UKWAS 5 Second Revision Draft Consultation Is Now Open

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PEFC is the world’s leading forest certification system and an internationally recognised brand devoted to ensuring that forests are managed according to environmental, social and economic criteria.
We are an international non-profit, non-governmental organisation dedicated to promoting Sustainable Forest Management through independent third-party certification.
PEFC works by endorsing national forest certification systems developed collaboratively by all interested stakeholders and has recognised certification systems in 53 countries.
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Forests are critical for sustainable development providing a wealth of goods and services that are essential for a greener economy. Forest certification is crucial in providing evidence of sustainable forest management.
PEFC expands forest certification globally through its unique bottom-up approach to certification and is the certification system of choice for family and community-owned forests. The UK Woodland Assurance Standard (UKWAS) is the national forest certification standard for the UK.
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Chain of Custody is the process of handling information on the origin of forest-based products.
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At PEFC, we have a longstanding commitment to halting deforestation through the promotion of sustainable forest management and products that do not contribute to forest loss. We are committed to continuing this work and strongly support the objectives of the EU Regulation on Deforestation-free Products (EUDR).

Our standards are already well positioned to meet many key elements of the EUDR, and we are working intensively to align them more closely with EUDR requirements. PEFC chain of custody certified companies and PEFC certified forest owners will soon be able to benefit from our practical solutions to enable them to successfully implement EUDR.
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Discover the benefits of PEFC UK Corporate membership. Learn more about what you can do to demonstrate your support for sustainable forest management.

PEFC UK is required to revise or review its national endorsed forest certification scheme every five years. PEFC UK has used the U K Woodland Assurance Standard (UKWAS) as part of its national scheme since 2002 and the current version of UKWAS 4 has now begun its revision process to UKWAS 5. The second public consultation on the current draft is for 60 days and is now open. We would encourage all stakeholders to comment on the draft and answer the questions posed in the consultation paper.

The consultation draft has been prepared by a chamber-balanced working group reflecting economic, environmental, and social interests taking full account of earlier stakeholder input.

The is the final consultation round and stakeholders are encouraged to read through the draft and submit their comments using the Consultation Template.

The aim is for the fifth edition of the UKWAS standard to be effective from April 2023.

UKWAS Second Revision Draft Webinar

A webinar on the UKWAS Second Revision Draft will be held on zoom from 14.00 to 15.30 on November 3rd. You can register here for the webinar

The webinar will be hosted by PEFC UK and should be of interest to stakeholders and all those wishing to learn more about the UKWAS consultation process and the latest consultation draft of the standard.

Speakers will include working group chair, Peter Wilson, to provide an overview and a revision working group representative from each of the economic, environmental and social sectors who will provide their own sector’s perspective.

The webinar will be followed by a discussion and Q&A session.

Further Information

The following documentation is available at ukwas.org.uk

Consultation documents:

UKWAS Consultation Paper on Second Revision Draft
UKWAS 5 Consultation Template (Second Revision Draft)

UKWAS 5 Second Revision Drafts:

UKWAS 5 Second Revision Draft (Requirements-only version)
UKWAS 5 Second Revision Draft (Full version)

Consultation Reports:

UKWAS Revision 2020-23 Initial Revision Draft Consultation Report
Consultation Report Annex 1

Standard-users and stakeholders should submit their input by Tuesday, 30th November 2021 to ukwas@ukwas.org.uk.

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For more detailed information concerning certification, kindly contact a UK accredited and notified certification body or a consultant specialising in Chain of Custody certification.

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Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification

PEFC is the world's largest forest certification organisation

ABOUT US

FORESTRY

MARKETS FOR PEFC

CHAIN OF CUSTODY & LOGO USE

EUDR

NEWS & MEDIA

Presentations

PRESENTATIONS

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