 2007

  17. Much of Canada’s Production Capacity is Older and Less Efficient Than That of Leading Competitors Source: Jaako Pöyry, March 2007

  18. PresentationOverview • Industry Background • The Forest Industry Climate Change and Sustainability • Capital Investment: The Driver of Competitive • and Sustainable Renewal • 4) Enabling Renewal: The Role of Public Policy

  19. Renewal through Reinvestment • Attracting Capital Investment Ultimately the Responsibility of the Industry Itself • But Public Policy Plays a Critical role in Shaping the Investment Climate - Government determines the slope of the playing field

  20. Canada’s tax regime discourages manufacturing investment Source: CD Howe, OECD 2006

  21. Priorities for Addressing Climate Change in a Pro-Competitive Manner • A robust emissions pricing regime, with appropriate recognition for early actors • Market – based renewable energy incentives can contribute to the solution but have potential for unintended consequences • Strengthened Public –Private Partnerships in Support of the development of Breakthrough green technologies • Greater commitment of resources and policy focus to impacts & adaptation issues

  22. Conclusion • Can we compete? - Yes! We have done it in the past. • The key is shifting our expectations to reflect the rigours of the new global market place • If we shift- quickly– we can do it again

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