Accreditation for Forestry Standards

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.

Applications

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.

Requirements

Accreditation Requirements for Management Systems CBs

Also see requirements for EMS accreditation

ANAB Accreditation Rule 26

Requirements 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)

List of ANAB Accredited CBs

For more information, contact anab@anab.org.