Independent Certification | Sustainable Forest Management

Independence & Impartiality

Certification to the sustainable forest management and chain of custody standards is carried out by independent third parties known as Certification Bodies – also known as Conformity Assessment Bodies. These organisations are themselves accredited by JAS-ANZ (the Joint Accreditation System of Australia and New Zealand) to audit and issue certificates to our standards.

Certification bodies audit certified organsiations and are responsible for issuing them with certificates to our standards. To ensure independence and impartiality, Responsible Wood requires certification bodies to be independent of the standards development and management process, as well as the organisation they are certifying.

Once organisation’s are certified surveillance audits take place annually (every 9 months for Sustainable Forest Management and every 12 months for Chain of Custody). This includes visiting the organisation’s site, inspecting documentation and records, as well as interviewing workers, contractors, and other stakeholders. The goal of the audit is to look for objective evidence that the organisation is conforming with the requirements of our standards.

Forest management certificates are valid for 3 years and chain of custody certificates are valid for 5 years. Certification bodies perform periodic re-certification audits when certificates are due to expire, or changes have been made to our standards. These audits assess all requirements of our standards in detail to verify that organisations continue to conform with Responsible Wood requirements.

Accreditation of Certification Bodies

JAS-ANZ (the Joint Accreditation System of Australia and New Zealand) undertakes the accreditation of certification bodies (also known as conformity assessment bodies).

Both JAS-ANZ and PEFC International have set requirements for certification bodies auditing and issuing certificates to our standards. Information on the requirements which have been set for certification bodies can be found in our Resources section. See here…

List of Accredited Certification Bodies

Forest Management

The following organisations are currently accredited to certify against our standard for sustainable forest management:

Contact: Wayne Tibbits

Email: customerservice@global-mark.com.au

Website: www.Global-Mark.com.au

Global-Mark Pty Ltd
Contact: Nick Capobianco

Email: rnick@greenmarketing.net.au

Website: www.scsglobalservices.com

SCS Global Services – Australia
Contact: Brendan Grady

Email: bgrady@scsglobalservices.com

Website: www.scsglobalservices.com

SCS Global Services – USA
Contact: Carol Rivera

Email: carol.rivera@sgs.com

Website: www.sgs.com

SGS New Zealand Limited
Contact: Ross Garsden

Email: ross.garsden@bsigroup.com

Website: www.bsigroup.com.au

BSI Group ANZ Pty Ltd

AS 4707 Chain of Custody

The following certification bodies are currently accredited to certify against AS 4707 (Chain of Custody):

Contact: Ross Garsden

Email: ross.garsden@bsigroup.com

Website: www.bsigroup.com.au

BSI Group ANZ Pty Ltd
Contact: Sam Guindi

Email: sam.guindi@au.bureauveritas.com

Website: www.bureauveritas.com.au

Bureau Veritas Australia Pty Ltd
Contact: Suzanne Steiger

Email: Suzie.Steiger@ewp.asn.au

Website: www.ewp.asn.au

Engineered Wood Products Association of Australasia Limited
Contact: Wayne Tibbits

Email: customerservice@global-mark.com.au

Website: www.global-mark.com.au

Global-Mark Pty Ltd
Contact: Nick Capobianco

Email: nick@greenmarketing.net.au

Website: www.scsglobalservices.com

SCS Global Services

PEFC Chain of Custody Standard

The following certification bodies are currently accredited to certify against the PEFC Chain of Custody Standard (PEFC ST 2002):

Contact: Mahmut Sogukpinar

Email: info@gcl-intl.com

Website: www.gcl-Intl.com

GCL International Ltd
Contact: Sam Guindi

Email: sam.guindi@au.bureauveritas.com

Website: www.bureauveritas.com.au

Bureau Veritas Australia Pty Ltd
Contact: Goo Soo Lin

Email: soo@doublehelixtracking.com

Website: www.doublehelixtracking.com

Double Helix Tracking Technologies Pte Ltd
Contact: John Lovelock

Email: jlovelock@bmtrada.com

Website: www.bmtrada.com

Exova (UK) Ltd trading as Exova BM TRADA
Contact: Wayne Tibbits

Email: customerservice@global-mark.com.au

Website: www.global-mark.com.au

Global-Mark Pty Ltd
Contact person: Naomi Mjelde

Email: nmjelde@preferredbynature.org

Website: https://preferredbynature.org/

Preferred by Nature OÜ
Contact: Sylvain Frappier

Email: sylvain.frappier@saiglobal.com

Website: www.saiglobal.com

QMI-SAI Canada Limited
Contact: Sylvain Frappier

Email: sylvain.frappier@saiglobal.com

Website: www.qmi-saiglobal.com

QMI-SAI Canada Limited (Telarc)
Contact: Nick Capobianco

Email: nick@greenmarketing.net.au

Website: www.scsglobalservices.com

SCS Global Services
Contact: Clayton Warren

Email: clayton.warren@sgs.com

Website: www.sgs.com

SGS Australia
Contact: Carol Rivera

Email: Carol.Rivera@sgs.com

Website: www.sgs.com

SGS New Zealand Limited
Contact: Ewan Brown

Email: ebrown@soilassociation.org

Website: www.soilassociation.org

Soil Association Certification Limited
Contact: Ross Garsden

Email: ross.garsden@bsigroup.com

Website: www.bsigroup.com.au

BSI Group ANZ Pty Ltd

Certification Body Contact Details

Forest Management

BSI Group ANZ Pty Ltd
Contact: Ross Garsden
Email: ross.garsden@bsigroup.com
Website: www.bsigroup.com.au

Global-Mark Pty Ltd
Contact: Wayne Tibbits
Email: customerservice@global-mark.com.au
Website: www.Global-Mark.com.au

SCS Global Services – Australia
Contact: Nick Capobianco
Email: rnick@greenmarketing.net.au
Website: www.scsglobalservices.com

SCS Global Services – USA
Contact: Brendan Grady
Email: bgrady@scsglobalservices.com
Website: www.scsglobalservices.com

SGS New Zealand Limited
Contact: Carol Rivera
Email: carol.rivera@sgs.com
Website: www.sgs.com

AS 4707 Chain of Custody

BSI Group ANZ Pty Ltd
Contact: Ross Garsden
Email: ross.garsden@bsigroup.com
Website: www.bsigroup.com.au

Bureau Veritas Australia Pty Ltd
Contact: Sam Guindi
Email: sam.guindi@au.bureauveritas.com
Website: www.bureauveritas.com.au

Engineered Wood Products Association of Australasia Limited
Contact: Suzanne Steiger
Email: Suzie.Steiger@ewp.asn.au
Website: www.ewp.asn.au

Global-Mark Pty Ltd
Contact: Wayne Tibbits
Email: customerservice@global-mark.com.au
Website: www.global-mark.com.au

SCS Global Services
Contact: Nick Capobianco
Email: nick@greenmarketing.net.au
Website: www.scsglobalservices.com

PEFC Chain of Custody Standard

BSI Group ANZ Pty Ltd
Contact: Ross Garsden
Email: ross.garsden@bsigroup.com
Website: www.bsigroup.com.au

Bureau Veritas Australia Pty Ltd
Contact: Sam Guindi
Email: sam.guindi@au.bureauveritas.com
Website: www.bureauveritas.com.au

Double Helix Tracking Technologies Pte Ltd
Contact: Goo Soo Lin
Email: soo@doublehelixtracking.com
Website: www.doublehelixtracking.com

Exova (UK) Ltd trading as Exova BM TRADA
Contact: John Lovelock
Email: jlovelock@bmtrada.com
Website: www.bmtrada.com

Global-Mark Pty Ltd
Contact: Wayne Tibbits
Email: customerservice@global-mark.com.au
Website: www.global-mark.com.au

Preferred by Nature (previously NEPCon)
Australian contact: Malory Weston
Email: mweston@preferredbynature.org
Website: www.preferredbynature.org

Preferred by Nature (previously NEPCon)
New Zealand Contact: Graeme Gillies
Email: ggillies@preferredbynature.org
Website: www.preferredbynature.org

QMI-SAI Canada Limited
Contact: Sylvain Frappier
Email: sylvain.frappier@saiglobal.com
Website: www.saiglobal.com

QMI-SAI Canada Limited (Telarc)
Contact: Sylvain Frappier
Email: sylvain.frappier@saiglobal.com
Website: www.qmi-saiglobal.com

SCS Global Services
Contact: Nick Capobianco
Email: nick@greenmarketing.net.au
Website: www.scsglobalservices.com

SGS Australia
Contact: Clayton Warren
Email: clayton.warren@sgs.com
Website: www.sgs.com

SGS New Zealand Limited
Contact: Carol Rivera
Email: Carol.Rivera@sgs.com
Website: www.sgs.com

Soil Association Certification Limited
Contact: Ewan Brown
Email: ebrown@soilassociation.org
Website: www.soilassociation.org