Annual Stakeholder Meeting 3 rd October 2019 Alun Watkins, Executive Director, PEFC UK 1
Summary PEFC- the first 20 years ➢ When PEFC was established and why ➢ PEFC then and now ➢ Key Milestones PEFC- the next 20 years ➢ New markets for certified products ➢ Developments in the certification process FM and CoC ➢ Changes in the forest e.g. Climate change 2
Why was PEFC Established? Today, there are two well established global forest certification schemes but before 1999, there was only FSC. FSC’s forest certification system was not considered suited to the European forestry ownership model – e.g. in Finland, there are over 350,000 forest owners of between 2 and 30 hectares and account for 60% of the forest land The cost of certifying individual forest holdings would have proved prohibitive Forestry professionals from 5 European countries came together to found PEFC 3
The People at the Heart of PEFC Small woodland/forest owners 4
PEFC – a Different Approach Setting up a new system, our founders decided to do things differently: ➢ alliance of national schemes ➢ bottom up rather than top down FSC approach ➢ standard setting – based on ISO ➢ accreditation – International Accreditation Forum ➢ Governance – decision making by consensus using UN’s Agenda 21 definition of stakeholder groups 5
The PEFC Difference Global system with ✓ Material availability in all regions National Members & bottom up approach ✓ Local expertise, ownership & multi-stakeholder involvement ✓ Strong National standards meeting & exceeding PEFC International Meta-Standard ✓ Long term investment in National accountability and sovereignty 3 rd party certification. PEFC Sustainability Balanced Benchmarks based on representation in Certification Bodies are global guidelines and stakeholders based on controlled by National criteria major groups as Accreditation body peer (UN, ISO, ILO, IAF) defined by reviewed by IAF. UN Agenda 21 ✓ Impartial, Independent, ✓ Long established, already Transparent auditing and accepted and used by ✓ Multi-stakeholder consensus tracking businesses around the world. decisions ✓ Impartial 6
Key Milestones for PEFC ➢ Change of name in 2003 to reflect it was no longer just a European programme ➢ UK Government Recognition (CPET) – 2005 ➢ 100 million hectares in 2005 ➢ 200 million hectares in 2008 ➢ First scheme in Asia endorsed – 2009 ➢ First FM Certificate in Africa in 2018 ➢ UKWAS 1999. PEFC UK endorsed 2002 ➢ Global Market Acceptance 7
2005 – a Great Leap Forward 600 500 400 300 PEFC FSC 200 100 0 8
CPET – Government Recognition In 2005, the UK government assessed both PEFC and FSC’s SFM and CoC standards and found them both to provide equivalent assurances of legal and sustainable sourcing 2015 Assessment According to the CPET assessment reports, the certification systems comply with the CPET criteria as follows: FSC: 94% PEFC: 96% Legal Sustainable (100% from legal sources) (>70% from sustainable sources) Products containing >70% certified or FSC All certified products recycled raw material Products containing >70% certified or All certified products PEFC recycled raw material 9
Global Recognition for PEFC • PEFC is recognised by the Belgian, British, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Japanese, and Swiss Timber Procurement Policies… • Recommended by the European Commission Guidelines on Green Public Procurement • EU Ecolabel • European Retail Environmental Sustainability Code 10
Global Market Acceptance • Green Building Councils (incl. Australia, Italy, and Singapore), LEED, BREEAM (Netherlands, UK), and SKA rating in the UK • Green Building Assessment Protocol for Commercial Buildings, National Green Building Standard, International Green Construction Code (US) and Built Green (Canada) • Consumer Goods Forum • World Business Council for Sustainable Development 11
PEFC Today 45 Endorsed National systems National members in 51 countries More than 20,000 PEFC-certified companies in 71 Over 318 million hectares PEFC-certified countries ➔ 60% share of all certified forests worldwide 12
Growth in Asia The first scheme in Asia to achieve PEFC endorsement in 2009 was Malaysia. This led to growing interest in PEFC: 17,106,890 Endorsed SFM 16,804,386 14,875,556 schemes now in: 11,740,469 ➢ China ➢ India ➢ Indonesia ➢ Japan ➢ Republic of Korea ➢ Thailand 2016 2017 2018 MAR-19 13
PEFC SFM in the UK ➢ PEFC certified area in the UK has grown by 25,000 hectares this year – now 1.5 million hectares ➢ 95% of the suppliers of commercially-traded timber in the UK ➢ 1150 Chain of Custody certificates 14
Future Developments PEFC – the Next 20 Years 15
PEFC and the SDGs • Forest: • Forest remain forest • Biodiversity: • 80% of Earth land animals and plants live in forests • Carbon Storage: • Natural carbon capture and storage system • Water: • Forested catchments supply 75% of fresh water • Social: • Local communities living in and around forests • 14 million workers globally working in forest products industry • Energy & Products: • Single most important source of renewable energy 16
Growing Markets for PEFC Products Fashion Furniture Green packaging Green Construction Biomass 17
Climate Change New approaches to woodland management to address threats of drought and increased risk of damage from pests, diseases, wind and fire – acceptance of GMOs? New species planted which can thrive in a warming climate Afforestation to increase carbon storage e.g. Amazon pledge of $100 million in reforestation projects around the world (September 2019). Need to look at certification of Eco-system services and landscapes Emissions Data Transfer Standard 18
100% Road Map Removal of percentage claims and volume credits Only one claim – 100% PEFC Certified Less confusion for consumers and easier systems for certificate holders. Will require large increase in certified forest area from the current 11% to somewhere near 20 – 25% Plant more trees and bring existing woodlands under SFM How many years?? 19
Future Certification Developments? Using blockchain technology to simplify CoC process, auditing and reduce costs ISO 38200:2018 Chain of custody of wood and wood-based product ISO 22095 TC 287 20
Choice – Two Global Schemes Exclusive procurement policies for one scheme is restricting growth in certified area Dual certification growing! The need for two schemes? Good time for all stakeholders to sell the benefits of forest certification 21
Further information 0114 307 2334 awatkins@pefc.co.uk @AlunPEFCUK 22
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