{"id":18888,"date":"2013-06-05T21:43:02","date_gmt":"2013-06-05T21:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/162.217.168.59\/?p=18888"},"modified":"2023-03-22T14:27:20","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T18:27:20","slug":"sfi-reaches-out-to-10000-stakeholders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forests.org\/fr\/sfi-reaches-out-to-10000-stakeholders\/","title":{"rendered":"SFI\u00ae Reaches out to 10,000 Stakeholders to Revise its Forestry Standard"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON, D.C. and OTTAWA, ON<\/strong> \u2013 Today, the Sustainable Forestry Initiative Inc.\u00ae (SFI\u00ae) launched the process of revising its current standard to develop the SFI 2015-\u00ad\u20102019 Standard, reaching out to more than 10,000 stakeholders for input. Currently 240 million acres (97 million hectares) are third-\u00ad\u2010party certified to the SFI 2010-\u00ad\u20102014 Standard on public and private lands.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe SFI Standard is developed through an open and inclusive process involving the many different people who know and care about our forests including public and private landowners, forest sector representatives, indigenous communities, conservation groups, industry, academia and government officials,\u201d said Kathy Abusow, SFI President & CEO. \u201cThis same diverse group of stakeholders represents the users of the SFI Standard who have achieved third-\u00ad\u2010party certification to the SFI Standard on 240 million acres of forestland.\u201d<\/p>\n

The transparent process of revising the SFI Program is overseen by the SFI Board of Directors and the SFI Resources Committee. Both the board and the Resources Committee have 18-\u00ad\u2010members with equal representation from the environmental, social and economic sectors. Representatives include leaders of environmental, conservation, professional and academic groups, independent professional loggers, family forest owners, public officials, community and indigenous groups, and the forest products industry.<\/p>\n

SFI\u2019s External Review Panel, an independent panel drawn from academia, state and federal agencies and conservation organizations ensures the development and revision of the SFI Standard embodies an open, fair and inclusive process that addresses all comments submitted. All comments and how they are addressed are publicly posted on the SFI website throughout the standard revision process.<\/p>\n

The standard development process includes two 60-\u00ad\u2010day public comment periods with the first beginning today and running from June 5 through August 6, 2013. During this period, respondents suggest improvements to the current 2010-\u00ad\u20102014 SFI Standard program requirements. The second public comment period begins in January 2014 to solicit comments on a working draft of proposed SFI 2015-\u00ad\u2010 2019 program requirements.<\/p>\n

The process includes 10 public Standards Development workshops across the U.S. and Canada and a facilitated webinar workshop to accommodate those stakeholders that cannot make any of the regional workshops.<\/p>\n

Every five years, SFI Inc. completes a review of its program requirements and supporting documents consistent with international protocols for forest certification. SFI requirements for forest management, fiber sourcing, chain-\u00ad\u2010of-\u00ad\u2010custody and certified sourcing all require independent third-\u00ad\u2010party audits byaccredited certification bodies. This marks the fourth public review of the SFI forest management certification standard.<\/p>\n

Independent third\u2010party audits are the cornerstone of certification to the SFI Standard. SFI Inc. does not certify organizations as conforming to these standards \u2013 that is done by independently accredited certification bodies. All certification bodies are accredited by ANSI-\u00ad\u2010ASQ National Accreditation Board (ANAB), Standards Council of Canada (SCC) and\/or the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

SFI IN BRIEF<\/a><\/h4>\r\nSIGN UP<\/b><\/a> to receive our Monthly Newsletter.\r\n
<\/div><\/div>\r\n

SFI BLOG<\/a><\/h4>\r\nSIGN UP<\/b><\/a> to receive notice of our latest posts.\r\n
<\/div><\/div>\r\n

NEWS RELEASES<\/a><\/h4>\r\nSIGN UP<\/b><\/a> to receive the latest SFI Related News.\r\n
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>