Sourcing Sustainably – Meet Your Certified Supplier
Why get Responsible Wood certification for your forest?
Forest management is a long-term process, with the results of good practice often only apparent after decades. Responsible Wood sustainable forest management certification gives you independent recognition of your responsible management practices now, providing you with many benefits.
Proof of sustainability
Consumers, businesses, and governments are becoming more concerned with their environmental footprint. This means the markets for certified forest-based materials, from paper to timber, are growing.
By achieving certification, you can sell your timber as Responsible Wood-certified, meeting the numerous public and private procurement policies around the world demanding proof of sustainability.
Australian Grown, Australian Made
Responsible Wood is a campaign associate of the Australian Grown, Australian Made campaign.
As a forest owner, you will need to meet the requirements of the Australian forest management standard to achieve Responsible Wood certification. This is a standard that has been by Australians, for Australians taking your specific needs and situation into account.
In addition, the Responsible Wood forest management standard has gone through an assessment process (insert link to Compliance and Assurance) to ensure it meets the international PEFC benchmark standards. This means while the national standard is adapted to your needs, it also meets international expectations.
Size does not matter
Not all forests and forest owners are alike, but Responsible Wood certification caters for them all. For large and medium companies, such as those owning or managing larger areas of state forests or large plantation forest growers, with a sufficient budget and workforce, individual certification is the perfect option for you to demonstrate your sustainable forest management practices.
For small-forest owners, we have our group certification approach. This alternative approach enables the certification of multiple forest owners as a group, so you can organize yourselves, pool your resources and work as a team to achieve certification. Designed specifically for small-, family and community owned forests; it ensures Responsible Wood certification is affordable and practical.
Discover the next steps involved in achieving Responsible Wood forest certification.
