So much happened at PEFC in 2016, it is hard to know where to start! We were delighted to welcome new national members from Ghana, Hungary, Macedonia, Republic of Korea, Romania and Thailand. You have to look back to the early days of our organization for so many members joining in one year....

Foresters in different parts of the world have chosen to use both FSC and PEFC certification for their forest management units to provide evidence for their sustainable forest management practices. From a statistical point of view, this means that their respective certified forest area appears in...

From the building momentum in Asia to the start of our standards revision process, 2016 was another busy year for the PEFC alliance – as you will see, we managed to fit a lot in! Especially for PEFC Forest Certification Week 2016 in Bali, Indonesia, we celebrated some of our achievements...

A quick introduction to PEFC all on one page! With just a glance, you can discover what makes us the world’s leading forest certification system. Find out how we: Set the standard for sustainable forest management Write the story of humans and nature Enable responsible supply chain...

2015 was the year that saw the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the UN General Assembly and important climate change commitments at COP21 in Paris. For us at PEFC, the SDGs help us to better communicate the holistic nature of our work. They recognize the positive...

A special edition of the PEFC Newsletter was published to mark the 2015 PEFC Forest Certification Week in Montreux, Switzerland. From international project highlights to the World Forestry Congress and Milano Expo 2015, the newsletter highlights some of the many key achievements and progress made...

'Towards the tipping point' describes our work and the progress we achieved in many different ways in 2014. "An important indicator as to how far we’ve come in promoting sustainable forest management was the outcome of the first PEFC/GfK Global Consumer Survey, revealing the vast extent to...

A special edition of the PEFC Newsletter was published to mark the opening of PEFC Forest Certification Week in Paris, France, highlighting some of the key achievements and progress of PEFC in 2014.