Hosts & Organizer

Hosts

International Tropical Timber Organization

The International Tropical Timber Organization, ITTO for short, is an intergovernmental organization promoting the sustainable management and conservation of tropical forests and the expansion and diversification of international trade in tropical timber from sustainably managed and legally harvested forests. It’ s located in Yokohama, Japan. At present, there are 76 ITTO members. ITTO’ s membership represents about 90% of the global tropical timber trade and more than 80% of the world’ s tropical forests.

 Website: www.itto.int

Commerce and Investment Promotion Institute of the Macao Special Administrative Region

Commerce and Investment Promotion Institute of the Macao Special Administrative Region (IPIM), whose main responsibilities are attracting investment, assisting companies in exploring new markets, promoting the development of the convention and exhibition industry, promoting economic and commercial exchange and cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries, and supporting the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao), among others.

 Website: https://www.ipim.gov.mo

Organizer

Secretariat of the Global Green Supply Chains Initiative

Global Green Supply Chains Initiative (GGSC) is part of the Legal and Sustainable Supply Chains (LSSC) Programme, which was approved at the 53rd session of the International Tropical Timber Council for being included into the Biennial Work Programme (BWP) of International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO). Launched in 2018 by leading Chinese enterprises in forest products industry, GGSC became an international initiative in 2019. Since then, GGSC has been acting as a global platform for serving the sustainable development of the forest products industry.

 Website: https://www.itto-ggsc.org