Guiding Public Purchasers -Vejledning til offentlige indkøbere Kate Bottriell and Sofie Tind Nielsen Central Point of Expertise on Timber, UK Verifying.

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Guiding Public Purchasers -Vejledning til offentlige indkøbere Kate Bottriell and Sofie Tind Nielsen Central Point of Expertise on Timber, UK Verifying “legal timber” through alternative means of documentation – a mini seminar on practical experiences

Outline Background –CPET –Policy and implementation Evidence –Category A evidence –Category B evidence Evaluation of evidence

The Central Point of Expertise on Timber

CPET’s role Funded by Defra Operated by ProForest Information on the UK Government’s timber procurement policy requirements Advice on how public sector buyers and their suppliers can meet the policy Has been around since august 2005

Services Helpline Training and raising awareness Website Evaluating Category A & B evidence Monitoring implementation

The UK Government will actively seek to procure legal and sustainable timber

Applicability It is mandatory for all Central Government Departments, their Agencies and sponsored bodies Scotland and Wales have adopted the policy Autonomous organisations that receive public funding are encouraged to adopt the policy –Local Authorities –Universities

Implementation Legal timber is required at a minimum, and sustainable timber should be preferred Put into practice through contract clauses Government purchase of legal and sustainable timber is a policy, not a law. However, ‘breach of contract’ is illegal.

Guidance notes Timber procurement advice note (Nov. 2005) –Instruction for policy implementation –Model contract clauses

Evidence Dokumentation Forest Certification schemes –Called ‘Category A’ under CPET Other types of credible evidence/alternative documentation –Called ‘Category B’ under CPET

Category A evidence Forest certification schemes –5 key schemes assessed –Biannual review of existing scheme assessments –Review of other schemes if relevant

Assessment results, 2006 SchemeLegalSustainable CSAYes FSCYesOnly products & lines containing >70% certified or recycled raw material. MTCCYesNo PEFCYesOnly products & lines containing >70% certified or recycled raw material. SFIYesOnly products & lines containing >70% certified or recycled raw material.

Requirements for forest management: legality (in broad outline) DKUK Legal harvest rights Compliance with national and local laws on: Forest management Environment Labour, Tenure rights etc. Payment of all relevant royalties and taxes Compliance with CITES

Requirements for forest management: sustainability (in broad outline) DKUK 1. Legal, policy and institutional framework 2. Extent of forest resources ( ) 3. Forest health and vitality 4. Production functions of forest resources 5. Protection functions of forest resources 6. Biological diversity 7. Socio-economic functions Under review

Key elements of criteria for assessment of certification schemes (category A): DKUK Standard setting -ISO Guide 59 -Open consultative process and Consensus ‘as far as possible’ - Under review -ISO Guide 59 or ISEAL -Balanced Representation and balanced Decision making Certification - Applicable ISO Guides - Consultation with stakeholders - Info from certification reports publicly available Accreditation Consistency with ISO or equivalent COC Performed by accredited body or auditor complying with ISO 65 or equivalent, Recycled material controlled origin Labelling Clear credible and non misleading rules

Category B evidence Alternativ dokumentation Evidence that shows –Supply chain from forest to end user –Forest management Legal criteria Sustainable criteria Equivalent to Category A evidence

Development process Public consultation on draft Publication of Framework for evaluating Category B evidence –Criteria –Checklists for suppliers (supply chain and forest source) Practical guides published Pilot study with suppliers

Use in practice Short supply chains Uncertified local producers Broken ‘chain of custody’ (sporbarhedscertificering) Supplier/contractor prepares information The Government Authority makes decision CPET available to advise

Supply chain Leverandørkæde Information prepared by supplier/contractor Use of ‘Checklist 1’ Requires supply chain investigation Each stage in supply chain –Description of control systems –How these were checked –Evidence

Supply chain Using category B in cases of ‘broken’ chain of custody Requires an approved certificate somewhere in the supply chain Supply chain evidence would allow a claim of ‘sustainable’ timber

Supply chain E.g. Broken ‘chain of custody’ Supplier declaration for their own organisation Second party verification report about the manufacturer, by the supplier Invoice indicating purchase of certified products by manufacturer Chain of custody certificate Supplier has provided a completed Checklist 1

Legality in the forest Legal use rights Compliance with local/national laws Royalties and taxes paid Compliance with CITES Use of Checklist 2: –How does the forest comply? –How this was checked –Evidence

Legality in the forest Level of verification required depends on risk of illegally harvested timber –First party verification: this is when suppliers check themselves. The most common form of first party verification is a supplier declaration. –Second party verification: this is when customers check their suppliers –Third party verification: this is when an independent organisation (the ‘third party’) checks that the supplier.

Legality in the forest Low risk of illegally harvested timber: Adequate to base evidence on the absence substantive claim of non-compliance. –Forest governance is robust –Mechanisms for monitoring of compliance and public reporting of non-compliance Written justification of evaluation and risk assessment available Supply chain information satisfactory (Checklist 1)

Legality in the forest E.g. Timber sourced from Denmark Supply chain information –Supplier declaration from supplying organisation to Govt. –Second party verification report about the manufacturer, by the supplier Forest source information –Invoice indicating purchase of timber products from a Danish forest area –No substantive claims of non-compliance exist in Denmark Supplier has provided a completed Checklist 1

Legality in the forest Legality verification programmes: Initial assessment of publicly available documentation (against Framework) Sent to programme for comment Second draft Sent to programme before publication Re-assessed on a regular schedule Reports published in public domain

Legality in the forest Results of evaluation SmartStep new standard to be published April 07 SGS system documentation not finalised OLB results remain unconfirmed TFT results remain unconfirmed GFTN membership will not guarantee legality, but some products acceptable (publication pending)

Sustainability in the forest Locally applicable definition of sustainability required Must set out in detail the requirements for forest management using a –standard –set of criteria –code of practice –similar document

Sustainability in the forest Requirements for development of definition –Based on accepted set of international principles –performance-based –balanced representation –No single interest can dominate the process –No decision can be made in the absence of agreement from the majority of an interest category Content of standard must seek to ensure –harm to ecosystems is minimised –productivity of the forest is maintained –forest ecosystem health and vitality is maintained –biodiversity is maintained

Sustainability in the forest Evidence is required that all of the requirements from the standard are being implemented in the forest –How does the forest comply? –How this was checked –Evidence While possible in theory, no cases seen in practice

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