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JOIN PEFC

THE WORLD’S
LARGEST FOREST
CERTIFICATION SYSTEM

Demonstrate your commitment to protecting and


developing the world’s forests by supporting PEFC
and becoming a Corporate Member.
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Do You Want to Make a Difference?
Are you a retailer, brand owner, business or construction company that trades or specifies certified
forest products? Are your guiding principles and objectives supportive of PEFC and responsible
sourcing? Although you may not have PEFC Chain of Custody certification, you can still connect with
PEFC (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification) via Corporate Membership.

About PEFC
PEFC is an international non-profit, non-governmental Custody certification – the process of tracking certified
organisation dedicated to promoting Sustainable Forest timber from forest to final product – where each step of the
Management through independent third-party certification. process is independently audited.
It works by endorsing national forest certification systems
and has recognised certification systems in more than 40 PEFC UK is one of 70 members of PEFC International.
countries. Members of this global alliance include national certification
systems, NGOs, labour unions, trade associations, forest
Today over half a million forest owners manage more owner organisations and a broad range of businesses
than 300 million hectares of forests according to PEFC’s involved in the forest-product supply chain. PEFC provides
Sustainability Benchmarks. This makes PEFC the world’s a platform for organisations trading in forest products to
largest forest and wood certification system. To date, more clearly demonstrate their support for sustainable forest
than 20,000 companies have obtained PEFC Chain of management.

Benefits of Corporate Membership


The key benefit of becoming a corporate member of PEFC UK is that we can provide training on responsible forest
products sourcing for your CSR/procurement teams and/or suppliers. One onsite training session per year will be included
in the membership package. Further training could of course be offered at discounted rates.

 Opportunity to demonstrate your company’s support  Opportunities to feature in PEFC UK’s publications
for and commitment to sustainable forest management to promote your company’s commitment to sourcing
and responsible procurement, as part of your CSR/ sustainable forest products
Sustainable Development Goal reporting
 Partnering in joint activities with PEFC UK
 Participation in the PEFC UK AGM to increase the uptake of certified products
with full voting rights
 Opportunity to nominate candidates for the
 Access to PEFC’s promotional logo for website PEFC UK Board of Directors.
and corporate communications
How your support can help PEFC
PEFC UK is a not for profit company, so after our office costs have been met, all our funding is
reinvested in supporting the growth of sustainably managed forests in the UK and around the world.

The corporate membership fee of £750 helps in 3 main areas


40% Managing the PEFC programme
Office rent, salaries, administering the PEFC
programme and maintaining digital platforms

30% Promoting certification and increasing


demand for certified products
Marketing, communications and specialist consultancy
to grow demand for certified forest product

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30% Developing the PEFC programme to
increase the global area of certified forests
Contributions to PEFC Council fees
to promote global growth

Local contributions – global achievements


The development of and support for national forest management certification schemes around the world, particularly for
small forest owners, is central to PEFC’s mission. Hundreds of thousands of small forest owners around the world have
achieved PEFC certification through PEFC’s group scheme.

What does PEFC certification deliver?


 Empowers smaller forest owners  Helps build capacity to develop national
and helps to sustain livelihoods forest management schemes
 Promotes innovation and advances in  Expands the global certified area and creates
forestry practice and new ways of working healthy forests to mitigate climate change
 Encourages wider consumption, demand  Contributes to the implementation of the
and awareness of certified forest products United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
PEFC’s Contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Maintaining forests and creating a forest value chain is critical for achieving many of the UN’s Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs are a framework to enable businesses to monitor and
communicate positive contributions across all areas of sustainable development. PEFC’s Sustainable
Forest Management benchmarks are closely aligned to the SDGs but impact on several in particular:

ENSURE HEALTHY LIVES AND ENSURE AVAILABILITY AND


PROMOTE WELL-BEING FOR SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF
ALL AT ALL AGES WATER AND SANITATION FOR ALL
PEFC certification promotes PEFC’s Sustainable Forest
Sustainable Forest Management Management benchmarks
and all the benefits derived are dedicated to maintaining
from that, including non-wood and enhancing the protective
forest products and eco-system functions of forests including flood
services. prevention and water purification.
These must be mapped in both
forest management plans and
forestry operations.

ENSURE SUSTAINABLE TAKE URGENT ACTION TO


MAKE CITES AND HUMAN CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE
SETTLEMENTS INCLUSIVE, SAFE, PATTERNS AND ITS IMPACTS
Photo credots: iStock, Dominic Belica, Marc De Schuyter, Sunanta Temyod, Tan Ee Long.

RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE PEFC works along the supply chain PEFC and its Chain of Custody
PEFC Project Certification to promote sustainable production standard help reduce climate
promotes the use of certified and consumption in both corporate change by promoting sustainable
timber and engineered and public sector procurement of forest management and acts as a
wood products and provides wood-based products, including the tool to protect forest functions to

www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals
assurances of responsible drivers behind the circular economy store carbon and manage soil and
sourcing. to reduce, reuse and recycle. water functions responsibly.

SUSTAINABLY MANAGE FORESTS, STRENGTHEN THE MEANS


COMBAT DESERTIFICATION, OF IMPLEMENTATION AND
HALT AND REVERSE LAND REVITALISE THE GLOBAL
DEGRADATION, HALT PARTNERSHIP FOR
BIODIVERSITY LOSS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
PEFC supports sustainable PEFC is an organisation with
forestry across supply chains,and partnership at the heart of its
engages with communities to global programme. It brings
reduce deforestation, promote together some fifty national forest
eco-system health and protect certification systems and more
at-risk species than 30 international stakeholders.

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