PEFC Pilot Project: Help us to improve our multi-site certification

15 July 2016 News

Improving the practicality and user-friendliness of the PEFC Chain of Custody standard, while still maintaining and enhancing its integrity, is a vital and continuous process for us at PEFC.

Our latest effort will see us focus on PEFC Chain of Custody multi-site certification, as we launch a pilot project to test the feasibility of conducting internal audits remotely.

The PEFC Chain of Custody standard currently requires that the internal auditing program of a multi-site certification includes the physical, onsite auditing of every site annually, before the external audit is conducted by an independent certification body.

This voluntary pilot project will allow participating organizations to establish and utilize their own computer assisted auditing techniques, in order to conduct the internal audits of their sites remotely.

The results from this pilot project will then be taken into consideration in the ongoing revision of the PEFC Chain of Custody standard.

Who can take part?

Any organization holding a valid PEFC Chain of Custody multi-site certificate, where the sites have largely homogeneous chain of custody processes, can apply to participate in this pilot project.

Please note that producer group certifications of independent companies are not covered by this pilot project!

How to participate

If you are interested in taking part in the pilot project, please complete this online registration form and provide us with the following information:

• Confirmation you are willing to participate in the pilot project in accordance with the pilot paper;
• Description of your Chain of Custody system, including a detailed description of the multi-site structure (sites involved, operations carried out by the sites, etc.);
• Confirmation of the agreement with your certification body, showing the willingness of the CB to provide two reports on the pilot project to PEFC International, and to communicate the pilot project with its accreditation body, in line with the pilot paper.

There will be an administration fee of 500 CHF for all organizations chosen to take part in the pilot project. The fee must be paid to the PEFC Secretariat before the start of the pilot can be confirmed.

Register for the pilot project!

For more detailed information see the pilot paper.

Get involved in the Standards Revision

If you have experience in Chain of Custody certification and implementation, and are ready and eager to get involved in the process, then we need you in our Expert Forum for PEFC Chain of Custody. Find out more and register.

You can also keep up-to-date on the revision of our standards with the Standards Revision website and through the special Standards Revision newsletter.

Contact

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch with our contact point:

Christian Kämmer
Technical Officer, PEFC International
Email: technical@pefc.org