Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Alun Watkins
Hilary Khawam
Promoting
Sustainable Forest
Management
www.pefc.org #pefc
Fantastic Forests
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Fantastic Products from Forests
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No products without harvesting
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How people associate the use of
wood-based products
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Forest Benefits
Why are forests so important?
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Why Forest Certification Matters
Helps prevent
illegal logging Maintains and increases
the health and vitality
of forest eco-systems
Promotes
Protects
safe working
ecologically
conditions
important
forest areas
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Why Forests Matter
PEFC’s Vision:
"A world in which people manage forests sustainably.“
PEFC’s Mission:
"To give society confidence that people manage forests
sustainably."
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Role of Forest Certification
Sustainable forest management contributes positively to
tackling global challenges such as climate change, poverty
alleviation, water management issues and loss of
biodiversity.
Forest certification
• Provides evidence for sustainable forest management
through third-party certification
• Provides forest owners with access to markets demanding
certified products
• Encourages sharing of knowledge and best practice and
continuous improvement
• Assists in securing forest benefits for the long term.
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Responsible Forest Management
PEFC certification promotes sustainability
Healthy Forests
• Maintain and increase the health and vitality of forest ecosystems, biodiversity
• Protect ecologically important forest areas, wildlife, waterways, and soil
• Prohibit forest conversions; no certification of plantations established by conversions
• Avoid genetically modified trees, most hazardous chemicals
• Prevent unauthorised activities such as illegal logging
Healthy Communities
• Promote the long term health and well-being of forest communities
• Respect forests’ multiple functions, give due regard to the role of forestry in rural development
• Involve forest communities, forest-dependent people in forest management
• Recognise indigenous people’s rights, incl. free, prior and informed consent
• Protect sites with recognised specific historical, cultural or spiritual significance
• Safeguard areas fundamental to meeting the basic needs of local communities
Healthy Workers
• Comply with all fundamental ILO conventions; safe working conditions
• Consideration of new opportunities for employment
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Panel of
Experts
Approval by members
International
Board
Global public
consultation Sustainability recommend-
ation
Benchmarks Revision required
Multi-
Independent stakeholder
assessment process
National Consens-
Pilot testing based decision
Application for assessment
Standard making
National public
consultation
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Forest Cover and Loss
Global Growth of the PEFC Alliance
2016
2009 PEFC members with endorsed systems
PEFC members progressing towards endorsement
Countries actively developing systems
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June 2016
2009
Certification – The Global Picture
Progress to date
▪28% of the world’s ▪60% of the total area ▪10% of the world’s forests
industrial roundwood certified to PEFC are certified
supply is certified
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Certified Forest Area by Country
Country Certified Area (ha) Country Certified Area (ha)
301.6 303.7
300.0
272.1
263.2
253.1
245.1
250.0 237.4
Certified forest area (million ha)
229.6
223.5
217.7
193.8 194.4
200.0 187.7
150.0
100.0
0.0
0.0
Year
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PEFC and FSC
PEFC FSC
Bottom up approach Top down approach
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Behind the Label
The nuts & bolts of PEFC – 2 areas
• legal: wood is harvested in compliance with local legislation and international agreements
• from well managed forests: safeguarding environmental, social & economic values
• traceable: the raw material supply chain is verified from the forest to the finished product
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Chain of Custody Numbers
by Country
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PEFC ST 2002 Responsibilities
PEFC Council
Task Forces
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Work in Progress
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PEFC Standards Documentation
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Chain of Custody - Scope
Chain of Custody
Process of transferring information on origin of raw
material to information on origin of an organisation’s
products.
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Structure of PEFC ST 2002:2013
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• Identification of material category
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• Minimum Due Diligence System requirements
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• Chain of Custody method
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• Sales and communication on claimed product
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• Minimum management system requirements
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• Social, health and safety requirements
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Requirements for input / output
information
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Incoming Delivery?
Check your supplier's status
• Check:
• Current status
• valid
• suspended
• expired
• withdrawn
http://www.pefc.org/find-certified/certified-certificates)
• Scope
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Defining Controversial Sources
Illegal
GMO use Conversion
Harvesting
• Forest operations • Utilising genetically • Converting forest to
• High environmental modified forest-based other vegetation type
values organisms • Conversion of
• Protected & primary forest to
endangered species plantations
• Health & labour
issues of workers
• Property, tenure &
use rights
• Taxes, royalties,
trade & customs
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PEFC’s Due Diligence System
Background
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PEFC’s Due Diligence System
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Formal PEFC Claims
• X% PEFC Certified
PEFC Pure
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PEFC Claims
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PEFC Logo – Types of Use
ON-PRODUCT OFF-PRODUCT
• Use on the tangible certified • Any use other than on-
product itself product e.g.
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The PEFC Label Generator
The PEFC Label Generator makes it easier
and quicker for companies, forest owners
and uncertified entities to create PEFC
labels.
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PEFC Label - Certified
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PEFC Label – Promotional Use
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PEFC Label – Colour Options
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PEFC Logo - Frame
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Different Colour
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PEFC Project Certification
Project Chain of
Custody certification
enables a claim to be
made about the PEFC
certified material used
within a defined
Project.
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PEFC – Your Assurance of Responsible
Timber Sourcing
PEFC certification provides assurances
of responsible sourcing
PEFC is the world’s
20,000 certified largest forest
companies around the certification system
world supplying PEFC
certified products
PEFC promotes
sustainable forest
System of choice management
for small-scale
forest owners
An alliance of
39 national forest
certification systems
304 million hectares
of certified forests
Delivering
impacts in the forest
Market Drivers for PEFC Certified
Products
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Market Drivers for Certification
Legislation
Consumers
Public
procurement
Financial Industry
sector commitments
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Legislation
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Public Sector Procurement
EU Eco Label
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Timber Procurement Policy
The following measures within our guidance are contractual for all fit-out work across our
estate:
Timber Procurement Confirm that all timber products are legally and responsibly
sourced in accordance with the UK Government’s Timber
Procurement Policy
http://www.cpet.org.uk/uk-government-timber-procurement-
policy
Water-efficient sanitary equipment Where sanitary fittings are being replaced or upgraded, select options such
as:
• Dual and / or low flush WC’s
• Waterless urinals
• Low flow taps with automatic shut off
Site waste management Ensure that a fit-out waste management plan is developed in line with the waste
hierarchy to identify key fit-out waste streams and additional options for reuse,
recycling or other management. Above all, avoid sending waste to landfill.
Energy-efficient lighting Minimise energy demand associated with artificial lighting requirements, particularly
during daylight hours.
Select energy-efficient lighting options - for example, LED fittings should be used
where appropriate
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Timber Procurement Policy
Softwood FSC / PEFC / CSA / SFI certified softwoods only [Note: coppiced
material is exempt]
Temperate FSC / PEFC / CSA / SFI certified temperate hardwoods only
hardwood [Note: coppiced material is exempt].
Tropical Tropical hardwood will not be purchased unless it is an
hardwood operational necessity.
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Local Authority Procurement
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Industry Commitments - Paper &
Packaging
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Industry Commitments - Timber
http://www.supplychainschool.co.uk
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Corporate Procurement
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Corporate Procurement
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Corporate Procurement
We recognise and
support the Forest
Stewardship Council
(FSC) and PEFC (The
Programme for the
Endorsement of Forest
Certification). We strive
towards all sources of
timber to be FSC and or
PEFC compliant by 2018.
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Corporate Procurement
Target Progress
100% of our own brand timber and Almost achieved: 95% of our
paper products will be sustainably own brand timber and paper
sourced by year end 2015/16. products are sustainably
sourced (FSC-certified; PEFC-
certified, recycled or by-product
as defined by the Waitrose timber
policy)
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Corporate Procurement
In December, Christmas-
themed coffee cups carrying
the PEFC label began to
appear in Greggs’
1,800 high street outlets.
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Corporate Procurement
Our long term aim is to have all timber materials used in the production of
furniture products credibly and ethically sourced from verified well-
managed forests under a Chain of Custody program (FSC or PEFC
certificates). We also encourage the certification of all timber as much as
possible”.
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Financial Services Sector
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Consumer Research
When purchasing a product or a service, which of the
following criteria reassure you the most that environmental
considerations and sustainable development had been taken
into account?
Other 4%
Supply Chain
Sustainability
School
US Green Building
Council LEED
Recognised in
corporate timber
procurement
policies
Next Generation
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Benefits for Your Business
Advantages of PEFC certification & labelling
• Meet expectations
• The PEFC label allows your company to demonstrate environmental
and social responsibility to customers
• Procurement policies by governments and companies are increasingly
specifying certification as a key requirement.
• Secure supply
• Secure your supply of sustainably sourced material with the assurance
that the raw material used in your packaging originates from legal and
sustainable sources, aligned with regulatory requirements such as
EUTR
• There is a larger quantity of material certified to PEFC than any other
forest certification system, providing you with competitive options.
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