Independence & Impartiality
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
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
AS 4707 Chain of Custody
PEFC Chain of Custody Standard
Certification Body Contact Details
Forest Management
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
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
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