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A.T. Clayton Chain of Custody Sustainable Forest Certifications
A.T. Clayton recognizes our commitment to environmental stewardship. We share a vision and a responsibility with our clients and suppliers to work to ensure the sustainability of forests and other natural resources.
A.T. Clayton has earned Chain of Custody certification from FSC (Forest Stewardship Council), from SFI (Sustainable Forestry Initiative) and from PEFC (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes), all of which are third party certified forest sustainability standards. This lends assurance to our clients that, as an integral link in the paper supply chain, we will be responsive to their needs.
Forest Certification Programs all require third party verification and confirmation that all certification requirements of the respective organization have been met before certification is earned.
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FSC (Forest Stewardship Council)
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is an international non-profit organization that offers forest certification. It was founded in 1993 by representatives from environmental groups, the timber industry, the forestry profession, indigenous peoples' organizations, community forestry groups and forest product certification organizations from 25 countries. The FSC is an organization with nearly 600 members from more than 70 countries. |
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SFI (Sustainable Forestry Initiative Program)
In 1994, the AF&PA Board of Directors formally adopted the SFI program, requiring its members to participate. In 2000, the independent Sustainable Forestry Board (SFB) was established to oversee the SFI standards development and certification processes. Also in 2000, the SFI program was extended to Canada, allowing forestry operations in that country the opportunity to be certified to the SFI standard. |
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PEFC (Programme for Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes)
The Programme for Endorsement of Forest Certification schemes (PEFC) is a membership-based global umbrella organization that provides a mutual recognition framework for national forest certification systems developed in a multi-stakeholder process. Mutual recognition is a process whereby an entity states that multiple certification systems meet its definition for sustainable forest management. |
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