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Dovetail Report: January 2005 Beginner's Guide to Third-Party Forest Certification: Shining a Light on the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Kathryn Fernholz To request a hardcopy, please call or email for ordering information. The full text of this report is available in Adobe PDF format (516 kb) . Introduction The Canadian Standards Association (CSA) is a non-profit, membership organization. The CSA was chartered in 1919 and serves diverse interests with its more than 2,000 different standards for various industries [1] . The CSA first published Canada's National Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) Standard, CAN/CSA Z809 in 1996. The CSA's SFM Program consists of four components: the SFM Standard, a chain-of-custody program, product marking with the CSA SFM Mark, and the CSA International's Forest Products Group which is responsible for promoting the program [2] . The CSA Standard addresses three general areas of industry operation: sustainable forest management in adherence with the Canadian Council of Forest Ministers' criteria, public participation, and operational systems consistent with ISO 14001 Environmental Management System Standards. The CSA Standard has been widely adopted by the major industrial forestland managers (license holders) in Canada, including Abitibi-Consolidated Company of Canada and Weyerhaeuser Company Limited. The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) has also accepted the CSA Standard as the “functional equivalent of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) Standard [3] ”. In 2004, the CSA applied to the Programme for Endorsement of Forest Certification schemes (PEFC) for mutual recognition. A decision on this application is anticipated in 2005. With these strategic alliances, the CSA may be positioning itself for significant growth and increased market visibility in the coming years. [1] http://www.sfms.com/csa.htm#about [2] http://www.pefc.org/internet/resources/5_1185_962_file.921.doc [3] http://www.sfms.com/pdfs/sfiapplication.pdf Download the full text of this report. (PDF) Kathryn has a B.S. degree in Forest Resources from the University of Minnesota and also studied at the College of Saint Benedict in St. Joseph, MN and Sheldon Jackson College in Sitka, Alaska. |
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