Organizational Documents

2017 PEFC Week Newsletter
Pushing boundaries through projects and partnerships, revising our international standards, the fantastic work of our members and the PEFC International Photographer of the Year Award: 2017 was quite a year for the whole PEFC family. We celebrated some of these achievements during PEFC Forest...

Double Certification FSC and PEFC – estimation mid-2017
Several 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...

PEFC Annual Review 2016 – Highlighting the achievements of the PEFC alliance
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....

Double Certification FSC and PEFC – estimation end 2016
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...

Join the World's Largest Forest Certification System
Demonstrate your commitment and activate your support to forests and PEFC by becoming an International Stakeholder member! Companies, organizations and associations with principles and objectives supportive to PEFC’s are encouraged to join. International Stakeholder membership is open to...

What makes PEFC unique AND the system of choice?
This one-pager presenst some of the unique and distinguishing features of PEFC when compared to other international certification systems. As the largest forest certification system globally PEFC is the certification system of choice, with over 300 million hectares of forests globally upholding...

2016 PEFC Week Newsletter
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...

PEFC at a Glance
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...
PEFC Certified
Forests area: 313 million ha
Forest owners: > 750,000
Companies (CoC): > 20,000
(as of December 2017)
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PEFC Newsletter
Recent News
- Public consultation for new SFI Small Lands Group Certification Module
- Get your cameras and phones ready – become the 2018 PEFC Photographer of the Year!
- UDT-CERT withdraws PEFC certificate from RDLP Bialystok
- PEFC Collaboration Fund: Calling on innovators in the forest sector!
- Upcoming Chain of Custody auditor training – register now!