About ____

Helping to solve some of the globe’s greatest environmental challenges.

The International Sustainable Forestry Coalition (ISFC) brings together a group of the world’s leading forestry companies to work collectively to help solve some of the globe’s greatest environmental challenges.

With a global population of almost 8 billion people and a Gross World Product nearing $100 trillion [1], forests and all natural ecosystems are under pressure.

Deforestation to provide land for agriculture, physical impacts from climate change, disputes over land use and land rights, loss of species and degradation of freshwater quality and flows, are all becoming widespread problems. The global sustainable forestry sector wants to be a larger part of the solution to these problems.

[1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/268750/global-gross-domestic-product-gdp/

The ISFC vision __________

To see forests and forestry become central to the global transition to a sustainable and growing circular bioeconomy.

The ISFC mission __________

The ISFC exists to help society build a nature positive bioeconomy by making the best possible use of forests and forest products.

Governance __________

The ISFC is a Company limited by guarantee (not for profit) registered in the United Kingdom. Each full member company has the right to nominate one individual to become a Director of the ISFC.

Board of Directors

INDEPENDENT CHAIR

Dr. David Brand

Dr. David Brand has more than 40 years’ experience in forestry investment, forest management, science, and public policy. Dr. Brand founded New Forests in 2005 and is currently Chair of New Forests’ Board of Directors and the Chair of the company’s Investment Committee.
Previously, Dr. Brand has held a variety of senior leadership roles at Hancock Natural Resources Group, the State Forests of NSW and the Canadian Forest Service.
Dr. Brand serves on the Advisory Board of The World BioEconomy Forum, the Board of Directors of the Washington DC based non-governmental organization, Forest Trends, the Board of Trustees of Bangkok-based Intergovernmental Organization, The Centre for People and Forests, and is Chair of wood processing business, Timberlink Australia.
Dr. Brand has been awarded a PhD from the University of British Columbia and a Bachelor of Science in Forestry from the University of Toronto in Canada.

VICE-CHAIR

Toby Croucher

Senior Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer, Stora Enso

Toby Croucher is Senior Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer for Stora Enso. Stora Enso is a leading provider of renewable products in packaging, biomaterials, and wooden construction, and one of the largest private forest owners in the world. Toby is responsible for the overall sustainability strategy of the Group and alignment of sustainability with the business strategy. Toby has been with Stora Enso since 2022.
Toby has 25 years’ of corporate industry experience in large enterprises and prior to joining Stora Enso Toby had leadership roles in technology and energy sectors across both strategy and operational roles where he led integration of biodiversity, climate and sustainability strategies into business across a diverse range of countries and stakeholders. Toby has a Natural Sciences MSc and executive education from both Harvard and Stanford on strategy and leading organisational change.

TREASURER

Anna Torma

Vice President Public Affairs and Chief Sustainability Officer, PotlatchDeltic

Anna Torma is Vice President Public Affairs and Chief Sustainability Officer at PotlatchDeltic. In this role, she leads the company’s sustainability reporting and strategy, government relations and policy, internal and external communications, and corporate citizenship. Prior to joining PotlatchDeltic in 2018, Anna was Senior Vice President Corporate Affairs of Forestar Group. She led a variety of functions including investor relations, communications, and environmental health and safety. Torma’s career has included a role as First Vice President, Senior North American Paper & Forest Products Equity Analyst at Merrill Lynch followed by her being a principal at Torma Research as a forest products, packaging, and homebuilders equity research analyst.
Ms. Torma is engaged on several Boards including the National Council for Air and Stream Improvement (NCASI) and the U.S. Endowment for Forestry & Communities and on committees for industry associations including the National Alliance of Forest Owners and American Wood Council. She also serves on the Board of Directors of the Spokane Symphony and Spokane County United Way.
Anna was born in Toronto, Canada and moved to the U.S. in 1996. She was awarded a Bachelor of Science in Forestry from Lakehead University, and a Bachelor of Laws and Master of Business Administration from the University of Western Ontario.