PEFC UK ANNUAL REPORT
CONTENTS 01 CHAIRMAN’S REPORT #HAIRMAN (UGH -ILLER REmECTS ON 0%&# S PROGRESS OVER THE PAST YEAR
02 MARKET OUTREACH 3NAPSHOT OF 0%&# S MARKET OUTREACH ACTIVITIES TO PROMOTE AWARENESS OF AND DRIVE DEMAND FOR CERTIlED PRODUCTS
04 PUBLIC AFFAIRS ! SUMMARY OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE 0%&# PROGRAMME WITHIN THE PUBLIC SECTOR
05 PROMOTING CERTIFIED TIMBER 0%&# S ENGAGEMENT WITH INDUSTRY INITIATIVES TO INCREASE DEMAND FOR CERTIlED TIMBER
08 BOARD OF DIRECTORS 0%&# 5+ "OARD OF $IRECTORS PROVIDING INDUSTRY EXPERTISE FROM A BROAD RANGE OF SECTORS
10 ACCOUNTS
06 PEFC INTERNATIONAL’S ACTIVITIES !N OVERVIEW OF 0%&# )NTERNATIONAL S ACTIVITIES IN
0%&# 5+ lNANCIAL INFORMATION FOR
13 PEFC PROGRESS IN ASIA
07 DEMAND FOR CERTIFICATION
)NTEREST IN FOREST CERTIlCATION IS GAINING MOMENTUM IN !SIA
+EY FOREST AND #HAIN OF #USTODY CERTIlCATION FACTS AND lGURES
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CHAIRMAN’S REPORT
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HUGH MILLER OBE, CHAIRMAN, PEFC UK
Welcome to the 2014 Annual Report. Over the past year, the PEFC team has been working tirelessly to raise the ORGANISATION S PROlLE AND GROW MARKET DEMAND FOR CERTIlED PRODUCTS TO ENSURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO ADD VALUE BOTH TO 0%&# CERTIlED PRODUCTS AND THE COMPANIES THAT TRADE IN THEM 0%&# S UNIQUE APPROACH TO CERTIlCATION and the advantages it offers to businesses across a range of sectors from packaging to biomass has remained at the heart of our marketing activities. We are encouraged that PEFC brand recognition continues to grow with leading companies across the UK increasingly using the PEFC logo on product to provide their customers with assurances of responsible sourcing. November saw the UK team head off to the warmer climes of Kuala Lumpur for the inaugural PEFC forest CERTIlCATION WEEK 4HIS BUSY WEEK incorporated the 18th General Assembly, a two-day Stakeholder meeting and a full programme of sidebar events in addition to a system development workshop. Eleven countries from three continents participated in the second PEFC sustainable forest management system development workshop. It BROUGHT TOGETHER lFTY REPRESENTATIVES from Cameroon, India, Indonesia, Japan, -YANMAR .EW :EALAND 4HE 0HILIPPINES 2EPUBLIC OF #ONGO 4HAILAND 4URKEY AND Vietnam with representatives of PEFC members from Belarus, Malaysia, Spain and PEFC International. 4HE HIGHLIGHT OF THE YEAR SO FAR FOR 0%&# UK was the January event to celebrate Kingsgate House, a seven-storey
residential project in West London, BECOMING THE lRST MAJOR CONSTRUCTION project in the world to achieve PEFC 0ROJECT #ERTIlCATION 4HIS IS A lRST FOR both PEFC UK and the contractor Willmott Dixon and it is hoped that where they lead, other developers will follow. As the majority of solid wood solutions SUCH AS #ROSS ,AMINATED 4IMBER AND Glulam are made from timber sourced FROM 0%&# CERTIlED FORESTS CONSTRUCTION projects using these materials should lND 0%&# 0ROJECT #ERTIlCATION READILY achievable. As ever thanks are due to the many individuals and organisations that enable PEFC to achieve so much in the UK with relatively modest resources. I would like to thank the Finnish Forest Foundation
“Thanks are also due ... to the Premier Paper Group for their generous donation of the paper used to print OUR lRST 0%&# CALENDAR featuring images of CERTIlED FORESTS AROUND the world.�
FOR THEIR CONTINUING lNANCIAL SUPPORT to our marketing and communications PROGRAMME 4HANKS ARE ALSO DUE TO Heritage Envelopes for helping PEFC keep its stationery bill in check and to the Premier Paper Group for their generous donation of the paper used to PRINT OUR lRST 0%&# CALENDAR FEATURING IMAGES OF CERTIlED FORESTS AROUND THE world. I would like to record my appreciation to my fellow Board members for the time they have generously devoted to our affairs over the past year. Finally, I would like to thank the PEFC UK team OF !LUN 7ATKINS 4RACEY 2EEVE AND Hilary Khawam who continue to work so diligently to take the organisation forward.
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MARKET OUTREACH
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)N ORDER TO INCREASE RECOGNITION OF THE 0%&# BRAND AND PROVIDE ADDED VALUE TO MORE THAN 5+ COMPANIES WHICH HAVE CHOSEN TO INVEST IN 0%&# #HAIN OF #USTODY MARKET OUTREACH REMAINS OUR TOP PRIORITY 4HIS YEAR HAS THEREFORE BEEN ANOTHER BUSY ONE FOR THE 0%&# TEAM AND THE FOLLOWING AIMS TO PROVIDE A SNAPSHOT OF OUR MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS ACTIVITIES OVER THE PAST TWELVE MONTHS
TIMBER AND CONSTRUCTION &IRST 0%&# 0ROJECT #ERTIlED Construction scheme
In January, Kingsgate House, a sevenstorey residential project in West London BECAME THE lRST MAJOR CONSTRUCTION project in the world to achieve PEFC 0ROJECT #ERTIlCATION 4HIS WAS A lRST for both PEFC UK and Willmott Dixon and it is hoped that the project will help raise awareness of PEFC’s Project #ERTIlCATION OFFER 4HE MAJORITY OF SOLID WOOD SOLUTIONS SUCH AS #,4 AND 'LULAM ARE FROM 0%&# CERTIlED SOURCES and construction projects using these MATERIALS ARE LIKELY TO lND 0%&# 0ROJECT #ERTIlCATION READILY ACHIEVABLE
Exhibiting alongside the North American Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) and THE -ALAYSIAN 4IMBER #ERTIlCATION #OUNCIL -4## ENABLED ALL THREE ORGANISATIONS TO SHARE STANDS AT BOTH 4IMBER %XPO AND %COBUILD 4HE KEY OBJECTIVE FOR BOTH TRADE SHOWS WAS TO PROMOTE CERTIlED TIMBER TO INmUENTIAL END USERS SUCH AS CONTRACTORS ARCHITECTS AND SPECIlERS Both shows provided excellent platforms for PEFC and its partners to engage with a broad range of stakeholders from around the world.
Abbotsford Visitor Reception Building. Abbotsford is the world-famous home built for Sir Walter Scott in the Scottish "ORDERS 4HE 6ISITOR 2ECEPTION "UILDING was conceived as a modern version of a gate lodge by Edinburgh-based ARCHITECTS ,$. 4HE NEW TWO STOREY building comprises a reinforced concrete basement and specialist structural timber frame with timber weatherboard cladding and curtain walling to external walls with a Sedum green roof system. Abbotsford
0%&# SPONSORED )NDUSTRY !WARD Goes to Scottish Visitor Centre 4HE lRST EVER 4IMBER IN #ONSTRUCTION Magazine awards were held in -ANCHESTER LAST .OVEMBER 4HE AWARDS were established to celebrate some OF THE lNEST CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS which were judged to use timber to its fullest potential. PEFC, SFI and the -ALAYSIAN 4IMBER #OUNCIL -4# JOINTLY sponsored the Commercial Project of the Year Award, which was won by the
4HE 0ROJECT #ERTIlCATE WAS PRESENTED to Willmott Dixon at a CPD event which was held in January at the Building #ENTRE IN ,ONDON BY "- 42!$! 4IMBER %XPO %COBUILD PEFC UK has used two important UK trade shows to demonstrate its global reach over the past twelve months.
Ecobuild 2014
03 STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
NEW PUBLICATIONS FROM PEFC
3TAKEHOLDER %VENT Last year, PEFC published a revised Chain of Custody standard to ensure THAT #O# CERTIlCATION PROVIDED AN EFlCIENT MECHANISM FOR COMPANIES to demonstrate compliance with %542 REQUIREMENTS /UR !UTUMN stakeholder event therefore concentrated on the responsible sourcing of forest products and the IMPLEMENTATION OF THE %542 -ORE THAN DELEGATES ATTENDED TO LEARN more about the European Regulation and how leading companies and organisations are implementing it.
3EVERAL NEW TITLES HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE 0%&# LIBRARY OVER THE PAST TWELVE MONTHS AND ARE AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE FROM 0%&#
of Willmott Dixon and chair of the UK Contractors Group Materials Working Group, Nina Happonen of Metsaboard and Jacqueline Macalister of McDonalds Europe. Alun Watkins of PEFC UK explained HOW 0%&# #O# CERTIlCATION COULD HELP CERTIlED COMPANIES MEET %542 due diligence requirements. Jacqueline Macalister
4HE lRST Why Labels Matter SETS OUT THE BUSINESS CASE FOR USING THE 0%&# LABEL ON CERTIlED PRODUCTS
Speakers from a range of sectors shared their experiences including Michael Kearney, National -EASUREMENT /FlCE THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY FOR ENSURING %542 compliance in the UK), Steve Cook
PEFC PROJECT CERTIFICATION BRINGING THE HIGHEST ASSURANCES OF SUSTAINABILITY TO YOUR CONSTRUCTION SCHEME
FORESTRY 2&3 3CHOOLS %XCELLENCE !WARDS PEFC UK co-sponsored a Royal Forestry Society Award for the THIRD TIME &OUNDED IN THE RFS is the UK’s largest forestry education charity and has almost MEMBERS )N EDUCATIONAL organisations from the North West were invited to enter projects aimed at increasing young people’s understanding and appreciation of the environmental, social and economic potential of forests. 4HE WINNER OF THE 2&3 Education Award for Excellence in Forestry was Millbrook Primary 3CHOOL IN 3TALYBRIDGE #HESHIRE 4HE school introduced the forest school
initiative into the curriculum four years ago as a way of developing the social and emotional aspects of children’s learning, helping them TO GROW IN CONlDENCE BY USING THE outdoor environment more.
4HE SECOND A FOLDER CONTAINING VARIOUS CASE STUDIES OF 0%&# CERTIlED PROJECTS IS DESIGNED TO PROMOTE PROJECT CERTIlCATION
4HE LATEST PUBLICATION !SIAN #ERTIlED 4IMBER !DVANCING 3USTAINABLE Trade in Asia PROVIDES AN UPDATE OF 0%&# S PROGRESS IN !SIA
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PEFC’S PUBLIC AFFAIRS OUTREACH 04
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)N 0%&# S PUBLIC AFFAIRS CAMPAIGN ACROSS .ATIONAL $EVOLVED AND ,OCAL 'OVERNMENT AND THE PUBLIC SECTOR IN THE 5+ CONTINUED TO RUN SUCCESSFULLY ALONGSIDE ITS WIDER CORPORATE AND INDUSTRY ENGAGEMENT
As in previous years, the focus behind PEFC’s engagement with public and private sectors was linked to the most topical issues and focused on key POLICY DRIVERS )N ENGAGEMENT concentrated on the implementation and IMPACT OF THE %UROPEAN 5NION 4IMBER 2EGULATION %542 THE 'OVERNMENT S ongoing implementation of the #ENTRAL 0OINT OF %XPERTISE ON 4IMBER #0%4 POLICY AND THE INTRODUCTION OF sustainability criteria for biomass in !UGUST
WHITEHALL – DEFRA, DECC AND GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT SERVICE )N !UGUST THE $EPARTMENT FOR Energy and Climate Change (DECC) adopted a new biomass sustainability CRITERIA 4HE THE NEW CRITERIA ARE BASED ON THE 'OVERNMENT S 5+ 4IMBER Procurement Policy Principles which recognise both PEFC and FSC as providing assurances of sustainable sourcing. PEFC met with both Defra to DISCUSS #0%4 DEVELOPMENTS FURTHER amendments to the Forest Law %NFORCEMENT 'OVERNANCE AND 4RADE 2EGULATION &,%'4 6OLUNTARY
Partnership Agreements and sustainable BIOMASS 4HE MEETING ALSO PROVIDED PEFC with an opportunity to be updated on the Grown in Britain initiative. PEFC and representatives of Grown in Britain discussed how sustainable forest MANAGEMENT CERTIlCATION WOULD lT alongside the Grown in Britain standard. PEFC also met with the Government Procurement Service to discuss HOW #0%4 WAS BEING APPLIED IN the frameworks developed by the Government Procurement Service and to encourage the adoption of inclusive timber policies in key Government Agencies.
DEVOLVED AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
In previous years, PEFC has held a series of engagement meetings with decision-makers and policy-makers in the Devolved Governments. Following engagement with elected representatives AND PUBLIC SECTOR OFlCIALS IN 7ALES AND 3COTLAND IN AND IN .ORTHERN )RELAND IN IN 0%&# EXPANDED ITS
outreach to Scotland Excel, the Centre of Procurement Expertise for local authorities in Scotland. Discussions at the meeting with Scotland Excel centred on the tendering process for providing evidence of Chain OF #USTODY CERTIlCATION FOR SUPPLIERS participating in public sector procurement processes in Scotland.
LOOKING AHEAD 4HE NEXT #0%4 2EVIEW WHICH IS scheduled to start towards the end OF WILL PROVIDE A SIGNIlCANT opportunity for issue-led engagement with relevant stakeholders. In preparation, PEFC will continue intelligence gathering and bi-annual meetings with Defra to MAINTAIN AN ONGOING DIALOGUE ON #0%4 developments and the implementation of THE %542 IN THE 5+ By consistently widening our public affairs outreach, PEFC will continue its CAMPAIGN TO ENSURE THAT CERTIlCATION responsible timber procurement and sustainable forest management are understood, implemented and enforced across all levels of Government in the UK.
PROMOTING THE USE OF TIMBER
/NE OF THE MOST EXCITING DEVELOPMENTS across the UK construction landscape is the growth and increased use of engineered timber products and solid wood building solutions such as Cross Laminated 4IMBER #,4 AND 'LULAM 4HESE ARE recognised as a popular and fashionable way to build strong, sustainable and stable structures as well as bringing a striking architectural dimension to modern building design. 4HIS YEAR 0%&# 5+ WAS INVOLVED IN A PIONEERING mAGSHIP CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IN 7EST ,ONDON WHICH HAD #,4 AT ITS core. Kingsgate House, a seven-storey residential scheme located on the King’s 2OAD WAS THE lRST MAJOR CONSTRUCTION project in the world to achieve PEFC 0ROJECT #ERTIlCATION
KINGSGATE HOUSE & PROJECT CERTIFICATION Designed by Horden Cherry Lee Architects (HCL) and built by main contractor Willmott $IXON +INGSGATE (OUSE PROVIDES affordable residential units and contains M OF 0%&# CERTIlED #,4 SUPPLIED BY KLH UK. 4HE PURSUIT OF 0ROJECT #ERTIlCATION FOR THIS MAJOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT WAS A GLOBAL lRST
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WOOD AWARDS 2014 ,AST YEAR 0%&# CERTIlED TIMBER WAS THE HEART OF MANY OF THE ENTRIES IN 4HE 7OOD !WARDS ONCE AGAIN 4HE 5+ S PREMIER ARCHITECTURE AND FURNITURE COMPETITION RECOGNISES ENCOURAGES AND PROMOTES OUTSTANDING DESIGN CRAFTSMANSHIP AND INSTALLATION USING WOOD THROUGHOUT THE 5+ AND HAS AN EVER GROWING CREDIBILITY WITHIN THE DESIGN COMMUNITY 4HIS YEAR 0%&# IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE -ALAYSIAN 4IMBER #OUNCIL WILL BE A KEY SPONSOR OF THE 7OOD !WARDS 4HE 7OOD !WARDS IS THE 5+ S PREMIER AWARD SCHEME RECOGNISING EXCELLENCE ACROSS A RANGE OF AREAS USING TIMBER IN ARCHITECTURE BUILDING DESIGN AND FURNITURE for PEFC and the lessons learned from the procurement and building process, including the promotion of the project, will BE VALUABLE IN MOVING 0ROJECT #ERTIlCATION forward everywhere. 4HE SCHEME IS SET TO BE AN EXEMPLAR sustainable building, achieving Code for 3USTAINABLE (OMES ,EVEL WITH THE 0%&# CERTIlED #,4 ACTING AS A NATURAL LOW carbon and renewable alternative to steel AND CONCRETE 4HE USE OF #,4 BROUGHT MANY BENElTS TO THE PROJECT WHICH IS SITED in a residential area of London. It saved both time and money and also increased the amount of embodied carbon on the scheme.
After a detailed and rigorous auditing PROCESS BY "- 42!$! OF THE +INGSGATE SUPPLY CHAIN OF WOOD PRODUCTS SUPPLIED TO THE PROJECT WERE CERTIlED AS ‘legal and sustainable’ and the scheme ACHIEVED 0%&# CERTIlED TIMBER BY VOLUME 4HE 0ROJECT #ERTIlCATION STATUS provides robust independent assurance that all timber used on the project is from legal and sustainable sources in line with the Government’s timber procurement policy. 0ROJECT #ERTIlCATION HELPS PROMOTE sustainable forestry by sending a positive message down the supply chain back to the forest that there is a market preference FOR CERTIlED MATERIALS
PEFC INTERNATIONAL
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BEN GUNNEBERG, SECRETARY GENERAL, PEFC COUNCIL ) BELIEVE THAT OUR EFFORTS TO MAINSTREAM SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT THROUGH FOREST CERTIlCATION ARE RAPIDLY APPROACHING A TIPPING point. We are now at a stage where over 258 MILLION HECTARES OF FORESTS ARE 0%&# CERTIlED where almost 16,000 companies have their SUPPLY CHAIN 0%&# CERTIlED AND WHERE COUNTLESS PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTOR PROCUREMENT POLICIES SPECIFY 0%&# CERTIlCATION
7E ARE ALSO AT THE STAGE WHERE INmUENTIAL global industry networks, such as the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF), more THAN COMPANIES FROM COUNTRIES WITH A TURNOVER OF MORE THAN TRILLION %UROS HIGHLIGHT 0%&# CERTIlCATION TO their members as providing assurances of responsible sourcing. Additionally, 0%&# CERTIlCATION IS SUPPORTED BY SOME of the world’s leading forest, paper and packaging companies who are members of the Forest Solutions Group of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. PEFC also features in the Soft Commodities’ Compact, an initiative THAT WILL SEE THE lRST MOVERS IN THE BANKING industry trade soft commodities, for example timber, palm oil and soy, using criteria to achieve zero net deforestation in the soft commodities’ supply chains by 4HE 3OFT #OMMODITIES #OMPACT is the result of collaboration between the Banking Environment Initiative and the Consumer Goods Forum, with advice from the World Wildlife Fund, to establish how the banking industry can help achieve this goal. It is developments such as these which illustrate the broad acceptance of our work; demonstrate to forest owners and forest-processing companies alike the VALUE OF 0%&# CERTIlCATION AND OFFER huge potential to transform the way timber and timber products are produced and
processed towards shared sustainability objectives. But there is even more to come as we shift up a gear. Asia’s growing population and increasing purchasing power are shaping the world’s forestry, timber trade and consumption landscape. We have been WORKING WITH STAKEHOLDERS IN !SIA 0ACIlC ON ISSUES RELATED TO FOREST CERTIlCATION for years, from standard setting to system administration and compliance VERIlCATION AND WE ARE NOW SEEING THE results of our commitment to the region. China, the world’s largest manufacturer of forest products, recently achieved PEFC endorsement for the China Forest #ERTIlCATION 3CHEME WHICH PROMISES TO substantially increase the uptake of PEFC
CERTIlCATION AND IMPROVE SUSTAINABLE FOREST management both in China and in the !SIA 0ACIlC REGION -ALAYSIA AND !USTRALIA have already achieved PEFC endorsement; Indonesia has applied for it; New Zealand is soon to follow; and many other countries in the region are currently developing their systems, including India, Japan, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, South Korea and 4HAILAND ) AM CONlDENT THAT WITH THESE POWERFUL forces in motion, we are moving closer TO MAINSTREAMING FOREST CERTIlCATION AND sustainable forest management, with all OF ITS BENElTS INCLUDING SAFEGUARDING forest biodiversity, sustaining livelihoods, and contributing to rural development and poverty alleviation.
Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities, YB DATUK AMAR DOUGLAS UGGAH EMBAS welcomes delegates to the 2013 Kuala Lumpur General Assembly
GROWTH OF FORESTRY AND COC
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UK CHAIN OF CUSTODY AND PEFC LOGO LICENSES 1500
#HAIN OF #USTODY NUMBERS HAVE REMAINED FAIRLY STATIC OVER THE PAST YEAR
chain of custody numbers 1200 logo licenses
4HE INCREASE IN LOGO LICENSES HAS BEEN DUE TO A CONCERTED EFFORT TO ENCOURAGE MEMBER COMPANIES TO USE THE LOGO ON PRODUCT TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL CREDENTIALS TO THEIR CUSTOMERS
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BREAKDOWN OF CERTIFIED FOREST AREA BY CONTINENT ! LITTLE OVER OF THE GLOBAL FOREST AREA IS CURRENTLY CERTIlED THE MAJORITY OF IT TO 0%&# ENDORSED SCHEMES
Europe: 79,109,526
Central and South America: 3,659,468
North America: 155,257,021
31.3% 1.4%
TOTAL 253m ha
1.8% Asia: 4,649,912 4.1% Oceania: 10,451,490
61.3%
GLOBAL GROWTH IN PEFC-CERTIFIED FOREST AREA
GLOBAL GROWTH IN CHAIN OF CUSTODY NUMBERS
SAW THE GLOBAL 0%&# CERTIlED FOREST AREA RISE TO MILLION HECTARES
$ESPITE THE CHALLENGING GLOBAL ECONOMIC CLIMATE THERE WAS A MODEST INCREASE IN GLOBAL #HAN OF #USTODY NUMBERS IN
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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0%&# IS A MEMBERSHIP ASSOCIATION WHICH REPRESENTS A WIDE RANGE OF STAKEHOLDER INTERESTS !LL 0%&# CERTIlED COMPANIES IN THE 5+ HAVE THE OPTION TO AUTOMATICALLY BECOME MEMBERS OF THE ORGANISATION 3INCE ITS INCEPTION 0%&# 5+ HAS RECOGNISED THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING KEY STAKEHOLDER GROUPS REPRESENTED ON ITS 'OVERNING "OARD 7E ARE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO CALL UPON THE EXPERTISE OF SENIOR lGURES FROM A BROAD RANGE OF INDUSTRY SECTORS INVOLVED IN BOTH FORESTRY AND THOSE TRADING IN FOREST PRODUCTS
HUGH MILLER
STEVE COOK
JOHN SANDERSON
(UGH -ILLER /"% GRADUATED IN FORESTRY FROM THE 5NIVERSITY OF !BERDEEN IN &OR THE NEXT TWO DECADES HE LED RESEARCH INTO FOREST BIOGEOCHEMISTRY AT THE -ACAULAY )NSTITUTE FOR 3OIL 2ESEARCH DURING WHICH TIME HE PUBLISHED EXTENSIVELY AND IN WAS AWARDED THE 3CIENTIlC !CHIEVEMENT !WARD OF THE )NTERNATIONAL 5NION OF &OREST 2ESEARCH /RGANIZATIONS )N HE WAS APPOINTED 0ROFESSOR AND (EAD OF THE $EPARTMENT OF &ORESTRY IN THE 5NIVERSITY OF !BERDEEN RETIRING IN (E IS A &ELLOW OF THE )NSTITUTE OF #HARTERED &ORESTERS AND WAS 0RESIDENT FROM TO )N THE )NSTITUTE AWARDED HIM ITS -EDAL (E WAS MADE A &ELLOW OF THE 2OYAL 3OCIETY OF %DINBURGH IN
3TEVE #OOK IS A 0RINCIPAL 3USTAINABLE $EVELOPMENT -ANAGER FOR 7ILLMOTT $IXON S IN HOUSE SUSTAINABILITY CONSULTANCY 2E 4HINKING (IS ROLE INVOLVES PROVIDING TECHNICAL AND PRACTICAL SUPPORT ON MATERIALS CARBON WASTE AND SUSTAINABLE PROCUREMENT TO ALL DIVISIONS WITHIN THE 7ILLMOTT $IXON 'ROUP 3TEVE WHO HAS TWENTY FOUR YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY ALSO CHAIRS THE 5+ #ONTRACTORS 'ROUP 5+#' -ATERIALS 4ASK 'ROUP WHICH THROUGH ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IS HELPING ITS MEMBERS TO DEVELOP ORGANISATIONAL POLICY TO IMPROVE THE PROCUREMENT OF MATERIALS (E IS ALSO A 3CHEME #OUNCIL MEMBER OF THE %CO 2EINFORCEMENT RESPONSIBLE SOURCING SCHEME AND CO CHAIR OF THE 'ROWN IN "RITAIN
*OHN 3ANDERSON IS $IRECTOR (EAD OF %NVIRONMENT 5+ )RELAND FOR 50- +YMMENE A GLOBAL FOREST PRODUCTS GROUP WITH CORE BUSINESSES IN PRINTING PAPERS SPECIALITY PAPERS LABEL MATERIALS AND WOOD PRODUCTS *OHN HAS WORKED EXCLUSIVELY FOR 50- SINCE GRADUATING FROM THE 5NIVERSITY OF 7ALES OVER TWENTY YEARS AGO WITH A DEGREE IN WOOD SCIENCE AND FORESTRY )NCREASING ENVIRONMENTAL FOCUS AND CONCERN FROM 50- S CUSTOMERS HAS LED TO AN UNPRECEDENTED INCREASE IN DEMAND FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION COMMITMENT AND PERFORMANCE FROM SUPPLIERS *OHN S CURRENT ROLE PROVIDES ENVIRONMENTAL SUPPORT AND STEERING TO 50- S 5+ ACTIVITIES INCLUDING PAPER PRODUCTION PAPER SALES FORESTRY AND WASTE PAPER PROCUREMENT
09 ROSS BRADSHAW
JULIA GRIFFIN
ROB SHAW
2OSS "RADSHAW HAS WORKED IN THE PAPER MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY FOR OVER TWENTY lVE YEARS (E BEGAN HIS CAREER IN MANUFACTURING BY TRAINING AS A PAPER MAKER IN !BERDEEN 7ORKING IN HEAVY INDUSTRY WHILE LIVING IN A RURAL SETTING LED TO AN EARLY INTEREST IN THE EFFECTS OF THE PAPER MAKING INDUSTRY ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE POSITIVE ROLE IT PLAYS (E HAS WORKED WITH A NUMBER OF INDUSTRY GROUPS INCLUDING THE 0APER AND "OARD !SSOCIATION AND 3TATIONER S #OMPANY THE #ITY OF ,ONDON ,IVERY #OMPANY FOR THE #OMMUNICATIONS AND #ONTENT INDUSTRIES WHERE HE IS A ,IVERYMAN #URRENTLY 2OSS RUNS HIS OWN PAPER AGENCY BUSINESS REPRESENTING A NUMBER OF SPECIALITY PAPER MILLS FROM THE 53! AND %UROPE OFFERING BESPOKE PUBLISHING AND PACKAGING PAPERS
*ULIA 'RIFlN IS A MEMBER OF " 1 S 3OCIAL 2ESPONSIBILITY TEAM AND HER AREA OF EXPERTISE IS TIMBER AND PEAT " 1 IS A 5+ HOME IMPROVEMENT RETAILER OWNED BY +INGlSHER 0,# *ULIA WORKS WITH THE #OMMERCIAL 1UALITY !SSURANCE TEAMS AND SUPPLIERS TO MONITOR TIMBER AND FOREST PRODUCTS SOURCED BY THE BUSINESS TO ENSURE THEY MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF " 1 S 4IMBER 0APER 0OLICY "UYING 3TANDARD 3HE IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR REPORTING PERFORMANCE TO THE " 1 "OARD +INGlSHER "OARD .ETWORK AND "- 42!$! FOR #HAIN OF #USTODY *ULIA HAS BEEN THE TIMBER EXPERT IN " 1 S 3OCIAL 2ESPONSIBILITY TEAM FOR NINE YEARS AND HAS lRST HAND EXPERIENCE OF THE PRACTICALITIES AND CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH IMPLEMENTING AND ADHERING TO A RESPONSIBLE TIMBER SOURCING POLICY
2OB 3HAW &)#&OR #-)/3( GRADUATED FROM !BERDEEN 5NIVERSITY IN AND JOINED 3COTTISH 7OODLANDS ,TD )N HE HELPED ACHIEVED &3# 2ESOURCE AND 'ROUP 3CHEME -ANAGEMENT STATUS FOR THE #OMPANY A lRST WITHIN THE 5+ "ETWEEN AND HE CARRIED OUT INTERNATIONAL #ERTIlCATION #ONSULTANCY WORK IN ,ATVIA AND 3LOVAKIA )N HE WAS APPOINTED 3%1 #ONTRACTS $IRECTOR AND NOW OVERSEES THE 5TILITY AND ,ANDSCAPING $IVISION IN ADDITION TO #ERTIlCATION AND 3AFETY ISSUES 3COTTISH 7OODLANDS RUNS ONE OF THE LARGEST 'ROUP #ERTIlCATION SCHEMES IN THE 5+ AND IS DUAL CERTIlED WITH THE ABILITY TO SUPPLY BOTH &3# AND 0%&# LABELLED TIMBER INTO THE MAJOR MARKETS (E RETAINS AN ACTIVE INTEREST IN ALL 5+ &OREST #ERTIlCATION ISSUES HAVING BEEN A MEMBER OF THE 5+7!3 3TEERING 'ROUP FOR MANY YEARS UNTIL AND IS THE 5+ #OORDINATOR FOR #!.:53 n AN INTERNATIONAL OWNERS AND PRODUCERS GROUP WHICH PROMOTES PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS FOR #ERTIlCATION ISSUES GLOBALLY
PAT BURKE 0AT "URKE WORKS AT 7HITMORE S 4IMBER A SPECIALIST HARDWOODS IMPORTER MANUFACTURER DISTRIBUTOR (IS TIMBER TRADE EXPERIENCE IS ECLECTIC HAVING HELD PREVIOUS SENIOR POSITIONS WITH !LEXANDER #LEGHORN !RNOLD ,AVER 'RAHAM 'ROUP *EWSON AND -EYER )NTERNATIONAL 0AT HAS CHAIRED THE 5+ 4IMBER 4RADE &EDERATION S .ATIONAL 3OFTWOOD $IVISION AND ALSO THE .ORTH %AST 4IMBER 4RADE !SSOCIATION (E HAS ALSO HELD POSITIONS WITHIN &ORESTS &OREVER AND VARIOUS OTHER 44& COMMODITY COMMITTEES AS WELL AS SERVING ON THE "OARDS OF THE "RITISH 7OODWORKING &EDERATION 0ROSKILLS AND THE 7OOD )NDUSTRY 4RAINING "OARD
DAVID LESLIE $AVID ,ESLIE IS 'ENERAL -ANAGER (ARVESTING /PERATIONS FOR *AMES *ONES AND 3ONS ,TD 3COTLAND S LARGEST INDEPENDENT SAWMILLER AND ONE OF THE LEADING SUPPLIERS OF "RITISH TIMBER IN THE 5+ (E IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE 'ROUP S ROUNDWOOD PROCUREMENT SAWMILL CO PRODUCTS AND HAULAGE )N ADDITION TO HIS 0%&# ROLE $AVID IS A MEMBER OF THE 'RAMPIAN &ORESTRY &ORUM A BOARD MEMBER OF 3)24 4HE 3TRATEGIC )NTEGRATED 2ESEARCH IN 4IMBER A MEMBER OF BOTH THE )NSTITUTE OF #HARTERED &ORESTERS AND THE STEERING GROUP OF THE &OREST )NDUSTRY 3AFETY !CCORD &)3! $AVID WAS APPOINTED TO THE 0%&# 5+ "OARD IN *ANUARY
MARK WEATHERBED -ARK 7EATHERBED JOINED THE 0%&# "OARD IN *ANUARY REPRESENTING THE 5+ PAPER AND PRINT INDUSTRY SECTORS (E HAS HELD SENIOR PROCUREMENT POSITIONS IN A NUMBER OF GLOBAL BUSINESSES FROM THE PUBLISHING OUTSOURCING CONSULTATIVE AND PACKAGING INDUSTRY SECTORS AS HEAD OF RAW MATERIALS SOURCING -ARK HAS BEEN A KEY INSTIGATOR AND DRIVER OF SUSTAINABLE SOURCING PROGRAMMES IN MANY PROMINENT PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTOR CONTRACTS (E CURRENTLY SERVES AS 0ROCUREMENT $IRECTOR (EAD OF 2AW -ATERIALS %UROPE FOR $3 3MITH
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DIRECTORS
STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS’ RESPONSIBILITIES
STATEMENT AS TO DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO AUDITORS
4HE DIRECTORS SHOWN BELOW HAVE HELD OFlCE DURING THE WHOLE OF THE PERIOD FROM !UGUST TO THE DATE OF THIS REPORT
4HE DIRECTORS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PREPARING THE 2EPORT OF THE $IRECTORS AND THE lNANCIAL STATEMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW AND REGULATIONS
3O FAR AS THE DIRECTORS ARE AWARE THERE IS NO RELEVANT AUDIT INFORMATION AS DElNED BY 3ECTION OF THE #OMPANIES !CT OF WHICH THE COMPANY S AUDITORS ARE UNAWARE AND EACH DIRECTOR HAS TAKEN ALL THE STEPS THAT HE OR SHE OUGHT TO HAVE TAKEN AS A DIRECTOR IN ORDER TO MAKE HIMSELF OR HERSELF AWARE OF ANY RELEVANT AUDIT INFORMATION AND TO ESTABLISH THAT THE COMPANY S AUDITORS ARE AWARE OF THAT INFORMATION
( ' -ILLER 2 . "RADSHAW - 2 7EATHERBED -RS * 'RIFlN R Shaw * ! 3ANDERSON $ 3 ,ESLIE 0 * "URKE /THER CHANGES IN DIRECTORS HOLDING OFlCE ARE AS FOLLOWS 3 #OOK APPOINTED /CTOBER 2012
#OMPANY LAW REQUIRES THE DIRECTORS TO PREPARE lNANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR EACH lNANCIAL YEAR 5NDER THAT LAW THE DIRECTORS HAVE ELECTED TO PREPARE THE lNANCIAL STATEMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH 5NITED +INGDOM 'ENERALLY !CCEPTED !CCOUNTING 0RACTICE 5NITED +INGDOM !CCOUNTING 3TANDARDS AND APPLICABLE LAW 5NDER COMPANY LAW THE DIRECTORS MUST NOT APPROVE THE lNANCIAL STATEMENTS UNLESS THEY ARE SATISlED THAT THEY GIVE A TRUE AND FAIR VIEW OF THE STATE OF AFFAIRS OF THE COMPANY AND OF THE SURPLUS OR DElCIT OF THE COMPANY FOR THAT PERIOD )N PREPARING THESE lNANCIAL STATEMENTS THE DIRECTORS ARE REQUIRED TO SELECT SUITABLE ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND THEN APPLY THEM CONSISTENTLY
AUDITORS 4HE AUDITORS --' !RCHBOLD #! WILL BE PROPOSED FOR RE APPOINTMENT AT THE FORTHCOMING 0%&# 5+ ,TD !NNUAL 'ENERAL -EETING 4HIS REPORT HAS BEEN PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPECIAL PROVISIONS OF 0ART OF THE #OMPANIES !CT RELATING TO SMALL COMPANIES /. "%(!,& /& 4(% "/!2$
MAKE JUDGEMENTS AND ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES THAT ARE REASONABLE AND PRUDENT PREPARE THE lNANCIAL STATEMENTS ON THE GOING CONCERN BASIS UNLESS IT IS INAPPROPRIATE TO PRESUME THAT THE COMPANY WILL CONTINUE IN BUSINESS 4HE DIRECTORS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR KEEPING ADEQUATE ACCOUNTING RECORDS THAT ARE SUFlCIENT TO SHOW AND EXPLAIN THE COMPANY S TRANSACTIONS AND DISCLOSE WITH REASONABLE ACCURACY AT ANY TIME THE lNANCIAL POSITION OF THE COMPANY AND ENABLE THEM TO ENSURE THAT THE lNANCIAL STATEMENTS COMPLY WITH THE #OMPANIES !CT 4HEY ARE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR SAFEGUARDING THE ASSETS OF THE COMPANY AND HENCE FOR TAKING REASONABLE STEPS FOR THE PREVENTION AND DETECTION OF FRAUD AND OTHER IRREGULARITIES
( ' -ILLER n #HAIRMAN
FOR YEAR ENDING 31ST JULY 2013 11 REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF PEFC UK LIMITED 7E HAVE AUDITED THE lNANCIAL STATEMENTS OF 0%&# 5+ ,IMITED FOR THE YEAR ENDED *ULY 4HE lNANCIAL REPORTING FRAMEWORK THAT HAS BEEN APPLIED IN THEIR PREPARATION IS APPLICABLE LAW AND THE &INANCIAL 2EPORTING 3TANDARD FOR 3MALLER %NTITIES EFFECTIVE !PRIL 5NITED +INGDOM 'ENERALLY !CCEPTED !CCOUNTING 0RACTICE APPLICABLE TO 3MALLER %NTITIES 4HIS REPORT IS MADE SOLELY TO THE COMPANY S MEMBERS AS A BODY IN ACCORDANCE WITH #HAPTER OF 0ART OF THE #OMPANIES !CT /UR AUDIT WORK HAS BEEN UNDERTAKEN SO THAT WE MIGHT STATE TO THE COMPANY S MEMBERS THOSE MATTERS WE ARE REQUIRED TO STATE TO THEM IN A 2EPORT OF THE !UDITORS AND FOR NO OTHER PURPOSE 4O THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW WE DO NOT ACCEPT OR ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY TO ANYONE OTHER THAN THE COMPANY AND THE COMPANY S MEMBERS AS A BODY FOR OUR AUDIT WORK FOR THIS REPORT OR FOR THE OPINIONS WE HAVE FORMED
SCOPE OF THE AUDIT OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS !N AUDIT INVOLVES OBTAINING EVIDENCE ABOUT THE AMOUNTS AND DISCLOSURES IN THE lNANCIAL STATEMENTS SUFlCIENT TO GIVE REASONABLE ASSURANCE THAT THE lNANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE FREE FROM MATERIAL MISSTATEMENT WHETHER CAUSED BY FRAUD OR ERROR 4HIS INCLUDES AN ASSESSMENT OF WHETHER THE ACCOUNTING POLICIES ARE APPROPRIATE TO THE COMPANY S CIRCUMSTANCES AND HAVE BEEN CONSISTENTLY APPLIED AND ADEQUATELY DISCLOSED THE REASONABLENESS OF SIGNIlCANT ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES MADE BY THE DIRECTORS AND THE OVERALL PRESENTATION OF THE lNANCIAL STATEMENTS )N ADDITION WE READ ALL THE lNANCIAL AND NON lNANCIAL INFORMATION IN THE 2EPORT OF THE $IRECTORS TO IDENTIFY MATERIAL INCONSISTENCIES WITH THE AUDITED lNANCIAL STATEMENTS )F WE BECOME AWARE OF ANY APPARENT MATERIAL MISSTATEMENTS OR INCONSISTENCIES WE CONSIDER THE IMPLICATIONS FOR OUR REPORT
OPINION ON FINANCIAL STATEMENTS )N OUR OPINION THE lNANCIAL STATEMENTS
RESPECTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES OF DIRECTORS AND AUDITORS !S EXPLAINED MORE FULLY IN THE 3TATEMENT OF $IRECTORS 2ESPONSIBILITIES THE DIRECTORS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE lNANCIAL STATEMENTS AND FOR BEING SATISlED THAT THEY GIVE A TRUE AND FAIR VIEW /UR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO AUDIT AND EXPRESS AN OPINION ON THE lNANCIAL STATEMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW AND )NTERNATIONAL 3TANDARDS ON !UDITING 5+ AND )RELAND 4HOSE STANDARDS REQUIRE US TO COMPLY WITH THE !UDITING 0RACTICES "OARD S !0" S %THICAL 3TANDARDS FOR !UDITORS INCLUDING h!0" %THICAL 3TANDARD 0ROVISIONS !VAILABLE FOR 3MALL %NTITIES 2EVISED v IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES SET OUT IN NOTE TEN TO THE lNANCIAL STATEMENTS
GIVE A TRUE AND FAIR VIEW OF THE STATE OF THE COMPANY S AFFAIRS AS AT *ULY AND OF ITS SURPLUS FOR THE YEAR THEN ENDED HAVE BEEN PROPERLY PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH 5NITED +INGDOM 'ENERALLY !CCEPTED !CCOUNTING 0RACTICE APPLICABLE TO 3MALLER %NTITIES AND HAVE BEEN PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE #OMPANIES !CT
OPINION ON OTHER MATTER PRESCRIBED BY THE COMPANIES ACT 2006 )N OUR OPINION THE INFORMATION GIVEN IN THE 2EPORT OF THE $IRECTORS FOR THE lNANCIAL YEAR FOR WHICH THE lNANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE PREPARED IS CONSISTENT WITH THE lNANCIAL STATEMENTS
MATTERS ON WHICH WE ARE REQUIRED TO REPORT BY EXCEPTION 7E HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT IN RESPECT OF THE FOLLOWING MATTERS WHERE THE #OMPANIES !CT REQUIRES US TO REPORT TO YOU IF IN OUR OPINION ADEQUATE ACCOUNTING RECORDS HAVE NOT BEEN KEPT OR RETURNS ADEQUATE FOR OUR AUDIT HAVE NOT BEEN RECEIVED FROM BRANCHES NOT VISITED BY US OR THE lNANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE NOT IN AGREEMENT WITH THE ACCOUNTING RECORDS AND RETURNS OR CERTAIN DISCLOSURES OF DIRECTORS REMUNERATION SPECIlED BY LAW ARE NOT MADE OR WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ALL THE INFORMATION AND EXPLANATIONS WE REQUIRE FOR OUR AUDIT OR THE DIRECTORS WERE NOT ENTITLED TO PREPARE THE lNANCIAL STATEMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SMALL COMPANIES REGIME AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SMALL COMPANIES EXEMPTION IN PREPARING THE 2EPORT OF THE $IRECTORS $EREK 'RANT -! (ONS #! 3ENIOR 3TATUTORY !UDITOR FOR AND ON BEHALF OF --' !RCHBOLD 3TATUTORY !UDITOR #HAPELSHADE (OUSE "ELL 3TREET $UNDEE $$ 21 5NITED +INGDOM TH !PRIL
INCOME AND EXPENDITURE
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PEFC UK INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST JULY 2013
£
£
4URNOVER
484,031
449,347
!DMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
OTHER OPERATING INCOME
/PERATING 3URPLUS DElCIT
48,851
58,214
4AX ON SURPLUS DElCIT ON ORDINARY ACTIVITIES
3URPLUS DElCIT FOR THE &INANCIAL 9EAR
41,518
58,473
)NTEREST RECEIVABLE AND SIMILAR INCOME
)NTEREST PAYABLE AND SIMILAR CHARGES 3URPLUS DElCIT ON ORDINARY ACTIVITIES BEFORE TAXATION
BREAKDOWN OF PEFC UK LTD EXPENDITURE FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST JULY 2013 ADVERTISING, COMMUNICATIONS AND CONSULTANTS
26% MEETINGS, INCLUDING BOARD AND AGM
6%
£450,902 OFFICE, RENT, SALARIES & ADMINISTRATION
23%
2% SUBSCRIPTIONS AND SPONSORSHIPS SUBSISTENCE 7% &TRAVEL, SUNDRY EXPENSES 36%
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PROGRESS IN ASIA-PACIFIC
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Forests in Asia are critically IMPORTANT 4HE REGION HAS A STRONG INmUENCE ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY OF INTERNATIONAL FOREST PRODUCTS MAKING IT VITAL TO BUILD SUPPLY CHAIN CAPACITY AND INCREASE THE AVAILABILITY OF CERTIlED TIMBER ACROSS THE REGION 4HEY ALSO CONTAIN MOST OF THE !SIA 0ACIlC REGION S TERRESTRIAL BIODIVERSITY 4HE -ALAYSIAN 4IMBER #ERTIlCATION 3CHEME -4#3 BECAME THE lRST TROPICAL TIMBER CERTIlCATION SYSTEM IN !SIA TO BE ENDORSED BY 0%&# BACK IN BUT OTHER !SIAN COUNTRIES PROVED SLOW TO FOLLOW THEIR REGIONAL LEAD &IVE YEARS ON !SIA CONTRIBUTES LESS THAN OF THE GLOBAL CERTIlED FOREST AREA BUT THIS IS CHANGING AND THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT INTEREST IN FOREST CERTIlCATION IS NOW GAINING MOMENTUM IN THE REGION 3EVERAL !SIAN COUNTRIES ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING NATIONAL CERTIlCATION SYSTEMS WITH THE EVENTUAL AIM OF 0%&# ENDORSEMENT 0%&# IS CURRENTLY PROVIDING ONGOING GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT TO SUCH PROCESSES IN )NDIA *APAN -YANMAR .EPAL 0HILIPPINES 4HAILAND AND 3OUTH +OREA 4HIS YEAR THE #HINESE &OREST #ERTIlCATION 3CHEME #&#3 BECAME THE SECOND !SIAN NATIONAL FOREST CERTIlCATION SYSTEM TO SUCCESSFULLY ACHIEVE 0%&# ENDORSEMENT 4HE )NDONESIAN &ORESTRY #ERTIlCATION #OOPERATIVE )&## SUBMITTED ITS NATIONAL SYSTEM FOR ENDORSEMENT AT THE END OF !T THE LAST 0%&# 'ENERAL !SSEMBLY DELEGATES FROM ELEVEN COUNTRIES PARTICIPATED IN A SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP
0%&# HAS ESTABLISHED OFlCES IN #HINA AND *APAN TO PROMOTE AWARENESS OF 0%&# CERTIlCATION ESPECIALLY THROUGH GROWING DEMAND FOR #HAIN OF #USTODY CERTIlCATION )NCREASING THE PRESENCE OF 0%&# CERTIlCATION WITHIN THESE TWO COUNTRIES IS A STRATEGIC PRIORITY FOR 0%&# GLOBALLY GIVEN THE RELEVANCE OF THEIR MARKETS IN THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE OF TIMBER AND FOREST BASED PRODUCTS AND
#OUNTRIES CURRENTLY DEVELOPING NATIONAL FOREST STANDARDS WITH A VIEW TO SEEKING 0%&# ENDORSEMENT IN THE FUTURE
THEIR POTENTIAL TO ULTIMATELY INmUENCE FOREST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES !S A RESULT THE NUMBER OF COMPANIES IN THE REGION OPTING FOR 0%&# #HAIN OF #USTODY CERTIlCATION HAS GROWN FOLD IN THE PAST SIX YEARS !T THE END OF MORE THAN COMPANIES HAD INVESTED IN 0%&# CERTIlCATION IN ORDER TO SUPPLY INCREASINGLY DISCERNING CUSTOMERS WITH ASSURANCES OF RESPONSIBLE SOURCING
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