PEFC

The challenge

Consumers are increasingly seeking evidence of environmentally sound business practices. Public authorities and corporate procurement policies increasingly demand reassurances and proof from the paper and wood-processing industries that the wood they use for their products comes from sustainably managed forests.
It is generally agreed that wood-based products have a better overall environmental record than competitor materials, but questions have arisen about the management of the forests from which the wood originates. Businesses therefore need a reliable and credible mechanism to prove to their customers where the wood for their products has come from.

What is certification?

Evidence that wood comes from sustainably managed forests can be provided through forest certification. Forest certification covers:

• Verification of legal orgin of fiber (LOV)
• Sustainable Forest Management certification of forest enterprises, which provides an assurance that the forests are managed sustainably.
• Chain of Custody certification, which is a mechanism for tracing material from certified forests to the final product such as ENOVA. (CoC)

Examples of international forest certification systems include FSC and PEFC. The latter covers various national programmes such as SFI, CSA and ATFS in North America and others in Europe and Australia.
Certified fibre for ENOVA has been sourced from PEFC-certified forests in South America andEurope.

 

Certified fiber sources

• West Fraser, Saskatchewan, Canada
• CMPC Cellulosa, Chile

 

What is PEFC?
PEFC is an independent, non-profit,
nongovernmental organization, which
promotes the sustainable management
of the world’s forests through third
part certification. Since its
establishment in1999, PEFC has
become the world’s largest
certification programme for
sustainable forest management.

Who is supporting PEFC?
PEFC is supported by environmental organizations,
state authorities, trade unions, forest managers and
owners, timber traders as well as producers and retailers
of paper and timber products.

Where does PEFC-certified fibre for Enova come from?
Certified fibre for ENOVA has been sourced from sustainably managed forest located in South America and Europe.

APP and PEFC Certification

• PEFC is a leading, internationally recognized forest management certification program which, among other things, ensures the legal and non-controversial origin of the fibre used in market pulp.
• APP supports forestry certification as a mechanism to promote the responsible
• management of the world’s working forests.
• APP has chosen to focus on Program for the Endorsement of Forest Certifications Schemes (PEFC) forestry and “Chain-of-Custody” certification which is the largest and most recognized forestry standard.
• Based in Geneva, Program for the Endorsement of Forest Certifications Schemes, is the world’s largest independent, non-profit, certification body. To date, PEFC has certified more than twice the amount of forest area than FSC. These sources assure APP of a sustainable supply of certified pulp to service our customers around the globe.
• We’re proud that APP’s four main paper mills have achieved Program for the
• Endorsement of Forest Certifications Schemes “Chain-of-Custody” Certification in line with other leading global pulp and paper manufacturers.
• PEFC promotes sustainably managed forests through independent third party
• certification and provides an assurance mechanism to all purchasers of wood and paper products that they are promoting the sustainable management of forests.