Activities

The PEFC Council has the following main activities:

- Definition of minimum requirements-framework for development of national or sub-national forest certification schemes.

- Assessment and endorsement (mutual recognition) of national or sub-national forest certification schemes.

- Administration of PEFC Logo usage rights.

- Promotion of PEFC recognised forest certification, of sustainable forest management and of consumption of wood as renewable environmentally, friendly raw material.

	Elements of credible forest certification schemes    PEFC forest certification and product labelling covers the following steps: Standards and rules developed in an open and transparent way Forests certified by an independent third-party organisation Wood traced from certified forests to the end consumer by chain-of-custody tracking. PEFC labelled products supporting an environmentally positive choice