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8 March 2017
Changes on the horizon for the PEFC endorsement process
Endorsement
Working Group 6, the body responsible for the revision of our process for the endorsement and recognition of forest certification systems, has met two times and have developed a Working Draft of the new standard.
1 September 2016
Adapting PEFC Chain of Custody certification to future needs
Chain of Custody
Our Chain of Custody standard has a tremendous impact on internal management processes of numerous businesses along the timber value chain. This means we must ensure the standard is the best it can be.
21 July 2016
Task Forces get to work on the key sustainable forest management issues
Sustainable Forest Management
Three Task Forces have been created to analyze the specific challenges in detail, and feed their findings and recommendations back into the working draft of the standard.
28 June 2016
Register now for the PEFC Chain of Custody Expert Forum!
Chain of Custody
The CoC Expert Forum is the chance for you to comment and discuss the specific issues around the PEFC Chain of Custody Standard (PEFC ST 2002:2013) and its revision.
17 June 2016
Revising THE process: endorsement and mutual recognition
Endorsement
The WG members focused on how the effectiveness and efficiency of the endorsement and mutual recognition process can be increased and how we can improve the comprehensibility and readability of the assessment reports.