Green Finance and Innovative Facilitating Measures
Specialized Sub-forum on
Green Finance and Innovative Facilitating Measures
for Green Supply Chains:
‘Empowering the Value of Ecological Products through Forestry Supply Chain Finance’
Date and Venue
Time: 24 September 2025, 09:00-12:00
Venue: MGM COTAI, Macao SAR, China
Co-organizer
Global Green Supply Chain of Forest Products (Macao) Federation
Background
Conservation and utilization of forest resources is an important issue in achieving sustainable development. Forest and timber supply chain finance, as an innovative means to promote the sustainable development of timber industry, provides green financial support to timber enterprises. This can encourage timber enterprises that rely on forest resources to create economic value while producing more products with ecological value, that is, realizing the value of ecological products. This not only creates more employment opportunities and economic benefits for people in forest areas but also promotes the virtuous synergy between forest resource development and socio-economic development.
In recent years, the international community has increasingly recognized the role of forest and timber supply chain finance in supporting the value enhancement of ecological products. International financial institutions have actively promoted green finance projects to support sustainable forestry development globally. Despite significant progress, the support of supply chain finance for the exploitation and use of forest resources remains insufficient, leading to limitations in forest product productivity, low resource utilization efficiency, and a lack of momentum for sustainable development. As a result, the ecological advantages of forest resources have not been effectively transformed into economic benefits and welfare for the people.
Purpose and Scope
This Sub-forum aims to build an international platform for exchanges in the fields of forest and timber supply chain finance and the realization of ecological product value. It will share the current status and challenges of supply chain finance in promoting the sustainable exploitation and use of forest resources. It will also explore how traceability and certification can enhance the credibility and public recognition of ecological products, thereby increasing consumer trust in forestry products and effectively transforming ecological advantages of forest resources into significant economic benefits and tangible welfare for the people.
Discussions of this sub-forum will include, but not limited to: green finance empowering sustainable forestry development, blockchain traceability technology for increasing transparency in forest product supply chains, market-based pathways for realizing ecological product value (including standards, certification, markets, etc.), and international cooperation in forestry supply chain finance and ecological products.
The specialized sub-forum will be divided into two sessions as follows:
Session 1: Supply Chain Finance and the Exploitation and Use of Forest Resources
This Session will delve into the achievements and challenges of supply chain finance in promoting the sustainable exploitation and use of forest resources. It will include sharing key support initiatives provided by multilateral and bilateral institutions such as international forestry funds to the private sector, along with their cooperation requirements. The session will also explore how the private sector can engage more closely with these funds to achieve a win-win goal of economic growth and sustainable development.
Session 2: Harnessing Forest and Timber Supply Chain Finance to Convert Ecological Premium into Economic Gains
In Session 2, the discussion will primarily focus on the systemic synergy between forest and timber supply chain finance and timber enterprises, as well as consumer promotion. By enhancing the transparency, credibility, and consumer awareness of forest-based ecological products through traceability, ecological labeling and certification, and the promotion of ecological product consumption, we can better develop and market ecological products. This approach will also effectively transform ecological premiums into economic benefits by increasing consumers' willingness to purchase ecological products.
Key Topics
- Supply Chain Finance and the Exploitation and Use of Forest Resources
- Insights into the status of international forestry climate funds and the support pathways for forestry.
- Framework and progress of the private sector investment of the Central African Forest Initiative.
- Harnessing Forestry Supply Chain Finance to Convert Ecological Premium into Economic Gains
- Case sharing: Empowering prosperity and livelihoods through ecological labeling of products.
- From forest to market: Harnessing forestry supply chains finance to convert ecological premium into economic gains.
Participants
120-150 participants are expected to represent government, business actors, financial institution, trade and industry organizations, academics, and civil society. Ensuring diversity among stakeholders present at this event will allow for fruitful debate and strengthening collaboration and partnership among stakeholders.
Contact Person
Chen Neng: gfgs@macaufd.net