What Is Forest Certification?
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:
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Global-Mark Pty Ltd -
SCS Global Services – Australia -
SCS Global Services – USA -
SGS New Zealand Limited -
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):
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Soil Association Certification Ltd -
Bureau Veritas Australia Pty Ltd -
Engineered Wood Products Association of Australasia Limited -
Global-Mark Pty Ltd -
SCS Global Services -
BSI Group ANZ Pty Ltd
PEFC Chain of Custody Standard
The following certification bodies are currently accredited to certify against the PEFC Chain of Custody Standard (PEFC ST 2002):
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Contact: Kennedy Amissah
Vice President – BA Americas
900 Chelmsdord Lowell, MA 01851
Intertek Testing Services NA, Inc. dba Intertek -
GCL International Ltd -
Bureau Veritas Australia Pty Ltd -
Double Helix Tracking Technologies Pte Ltd -
Exova (UK) Ltd trading as Exova BM TRADA -
Global-Mark Pty Ltd -
Preferred by Nature OÜ -
QMI-SAI Canada Limited -
QMI-SAI Canada Limited (Telarc) -
SCS Global Services -
SGS Australia -
SGS New Zealand Limited -
Soil Association Certification Limited -
BSI Group ANZ Pty Ltd
Certification Body Contact Details
Forest Management
BSI Group ANZ Pty Ltd
Contact: Ross Garsden
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.bsigroup.com.au
Contact: Ross Garsden
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.bsigroup.com.au
Global-Mark Pty Ltd
Contact: Wayne Tibbits
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.Global-Mark.com.au
SCS Global Services – Australia
Contact: Nick Capobianco
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.scsglobalservices.com
SCS Global Services – USA
Contact: Brendan Grady
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.scsglobalservices.com
SGS New Zealand Limited
Contact: Carol Rivera
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.sgs.com
AS 4707 Chain of Custody
BSI Group ANZ Pty Ltd
Contact: Ross Garsden
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.bsigroup.com.au
Contact: Ross Garsden
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.bsigroup.com.au
Bureau Veritas Australia Pty Ltd
Contact: Sam Guindi
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.bureauveritas.com.au
Engineered Wood Products Association of Australasia Limited
Contact: Suzanne Steiger
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.ewp.asn.au
Global-Mark Pty Ltd
Contact: Wayne Tibbits
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.global-mark.com.au
SCS Global Services
Contact: Nick Capobianco
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.scsglobalservices.com
Soil Association Certification Limited
Contact: Ursula Ridgeley
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.soilassociation.org
PEFC Chain of Custody Standard
BSI Group ANZ Pty Ltd
Contact: Ross Garsden
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.bsigroup.com.au
Contact: Ross Garsden
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.bsigroup.com.au
Bureau Veritas Australia Pty Ltd
Contact: Sam Guindi
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.bureauveritas.com.au
Double Helix Tracking Technologies Pte Ltd
Contact: Goo Soo Lin
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.doublehelixtracking.com
Exova (UK) Ltd trading as Exova BM TRADA
Contact: John Lovelock
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.bmtrada.com
Global-Mark Pty Ltd
Contact: Wayne Tibbits
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.global-mark.com.au
Preferred by Nature (previously NEPCon)
Australian contact: Malory Weston
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.preferredbynature.org
Preferred by Nature (previously NEPCon)
New Zealand Contact: Graeme Gillies
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.preferredbynature.org
QMI-SAI Canada Limited
Contact: Sylvain Frappier
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.saiglobal.com
QMI-SAI Canada Limited (Telarc)
Contact: Sylvain Frappier
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.qmi-saiglobal.com
SCS Global Services
Contact: Nick Capobianco
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.scsglobalservices.com
SGS Australia
Contact: Clayton Warren
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.sgs.com
SGS New Zealand Limited
Contact: Carol Rivera
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.sgs.com
Soil Association Certification Limited
Contact: Ursula Ridgeley
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.soilassociation.org
