PEFC & Credibility
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PEFC defines 205 sustainability benchmarks that all PEFC standards must meet related to standard setting processes, national schemes, and management practices. Public procurement policies in several countries, including Belgium, Britain, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Finland, recognize and recommend PEFC. Other green building standards and policies also accept PEFC. A 2010 assessment by WWF found that while FSC and PEFC were equivalent in meeting most criteria for sustainable forest management, PEFC fully met requirements for effective monitoring and assessment that FSC only partially met.
PEFC & Credibility
- 1. Assessments & Credibility PEFC under the Microscope 1
- 2. PEFC's Sustainability Benchmarks Define requirements to be met by all PEFC standards: # Requirements Standard Setting Process: 80 National Schemes 49 Management practices 76 Total 205 2
- 3. Dutch Public Procurement TPAC 3 Source: Summary Report of the Final Judgment of PEFC (Jun 2010) & FSC (Nov 2008) by TPAC
- 4. UK Public Procurement CPET 4 * for for chip and fibre products with less than 70%. certified material Source: CPET 2010 Review of forest certification schemes ** own assessment According to the CPET assessment reports, the certification systems comply with the CPET criteria as follows: FSC: 92%* PEFC: 89% (97% for revised standard**)
- 5. 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 Acceptance by Government Procurement Policies 5
- 6. Green Building Councils in Australia, Italy, and Singapore, the Code for Sustainable Homes, BREEAM in the Netherlands and the UK, and SKA rating in the UK Green Building Assessment Protocol for Commercial Buildings and the National Green Building Standard (US), and Built Green (Canada) Comprehensive Assessment System for Built Environmental Efficiency (CASBEE) Japan Singapore Environment Council Acceptance by Other Procurement Policies 6
- 7. WWF FCAG Assessment Criterion 2: economic, ecological, equity dimensions of forest management FSC 2008 PEFC 2010 Compliance with laws fullfilled fullfilled Respect for tenure and use rights fullfilled fullfilled Respect for indigenious peoples rights fullfilled fullfilled Respect for community relations fullfilled fullfilled Respect for workers rights fullfilled fullfilled Delivery of multiple benefits from forests fullfilled fullfilled Assessment and mitigation of environmental impacts fullfilled fullfilled Maintenance of 1) critical forest areas & 2) related natural critical habitats Not fullfilled for 2) fullfilled Specific provisions for plantations fullfilled fullfilled Implementation of management plan fullfilled fullfilled Effective monitoring and assessment Not fillfulled for 2nd part fullfilled 7 Source: FSC: WWF FCAG assessment of FSC & PEFC, 2008 PEFC: WWF FCAG assessment of PEFC, 2010
- 8. WWF Global Forest Trade Network 8
- 9. THANK YOU! Further information about PEFC: www.pefc.org 9
- 10. THANK YOU! Further information about PEFC: www.pefc.org 9
Editor's Notes
- PEFC is accepted as proof of sustainability by procurement policies globally listed are a few examples
- PEFC is accepted as proof of sustainability by procurement policies globally listed are a few examples specifically relevant to the construction sector