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Edition N°23
September 2008

 AENOR CHILE IS ACCREDITED TO CERTIFICATE PEFC CHAIN OF CUSTODY IN CHILE
The certification body AENOR Chile is accredited to offer PEFC for the audit certification of PEFC Chain of Custody in Chile. Therefore, any company that wants to certify the traceability of its raw materials certified under the Standard of PEFC Chain of Custody can contact the certifying body:
Name: Christian Maspero
Fone: 4999200
E-Mail: cmaspero@aenor.com
Source: CERTFORCHILE
25/09/2008
CERTFOR PARTICIPATED IN THE SEMINAR "RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE PESTICIDES IN FO-RESTRY” ORGANIZED BY INFOR
On September 25 th, CERTFOR attended the seminar "Restrictions for the use of pesticides in the Forest Sector”, under the Project conducted by INFOR.
Source: CERTFORCHILE
26/09/2008
PROMOTION FOREST CERTIFICATION SYSTEM CERTFOR/PEFC
During August and September, promotion of the Forest Certification System CERTFOR/PEFC has conti-nued. Printers and paper suppliers were visited. The purpose of these visits was to promote the CERTFOR system and show the benefits of the CERTFOR/PEFC certification.
Source: CERTFORCHILE
22/09/2008
CHINA: PROMOTION CERTIFICACTION SEAL PEFC
During the last time PEFC China has participated in activities where has been able to promote the PEFC forest certification, the initiatives of PEFC China and the benefits of certification specifically the Chain of Custody in the packaging, printing and paper industry.
Source: CERTFORCHILE
20/09/2008
PEFC UK COMES CLOSER 900 CERTIFICATES OF CHAIN OF CUSTODY
The increase of the number certificates of Chain of PEFC’s Custody UK continues growing rapidly. At the end of September, 2008, there have been closer 900 certificates of Chain of Custody, appropriating itself as the second country in obtaining the major number of CdC’s certificates, after France. Of the whole of certificates, the companies retail represent 53%, the companies of cellulose and paper 42% and the rest of companies represent 5%.
Source: CERTFORCHILE
19/09/2008
INDONESIA: ASIA PULP AND PAPER ACHIEVES PEFC CERTIFICATION FOR FOUR MILLS
Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) has announced its achievement of PEFC chain-of-custody certification, hoping to assure its customers that the fibre used in its paper products has legal and non-controversial origins.
Source: Forest News Watch, Weekly Reports, 19 September 2008
15/09/2008
PEFC ANNOUNCES DEBUT AT THE FRANKFURT BOOK FAIR
In response to rapidly growing demand for PEFC-certified paper products from the publishing and print buying sectors, a multi-national team from PEFC will be exhibiting at the Frankfurt Book Fair this year.
Source: PEFC Council
15/09/2008
REVIEW ANNEX 5 - PEFC LOGO USE RULES
The document Annex 5 ­ PEFC Logo Use Rules is currently being reviewed by PEFC Council. This process will end in October this year and will be presented at the next General Assembly of PEFC for final approval.
More information
Source: PEFC Council
15/09/2008
SRWMD FIRST PUBLIC ENTITY IN FLORIDA TO RECEIVE SFI CERTIFICATION
The Suwannee River Water Management District is pleased to announce that it is the first public entity in the state of Florida to receive certification of its lands under the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) Standard. A third-party audit was completed in July and found that the District was in conformance with the standard on all of its 160,000 acres of fee-owned lands.
Source: Forest News Watch, Weekly Reports, 15 September 2008
10/08/2008
START-UP PRINTER PREPARES TO OFFER ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY OPTIONS
Print company Redwood is set to bolster its environmental accreditations as it starts the process to become FSC and PEFC Chain of Custody-certified.
The Liverpool-based company was set up on 1 January 2008 and aims to provide environmentally friendly print services to the market.
Source: News Print Week
09/09/2008
ABITIBIBOWATER ANNOUNCES CONTINUED PROGRESS TOWARD 100% FOREST CERTIFICATION GOAL
AbitibiBowater announced today that its Maniwaki, Quebec woodland operations received a favorable recommendation toward CSA forest certification. This development marks continued progress towards the Company’s commitment of certifying 100% of its woodlands by the end of 2008.
Source: Forest News Watch, Weekly Reports, 9 September 2008


OTHER INTEREST NEWS

19/09/2008 SFI LAUNCHES REVAMPED WEB SITE
Source: Forest News Watch, Weekly Reports, 19 September 2008

09/09/2008 AHLSTROM RECEIVES PEFC AND FSC CHAIN-OF-CUSTODY CERTIFICATIONS FOR ITS TURIN RELEASE BASE PAPER PLANT IN ITALY
Source: Forest News Watch, Weekly Reports, 9 September 2008

09/09/2008

SONOCO’S NORTH AMERICAN RECYCLED PAPERBOARD MILLS, RIGID PAPER CONTAINER PLANTS RECEIVE ALL CHAIN-OF-CUSTODY CERTIFICATIONS
Source: Forest News Watch, Weekly Reports, 9 September 2008





KNOWING THE PEFC FAMILY
PEFC UK


William B. Walker
Secretario Nacional - PEFC Reino Unido
PEFC UK Limited
Año de Incorporación al Sistema 2002

PEFC FOREST AND CHAIN OF CUSTODY IN THE UK
A success story in the development of fo-rest certification.
The PEFC UK Certification Scheme for Sustainable Forest Management received international endorsement on the 6th March 2002 by the PEFC Council, and the most recent revision was re-endorsed in the early part of 2008.

The Scheme is based on the UK Woodland Assurance Standard (UKWAS), as the model for certification of forest management standards in the UK. UKWAS has been deve-loped, over the last eight years, through a partnership of forestry, social and environmental organisations, who through a process of consensus have unanimously adopted the Standard. Significantly, it is recognised by international forest certification schemes, including PEFC, which means that wood pro-ducts from UKWAS certified forests can carry the label of one of these schemes, if the rules of the individual scheme have been met.

Currently, PEFC UK does not have any certified forest area registered under the Scheme, as all the UK certified area, which amounts to about 50% of the total forest cover, is certified under FSC, but it is hoped that over the next few years most of the forest will become dual certified under both the PEFC and FSC Schemes. However, the growth of PEFC Chain of Custody certification has grown at an astonishing rate over the last two years and now totals nearly 900 certificates with this number more or less doubling every 12 months. Similarly, the number of logo licen-ces issued continues to grow and now there are some 600 in existence.

In the future forest and chain of custody certification in the UK will play a key role in de-monstrating sustainable forest management, as buyers of timber and paper products are increasingly looking for the necessary and verifiable assurances that the origin of the products is from well managed forests, with the associated chain of supply claims de-monstrating the completeness of the process. Indeed the UK government through its Timber Procurement Policy have clearly sta-ted this requirement and PEFC, together with FSC, have both been placed in the highest category of Certification Schemes for delive-ring sustainable forest management claims.

Already this is being demonstrated in the market place with an ever increasing number of purchasers demanding that only certified products are acceptable, both for paper and timber products.

Interestingly and as an example of awareness, the 2012 Olympic Games to be held in London will only use certified timber pro-ducts.

Also more and more of the leading companies are stipulating that all products they use or sell are derived from certified forests.

As the UK is one of the largest importers of timber and timber products in the world, the importance of forest and chain of custody certification will undoubtedly continue to grow over the next few years and will become the standard requirement of most consumers.

Major information about the UK scheme in http://www.pefc.com.uk

 
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