2016 AGM UPDATE. 26 October 2016

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1 2016 AGM UPDATE 26 October 2016

2 Key outcomes delivered by FWPA 8-storey timber buildings code change Improved social license for wood Partnership with Planet Ark World leading WoodSolutions program Impactful research outputs Forestlearning schools program Accessible and timely industry statistics

3 Where are we going? FWPA s vision for industry The forest and wood products industry will grow as a result of increased demand for its marketoriented, sustainable and competitive products and services. FIAC s vision and goal for industry The forest industry will lead the transition to a bio-economy of which Australians can be proud AND To triple the economic value of the forest industry by 2050

4 Responding to a changing world (megatrends) EY (2016) Megatrends and the Australian Forest and Wood Products Sector Opportunities and challenges for sustainable growth

5 FWPA s mission We collaborate with government and industry stakeholders to determine strategy and deliver programs designed to grow the market for forest and wood products, increase productivity and across the value chain and ensure positive environmental and social outcomes.

6 Financial summary Revenue and expenditure ( 000) Source of revenue ( 000) Use of funds ( 000)

7 Outcome-driven programs 1. Promoting the advantages of wood products 2. Aligning products to market needs 3. Assisting value chain optimisation 4. Increasing resource availability and reducing risk 5. Impacting decision making and industry capability

8 FWPA is hardwired to innovation and collaboration Strategic focus we work cross-disciplinary to structured plans across all programs Building alliances Planet Ark, industry associations, professional bodies, regulators Develop new systems Statistics aggregation and data portal WoodSolutions knowledge database Focus on communication strong brands, webinars, websites, personal

9 Strongly networked structure

10 Promoting wood products

11 Wood owns environmentally friendly Source: Internet surveys (n>=1000) Sample reliability is 95% confidence interval +/- 3%

12 Integrated market development activities Environmentally friendly Market support for wood Environmental sustainability 75% 77% 85% 35% 34% 24% 21% 22% 19% 11% 13% 12% 33% 29% 23% 8% 7% 7% Concrete Steel Wood Aluminium Brick None of these Collaborative Evidence-base International best practice Strong technical base Investment in research

13 Planet Ark helps provides reach and leverage

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15 High quality teaching resources

16 New advertising campaign to be launched Objective Stimulate interest, inspire and engage the audience with the versatility of wood. Execution Using six 15-second videos (i.e., indoor, packaging, outdoor, furniture, framing, bioenergy All executions have a climate and certification message. Spread across a range of channels, including subscription TV, print, social media and internet.

17 Aligning products to market needs Changes to the building code WoodSolutions design guides WoodSolutions mid-rise program Market research and dissemination New National Centre of Excellence for Design Life and Durability

18 Housing market has fundamentally changed Multi-residential

19 Deemed-to-satisfy height restrictions (2016) FWPA has secured 4 changes to the NCC including the DTS for lightweight and massive timber up to 25 metres Classes 2,3 &5)

20 Fire protected timber General Timber (High level of protection to timber) FRL lightweight timber-framed construction e.g. 90, 120, 140 x 45mm Additional precautions to reduce risk of fire spread to cavities e.g. Sprinkler system plus 2 x 13mm firegrade plasterboard for walls, 2 x 16mm fire-grade plasterboard for ceilings Additional precautions to reduce risk if fire enters or starts in cavity e.g. cavity barriers Fire-grade plasterboar d Timber framing

21 WoodSolutions.com.au. The knowledge building website.

22 WoodSolutions has strong brand awareness and value Global Ranking WoodSolutions (AUS) 597,303 Bluescope steel (AUS) 625,105 WoodWorks (US) 651,653 Trada (UK) 681,333 ReThink Wood (US) 1,676,734 WoodWorks (Cdn) 3,512,281 Think Brick (AUS) 5,650,936 Source: Alexis.com (19/4/16) WoodSolutions continues to rank as the most visited wood promotion site in the Englishspeaking world

23 WoodSolutions technical Field Force Establishment of a technical field force in Victoria with a minor extension in Queensland 3-year pilot with the potential to roll-out nationally The program will have similarities to the successful North American WoodWorks program Voluntary funders (e.g., domestic and imported timber suppliers, nail plates, truss manufacturers, plasterboard), FWPA management and Government matching dollars.

24 Assisting in optimisation of the value chain Resource assessment tools (e.g., LiDAR, drones, resistogaph, NIR, e-cambium model) Market assessment (input from Program 2) Resource handling (e.g., infield drying, In-mill optimisation (e.g., Opti-cant, big data, grading) Log and product tracking (e.g, RFID)

25 The challenge is to optimise value from the tree and the end-user Next gen/value added structural products Next gen/value added reconstituted fibre products Value added residue producing platform chemicals from biorefineries J. Harrington 2000

26 Single tree forestry (remove the tyranny of averages) Know where the trees are located and their key properties (genetics, LidAR, wood properties) Allocate the right log to the right product/mill Allocate the right product to the right end-use and customer

27 Growing resources and reducing risk Genetics by environment (GxE) research Genetic markers for eucalypts Forest Productivity Optimisation System Agro-forestry decision support tools Herbicide consortium ERF methodology for commercial forestry Pine drought mortality: predicting risk and providing adaptation strategies

28 Impacting decision making and capacity Improvement in ABARES statistics and upgrade of FORUM model Industry data aggregation in sawn s/wood, h/wood and forest growers Data dashboard in place and 2 nd generation to be launched Socio-economic research for key regions Mechanisms to ensure data conservation

29 Voluntary matching Access to C wealth funds for voluntary contributions (capped at $1.6 mil after 2018). Projects that have been supported: CLT acoustics African Mahogany genetics African Mahogany therapeutics STBA expanded genetics WoodSolutions fieldforce pilot Permanent sample plot trial in Green Triangle UAVs to spot Koalas Challenge to get C wealth to provide remaining funds up to GSV cap (~ $3 mil pa).

30 THANK YOU Ric Sinclair: (0407)