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The Sustainable Forestry Initiative速 Program EOMF Chain of Custody Sessions

Overview

• What is the SFI Program • Green Building and SFI • SFI Chain of Custody • Questions/Answers

Alphabet Soup

10% of the World’s Forests are Certified

SFI: A Single North American Standard • 1 Standard for all of North America • Fully Independent Non-Profit Charitable 501(c)(3) • 3 Chamber Board: Social - Environmental – Economic • 2,500+ organizations involved

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Independent Board of Directors ENVIRONMENTAL SECTOR Larry Selzer President and CEO The Conservation Fund

George Finney, PhD. President Bird Studies Canada

Tom Franklin Senior Director of Science and Policy Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership

Roger Sedjo, PhD Senior Fellow Resources for the Future

Mike Zagata, PhD. President and CEO Ruffed Grouse Society

John M. Hagen III, PhD. President Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences

Mary Motlow Representing Family Forest Owners

Steven W. Koehn.

Director/State Forester Maryland Forest Service

Richard W. (Dick) Brinker, PhD. Dean Emeritus School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University

Charles Tatersall Smith, PhD. Professor Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto

Stewart Hardacre.

CEO Habitat for Humanity Canada

William V. (Bill) Street Jr. Director Woodworkers Department, Intl. Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers

SOCIAL SECTOR

ECONOMIC SECTOR Matthew Donegan Co-President Forest Capital Partners LLC

Rick Holley President and CEO Plum Creek Timber Co.

Bob Luoto Representing independent professional loggers & the American Loggers Council

John B. Crowe Chairman and CEO Buckeye Technologies Inc.

Daniel S. Fulton President and CEO Weyerhaeuser Co.

Henry H. (Hank) Ketcham Chairman, President and CEO West Fraser Timber Co.

136 million acres 55 million ha

60 million acres/ 24 million ha

World 168 million Ha

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Sustainable Forestry Forest Productivity and Health Protection of Water Resources Protection of Biological Diversity Aesthetics and Recreation Protection of Special Sites Responsible Fiber Sourcing Practices (North America) Avoidance of Controversial Sources Including Illegal Logging (Offshore) Legal Compliance Research Training and Education Public Involvement Transparency Continual Improvement

Responsible Sourcing • SFI was developed with landowner patterns in mind – 60% of the fiber in U.S. comes from family forest landowners – 30% of the fiber in Eastern Canada comes from small woodlots

• Responsible Sourcing Requirements.

– Landowner outreach to promote sustainable forestry – Logger training (over 100,000 trained since 1995) – Support for forest research ($1 billion since 1995)

Communities and SFI • SFI has strong roots and commitment to communities.

• Grassroots network of 37 implementation committees, made up nearly 1000 individuals including forest companies, community leaders, conservation groups, academia, loggers and labour • SFI is the only certification program with a community grants program and is a strong partner with Habitat for Humanity.

• This year SFI is funding 9 community based projects that including supporting building projects for low-income families, 4-H clubs, Boy & Girl Scouts and educational symposiums for teachers.

SFI Ontario Implementation Committee

12 Stakeholders including OMNR and several land management corporations and lumber producers

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Habitat for Humanity Partnerships • Canadian projects supported by SFI Implementation Committees and Program Participants – – – –

2009 – Alderville ON & Winnipeg Mb. 2010 – Oakville, ON, Thunder Bay ON 2011 – Vancouver BC and Fredericton NB Several projects in USA

Aboriginal/Tribal Land SFI Certification Certification

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Acres/Hectares

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Capacity Forest Management

sixteen First Nation groups in British Columbia

1,412,279 acres 571,529 ha

British Columbia

Yakama Nation

Yakama Nation

624,000 acres 252,524 ha

Washington

Wabaseemoong Independent Nation, Naotkamegwanning First Nation, and Ochiichagwe’Babigo’ining First Nation in Ontario

2,811,716 acres 1,137,861 ha

Ontario

Eight First Nation groups in British Columbia

195,213 acres 79,000 ha

British Columbia

Miitigoog General Partner Inc.

Stuwix Resources Ltd.

Green Building • SFI Green Building Position: – SFI supports and encourages and promotes wood in Green Building – Forest certification offers a proof point for certified wood products – Majority of green building programs recognize all forest certification standards and encourage wood.

Green Building - LEED

• USGBC sends mixed messages on forest certification: – Existing standard only recognizes FSC – Pilot Credit 43 allows equal recognition and equal credit for SFI – Draft 2012 LEED For Homes – doesn’t give any advantage to FSC and makes no requirements on certification for North American wood – Other 2012 LEED rating tools like LEED for Existing Buildings – recognizes FSC Pure which they have qualified to mean 100% FSC…Encouraging imports!!!

Green Building Acceptance • SFI is recognized in a variety of green building tools – IgCC Building Code (final November 2011) • Potential to be huge market for SFI wood • Adopted in local governments in Washington state, New Hampshire, Arizona, Colorado, Rhode Island, Oregon, North Carolina, Maryland and Florida

– National Home Building Standard (residential construction) – Green Globes (commercial construction) – BIFMA – Green furniture standard – U.S. Department of Agricultural and Department of Education • Recent statements/criteria recognize SFI

What Is SFI Chain of Custody

Chain of Custody Approaches • 100% Physical Separation of Inventory – Product contains fiber exclusively from a certified forest – Only time a company can make a 100% certified forest content claim on the product label

• Percentage Based Methods – Product line contains a mix of certified forest content and certified sourcing – Volume credit or average percentage calculation

Physical Separation

Average Percentage Method

Volume Credit Method

Steps for Individual Certification 1. Review Chain of Custody Requirements 2. Contact an SFI-accredited certifier.

3. Submit an application to the certifier.

4. Complete an on-site audit.

5. Certification approval usually takes 4 to 6 weeks.

6. Complete an annual audit to maintain certification.

7. Costs are approximately $1,500 - $3,000 annually.

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Certification Bodies SFI COC

SFI FM

Bureau de normalisation du Québec - Enregistrement de système (BNQ)

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Bureau Veritas Certification (BVC)

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BMG Trada Certifiering AB

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TUeV NORD GmbH

FSC COC/FM

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Scientific Certification Systems, Inc. SGS

CSA FM

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American Green, a Partner of GFA Consulting Group

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Control Union Canada Inc.

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Rainforest Alliance/Smartwood Program 23 Soil Association – Woodmark

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Customer Support

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What Others Are Saying

Please see the “What Others Are Saying” fact sheet for source citations.

Sample SFI Label Users

Get the Facts About SFI

In Case You Were Wondering • Resource for anyone with questions about forest certification or SFI that explains: – Values SFI Program is grounded in – Importance of promoting responsible forest management – Helps consumers make informed purchasing decisions

• Three key focus areas: – Independence & Inclusion – Rigorous 3rd Party Audits – Understanding Eco Labels

Saying Yes to SFI Means…

• Supporting domestic jobs, fiber and communities • Supporting conservation work, research, and logger/forester training and education • Avoiding risk of illegal logging, deforestation, global forestry concerns….buy SFI, buy domestic, support North American producers

Danny Karch Danny.karch@sfiprogram.org