CSA Sustainable Forest Management

The CAN/CSA-Z809 SFM chain-of-custody label demonstrates that forest products have originated from a forest certified to CAN/CSA-Z809 SFM and have been verified to the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Chain-of-Custody requirements through an independent third party audit.

Learn more: CSA Sustainable Forest Management website

Conformity assessment | How is compliance with this ecolabel's standard ensured?

Conformity with CSA Sustainable Forest Management's standard is verified by an independent organization (third party) following ISO 17021 Management system certification

Certification / registration required

Applicants are certified against the ecolabels’s criteria before using the label

Managing organization | Who manages this ecolabel?

Name

Canadian Standards Association

Member of

Unknown

Type

Industry association

Also manages

None.

Organization type: not-for-profit membership-based association serving industry, government, consumers and other interested parties in Canada and the global marketplace

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Conformity Assessment | How is compliance with this ecolabel's standard ensured?

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Key data

Year ecolabel est. 1996

Classification | Who, what, where

Product categories this ecolabel applies to
Forest products / Paper

Other categories: These products can include everything from lumber, paneling or plywood, and pulp and paper to specialty forest products such as maple syrup and Christmas trees (CSA 2003).

Where this ecolabel is found
Canada France United Kingdom United States