Assessments & CredibilityPEFC under the Microscope

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PEFC's Sustainability Benchmarks

Define requirements to be met by all PEFC standards: # Requirements

Standard Setting Process: 80

National Schemes 49 Management practices 76

Total 205

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Dutch Public Procurement TPAC

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Source: Summary Report of the Final Judgment of PEFC (Jun 2010) & FSC (Nov 2008) by TPAC

UK Public Procurement CPET

4 * for for chip and fibre products with less than 70%. certified materialSource: CPET 2010 Review of forest certification schemes** own assessment

According to the CPET assessment reports, the certification systems comply with the CPET criteria as follows:

FSC: 92%*PEFC: 89% (97% for revised standard**)

PEFC is recognised by the Belgian, British, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Japanese, and Swiss Timber Procurement Policies

Recommended by the European Commission Guidelines on Green Public Procurement

EU Ecolabel

European Retail Environmental Sustainability Code

Acceptance by Government Procurement Policies

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Green Building Councils in Australia, Italy, and Singapore, the Code for Sustainable Homes, BREEAM in the Netherlands and the UK, and SKA rating in the UK

Green Building Assessment Protocol for Commercial Buildings and the National Green Building Standard (US), and Built Green (Canada)

Comprehensive Assessment System for Built Environmental Efficiency (CASBEE) Japan

Singapore Environment Council

Acceptance by Other Procurement Policies

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WWF FCAG AssessmentCriterion 2: economic, ecological, equity dimensions of forest management

FSC 2008 PEFC 2010

Compliance with laws fullfilled fullfilled

Respect for tenure and use rights fullfilled fullfilled

Respect for indigenious peoples rights fullfilled fullfilled

Respect for community relations fullfilled fullfilled

Respect for workers’ rights fullfilled fullfilled

Delivery of multiple benefits from forests fullfilled fullfilled

Assessment and mitigation of environmental impacts fullfilled fullfilled

Maintenance of 1) critical forest areas & 2) related natural critical habitats

Not fullfilled for 2)

fullfilled

Specific provisions for plantations fullfilled fullfilled

Implementation of management plan fullfilled fullfilled

Effective monitoring and assessment Not fillfulled for 2nd part

fullfilled

7 Source: FSC: WWF FCAG assessment of FSC & PEFC, 2008PEFC: WWF FCAG assessment of PEFC, 2010

WWF Global Forest Trade Network

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THANK YOU!Further information about PEFC: www.pefc.org

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