PEFC - A Guide For Retailers

The choices that retailers make on their customers’ behalf when sourcing paper and wood products can have a significant impact on the state of the world’s forests. As well as…

The Responsible Choice For Wood and Paper Products

As consumers, we can make a difference to the world’s forests by choosing to buy only certified wood and paper products. The PEFC logo is your assurance that products bearing…

PEFC Chain of Custody Certification - The Key to Selling Certified Products

Chain of Custody certification is a mechanism for tracking certified material from the forest to the final product. This publication is intended to help companies familiarize themselves with the most…

PEFC Project Chain of Custody Certification - One Project, One Message

PEFC Project Chain of Custody certification recognises that not all parties involved in specific projects are certified, even though forest-based material used for the project is covered by Chain of…

PEFC Project Chain of Custody Certification - An Introduction

Project Chain of Custody is a specific form of Chain of Custody certification that allows you to take advantage of PEFC certification for specific projects. this works particularly well for…

Your Assurance of Responsible Sourcing

Companies enjoy multiple benefits with PEFC Chain of Custody (CoC) certification, a new brochure by PEFC, the world's largest forest certification system, explains. With more and more public and private…

Construction and PEFC-Certified Timber

Timber is a material that sits at the heart of the construction industry. As well as having the lowest embodied CO2 of any commercially available building material, it is increasingly…

Architects, Designers, and Certified Timber

Timber is the link between building and nature. The variety and species of timber available from PEFC sources is enormous. There are an endless variety of colours, grain patterns and…

Certified Paper for the Print, Packaging and Publishing Industries

Demand for sustainably produced goods is growing in the UK. consumers are becoming better informed and more concerned about the environmental provenance of the products they buy. Increasingly, companies who…

Certified Wood for the Furniture Industry

The demand for furniture manufactured from timber or wood-based products which have derived from well-managed sources is increasingly rapidly. In the recent past it has been predominantly the ‘office and…

PEFC Logo Usage Toolkit (Second Edition, December 2010)

The Logo Usage Toolkit (Second Version, December 2010) for on-product labelling is applicable to companies that have been certified to PEFC ST 2002:2010. Logo users which have obtained Chain of…

PEFC Logo Usage Toolkit (First Edition, January 2010)

The Logo Usage Toolkit (First Edition, Janury 2010) for on-product labelling is applicable to companies that have been certified to Annex 4 of the PEFC Technical Document. Logo users which…

De-mystifying Sustainable Forest Management Certification

This paper aims to answer the most frequently asked questions on sustainable forest management, chain of custody certification and logo use.

PEFC and FSC - global Sustainable Forest Management Certification Schemes

This paper aims to outline the main differences and similarities between the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) and the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) as responsible forest management…

PEFC Global Statistics

Forests area: 245 million ha
Forest owners: > 483,957
Companies (CoC): 8,797

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