Over the past five and a half years Punja has led on sustainability issues at the UK’s Timber Trade Federation (TTF), working with members and key stakeholders to provide an overarching strategic framework for the TTF’s work in this area.
The predominant focus of his work at the TTF has been on Responsible Timber Procurement and Supply Chain Management, in particular EUTR. Given the improvements the UK timber industry has made in the responsible sourcing of timber, his work increasingly focused on the role that timber can play in delivering a low carbon built environment.
Punja’s first exposure to FSC was in 1997, when fresh out of university he joined Global Witness as a volunteer and supported the team on their work on the links between deforestation in Cambodia, the Khmer Rouge and the Vietnamese Garden Furniture Trade. This experience played an important role in Anand’s career path and from this volunteering he chose to undertake an MA in Environment, Development and Policy with the ultimate aim of playing his part in working to create a more equal and sustainable world.
"I am really looking forward to working with and enabling the European Network Partners to play a strong role in delivering the new FSC Global Strategy. I look forward to meeting all of the Executive Directors and the rest of their teams," he said.
FSC is an independent, non-governmental, not for profit organization established to promote the responsible management of the world's forests.
