1. SUPPORT RESPONSIBLE FORESTRY.
SFI Forest Management Certification
May 2011

2. The SFI Standard
The SFI Standard is a comprehensive system of values, objectives and performance measures
It was developed by professional foresters, conservationists and scientists, and informed by a wide range of public and stakeholder views
Updated every 5 years through a public review process

3. Principles for Sustainable Forestry
The SFI Standard promotes sustainable forest management in North America through 14 core principles that promote sustainable forest management 1
Sustainable Forestry 8
Avoidance of Controversial Sources, including Illegal Logging (Offshore) 2
Forest Productivity and Health 9
Legal Compliance 3
Protection of Water Resources 10
Research 4
Protection of Biological Diversity 11
Training and Education 5
Protection of Special Sites 12
Public Involvement 6
Protection of Special Sites 13
Transparency 7
Responsible Fiber Sourcing Practices (North America) 14
Continual Improvement

4. The SFI Standard
The core principles are further refined by 20 objectives, including
Land management objectives for forest lands owned or managed by program participants (Objectives 1-7)
Fiber sourcing objectives
within United States and Canada (Objectives 8-10)
outside United States and Canada (Objectives 11-13)
Land management and fiber sourcing objectives related to research, training, legal compliance, public/landowner involvement, management review, continual improvement (Objectives 14-20)

5. Forest Management Objectives SFI Standard Land Management Objectives 1-7
Forest Management Planning 2
Forest Productivity 3
Protection & Maintenance of Water Resources 4
Conservation of Biological Diversity including Forests with Exceptional Conservation Value 5
Management of Visual Quality & Recreational Benefits 6
Protection of Special Sites 7
Efficient Use of Forest Resources

6. What is Fiber Sourcing?
SFI program addresses the fact that 90% of world’s forests not certified through the unique Fiber Sourcing requirements
Objectives associated with un-certified fiber from
North America
Off-shore
The associated on-product labels do not make claims about certified forest content
Shows raw materials from legal and responsible sources, whether forests are certified or not
10%

7. North American Reality
The certified sourcing label is valuable in the North American market because of the reality of ownership and supply
In the USA, 10 million family forest owners account for 60% of the private forest land
In Eastern Canada, 30% of fiber supply comes from small family forest owners
For a variety of practical reasons, less than 10% of those are certified

8. Fiber Sourcing in North America
When sourcing fiber within the United States and Canada, program participants must broaden the practice of sustainable forestry by:
Landowner Outreach
Providing landowners with information on reforestation, use of best management practices, protection of wildlife habitat and biodiversity (Objective 8)
Qualified Resource and Logging Professionals
Encouraging landowners to use qualified resource professionals (Objective 9)
Best Management Practices
Promoting and monitoring use of best management practices (Objective 10)

9. Fiber Sourcing Off-Shore Requirements
When sourcing from outside North America, program participants must conduct risk assessments to avoid fiber from:
Biodiversity hotspots and high-biodiversity wilderness area (Objective 11)
Controversial sources including illegal logging (Objective 12)
Areas without effective social laws (Objective 13) addressing:
workers’ health and safety
fair labor practices
indigenous peoples’ rights
antidiscrimination and anti-harassment measures
prevailing wages
workers’ right to organize

10. A North American Standard Objectives 14-20
All Program participants must comply with applicable federal, provincial, state and local laws in United States and Canada (Objective 14)
Support forest research, science and technology (Objective 15)
Improve practice of sustainable forestry through training and education (Objective 16)
Includes support for community-based SFI Implementation Committees
Encourage public and community involvement in sustainable forestry (Objective 17)
Promote and implement sustainable forest management on public lands (Objective 18)
Document progress and report publicly (Objective 19)
Continually improve practice of sustainable forest management (Objective 20)

11. SUPPORT RESPONSIBLE FORESTRY.
SFI Forest Management Certification
May 2011