Third-party forest certification provides assurance to purchasers of paper and wood products that these goods come from well-managed and legally harvested forests. ANAB has accreditation programs for Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) and the American Tree Farm System (ATFS) standards.
SFI is a base standard program in ANAB's fee schedule.
Please refer to the information about the accreditation process at How to Become an ANAB-Accredited Certification Body.
You can view the SFI application in .pdf format to understand specific requirements but the application process must be completed online via ANAB's EQM database; first-time EQM users must register to create an account.
Accreditation Requirements for Management Systems CBs
Also see requirements for EMS accreditationRequirements for the SFI 2015-2019 Standards and Rules (available from www.sfiprogram.org)
Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) Certification and Accreditation Procedures Annex 6 (available from www.pefc.org)
IAF Mandatory Document 5, Determination of Audit Time of Quality and Environmental Management Systems (available from IAF)
IAF Mandatory Document 11, Application of ISO/IEC 17021 for Audits of Integrated Management Systems (available from IAF)
For more information, contact anab@anab.org.
