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SFI
The Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) program is a recognized standard in North America with participants in the U.S. and Canada.
The SFI program was adopted by American Forest & Papaer Association (AFP&A) in 1994. The SFI Program is overseen by the Sustainable Forestry Board (SFB), two-thirds of which come from a wide range of non-industry interests, including environmental/conservation organizations; public officials (state and/or federal agencies); professional/academic groups; logging professional; non-industrial landowners.
Contact
Kathy Abusow
President & CEO
Sustainable Forestry Initiative Inc
1600 Wilson Boulevard
Suite 810
Arlington, Virginia VA22209
USA
Email: kathy.abusow@sfiprogram.org
Tel: +001 703 875 9500 Ext 25
+001 703 875 9510
Website: http://www.sfiprogam.org
Chain of custody and product labelling
SFI has two approaches to product labelling: Procurement system and Chain of custody . The procurement system certification does not provide any information on the proportion of certified materials, therefore those wishing to use the SFI on-product label must maintain evidence 100% of its primary sources are independently third-party certified sources (confirmed by a qualified independent third party to be sourced, which is Category B evidence).
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For 100% content claims, the physical separation method must be used (a Chain of Custody approach). These 100% content labels do not state the percentage content, but carry the associated statement 'From forests independently certified to the SFI standard'). The label can refer to a:
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For claims <100%, the calculation of certified content is based on total flow or supply of primary sources (by weight) for a single manufacturing unit using either a rolling four-quarter average or the most recent full calendar year’s consumption. Requires X% of product content to come from SFI certified forests (this does not include the American Tree Farm System), for labels to display an X% claim. The label can refer to a:
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Evidence of legality NOT evidence of sustainabilty
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Products marked with the SFI logo accompanied by the statement 'Participating Manufacturer', 'Participating Printer', 'Participating Retailer', 'Participating Publsiher' or 'Certified Participant'. Unlike the 100% content labels, these DO NOT contain the statement 'From forestsindependently certified...' These logos are often stamped on products (rather than as paper labels) |
The "Fiber Sourcing" on-product label does not meet the UK Government's criteria for legal and sustainable because it does not make a content claim.
