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Deepa Hingorani, PEFC International 31 October, London

Expand your sourcing

• ptions: advantages of an

inclusive procurement policy

Global availability of certified materials

Only 11% of the world’s forests are certified We need to work together to ensure that more forests are managed sustainably

Million hectares

60%

Non- certified 89% Certified 11%

Advantages of Inclusive Procurement Policies

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Developing inclusive policies allowing both systems you can benefit from:

• Access to the largest scale of certified material globally
• Increased flexibility and risk management in supply chain
• Major fibre suppliers are already PEFC-certified

and wider benefits include:

• Support the growth certified sustainably managed forest area beyond 11%
• Decrease the pressure for double-certification and associated costs for

forest owners and especially small-holders

Inclusive Procurement Policies

Timber, Paper, Packaging

• 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

Inclusive Procurement Policies

EU Ecolabel

EU Ecolabel recognizes PEFC certification based on the criteria for wood-fibre sustainability sourcing. EU Ecolabel for Paper products, Criterion 3: Fibres – conserving resources, sustainable forest management:

• Virgin fibres shall be covered by valid sustainable forest management and chain of custody

certificates issued by an independent third party certification scheme such as FSC, PEFC or equivalent.

• FSC certified sustainable virgin materials and PEFC certified sustainable virgin materials are

considered as equivalent to each other in terms of complying with the 70% minimum. Consequently, the presence of an FSC or PEFC label on the product can be considered as automatic compliance with criterion 3.

EU Ecolabel for Textile Products, Criterion 9 for Man-made cellulose fibres:

• A minimum 25 % of pulp fibres shall be manufactured from wood that has been grown according to

the principles of sustainable forestry management as defined by the UN FAO. The remaining proportion of pulp fibres shall be from pulp that is sourced from legal forestry and plantations.

• Required documentation for Assessment and verification: The applicant shall obtain from the fibre

manufacturer(s) valid, independently certified chain of custody certificates demonstrating that the wood fibres have been grown according to sustainable forestry management principles – PEFC or equivalent schemes shall be accepted as independent certification.

Sources: EU Ecolabel for Textile Products http://ec.europa.eu/environment/ecolabel/documents/User_manual_textile.pdf EU Ecolabel for Paper products http://ec.europa.eu/environment/ecolabel/documents/tissue_paper_tr_2019.pdf

Inclusive Procurement Policies

Construction Green Labels

• Green Building Councils (incl. Australia, Italy, and Singapore),

LEED (US), the Code for Sustainable Homes, 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)

• Comprehensive Assessment System for Built Environmental

Efficiency (CASBEE) Japan, Singapore Environment Council

Inclusive Procurement

Finance sector Banking Environment Initiative

“Soft Commodities Compact” guidelines include PEFC certification for timber products as the internationally recognized means of verification that the CGF is prioritizing for Compact banks’ customer operations.

Compact signatories include: Barclays, BNY Mellon, China Construction Bank, Deutsche Bank, Lloyds Banking Group, Nomura, Northern Trust, Santander, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and Westpac.

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Inclusive procurement in action

Inclusive Procurement in action

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Promotional materials & magazines

Inclusive Procurement in action Bags & tags

Inclusive Procurement in action

Store Fitout

Inclusive Procurement

Telling the story of sustainable wood fibres in your textiles

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PEFC can help you to meet your sustainability targets at different levels

Sustainable packaging Sustainable paper

(promotional materials, posters, catalogues, etc.)

Sustainable stores

(panels, flooring, furniture, hangers etc.)

Sustainable wood- based textiles

1. Ask your current packaging suppliers for certified paper bags, tags, boxes 2. Find more certified suppliers at PEFC database 3. Encourage your current suppliers to

• btain certification

1. Ask your current printers & suppliers for certified paper 2. Find more certified printers at PEFC database 3. Encourage your current printers to

• btain certification

1. Source certified fittings 2. Find more suppliers at PEFC database 3. Use PEFC-certified timber to

• btain credits for Green

certification for your stores (LEED, BREEM, etc.) 1. Create & communicate inclusive procurement policy 2. Ask your fibre supplier for certified fibres 3. Ask your textile suppliers to procure certified fibres 4. Move towards increasing share of certified in your cellulosic textiles value chain 5. Move towards full traceability from the forest to the final product

PEFC: Caring for forests together

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Stage 1: Create inclusive procurement policies:

a) Paper and packaging b) Timber (store fittings) c) Wood-based fibres (viscose, lyocel & modal)

Stage 2: Communicate it to your suppliers & on your website Stage 3: Start practicing responsible sourcing Stage 4: Encourage your suppliers to increase the share of certified materials in your value chains Stage 5: Aim towards full traceability of wood materials to the sustainable source

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Caring for forests together

Deepa.Hingorani@pefc.org