FSC™ and PEFC

Multi Site Chain of Custody

UPM Raflatac has gained a Multi site chain of custody for FSC (certificate No SGS-COC-004879)and PEFC certification (SGS-PEFC/COC-0524)  for the following sites:

UPM Raflatac Ltd, Scarborough, UK 
UPM Raflatac Ibérica, S.A. Polinya, Spain 
UPM Raflatac, Inc. Mills River NC, USA
UPM Raflatac, Inc. Dixon, IL, USA
UPM Raflatac, Inc. Ontario, CA,  USA
UPM Raflatac Sp. z o.o. Kobierzyce, Poland
UPM Raflatac Oy, Tampere, Finland                                                                 UPM Raflatac SAS, Pompey, France
UPM-Kymmene S.r.L Osnago, Italy
UPM Raflatac (Changshu)Co., Ltd, China (FSC only)                                         UPM Raflac(S) Pte Ltd, Singapore

UPM promotes good forest practices through forest certification. Certified forests are those that have been assessed as being managed sustainably. This means that environmental, social and economic aspects of forest management are taken into account.

UPM recognises and utilises all credible forest certification schemes including the two major international ones, namely FSC (Forest Stewardship Council™) and PEFC  (the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes) and which have developed standards for verifying sustainable forest management. By fulfilling these forest management standards and tracking the wood from the forest to product using chain of custody, the FSC or PEFC logo may be used.

Having a chain of custody for FSC and PEFC verifies that the wood used in a product is from:

• Sustainably managed forests
• Legally harvested
• Controlled and from non-controversial sources

Currently about 7% of the world’s forests are certified. The availability of certified paper for UPM Raflatac products depends on the amount and type of certified wood and pulp available to the Paper mills supplying UPM Raflatac.