Sustainable Business Magazine

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ior Engineering Advisor at the Canadian Forest Service) discussed the Investments in Forest Industry Transformation (IFIT) Program, a four-year $100-million initiative started back in 2010 with the goal of making Canada’s forestry sector more economically and environmentally sustainable. Rod Albers, Manager of Energy and BioProduct Development at West Fraser Timber, spoke about the development of the forest products industry over the last ten years, discussing various production methods and how they contribute to an environmentally sustainable natural resources industry. Gurminder Minhas, Managing Director at Performance BioFilaments, spoke about Performance BioFilaments, a joint venture between Mercer SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS MAGAZINE

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