Chinas forest certification system is in line with the world

Since many countries give priority to purchasing certified products, the mutual recognition of CFCC and PEFC is not only conducive to improving China’s forest management level and promoting the sustainable development of China’s forestry, but also to a certain extent solves the problem of local forestry and paper enterprises’ products in the international market. The issue of “access” on the Internet is conducive to enhancing its competitiveness in the international market. FSC-certified Chinese companies can purchase PEFC-certified raw materials in China, thereby reducing operating costs. For Chinese companies, passing CFCC certification is equivalent to PEFC certification. After the product enters the market, it will enhance the corporate image and product image. With a good image, companies will benefit in terms of financing and market share. In addition, the management level of the enterprise has been improved as a result. Difficulties Market promotion is facing challenges. Many companies do not have a deep understanding of forest certification; however, no matter how big the challenge is, we will continue to do this work unswervingly. In the past two years, during the survey process, many companies have taken the initiative to find us and let us train them to learn about certification and improve their forest management level. There is a big gap between Chinese corporate standards and international advanced standards. When we conducted a pilot project in 2010, we found that there was a big gap between the requirements of the FSC forest certification standard and the current status of business operations. For example, in the area of environmental assessment, forest management units must build roads and habitually borrow nearby soil. The certification standards require companies to have a plan for road digging and to assess the impact of road construction on the surrounding area. How about this impact will be smaller. The enterprise must have a measure to restore the topography. Through the demonstration work, the company's awareness in this area can be improved, both at the leadership level and the front-line staff level. Another issue is the rights and interests of workers. In the past, some companies did not abide by the laws and regulations on workers' rights. After the mutual recognition of CFCC and PEFC certification, we require companies to abide by national laws and regulations and sign international conventions with us in terms of labor rights to protect the rights of workers. But no matter how big the challenge is, we will continue to do this work unswervingly. In the past two years, during the investigation process, many companies took the initiative to ask us to give them training to understand the knowledge of certification. CARB certification can improve the forest management level of the company. There is a big gap between Chinese corporate standards and international advanced standards. When we conducted a pilot project in 2010, we found that there was a big gap between the requirements of the standard and the status quo of business operations. For example, in the area of environmental assessment, forest management units must build roads and habitually borrow nearby soil. The certification standards require companies to have a plan for road excavation and BSCI certification to assess the impact of road construction on the surrounding area. How about this impact will be smaller. The enterprise must have a measure to restore the topography. Through the demonstration work, the company's awareness in this area can be improved, both at the leadership level and the front-line staff level. Another issue is the rights and interests of workers. In the past, some companies did not abide by the laws and regulations on workers' rights. After the mutual recognition of CFCC and PEFC, for organic certification, we require companies to abide by national laws and regulations in terms of labor rights and sign international conventions with us to protect the rights of workers.

http://www.shchange.com.cn/