This Australian Standard sets out the minimum criteria and requirements for Chain of Custody (CoC) certification for wood or forest products originating from a defined forest area (DFA) that has been certifed to the Australian Forestry Standard (AFS) [AS 4708 (Int)δΈ€-2003 or subsequent versions of the AFS] or sourced from other forests managed under schemes recognised as substantively equivalent to the AFS’. Generally, an organisation will be responsible for certified wood or forest products from the point at which the organisation takes ownership or control of the product to the point at which the organisation delivers certified wood or forest products to the next organisation in the link of the cetification chain from the forest to the end consumer.
This Australian Standard also sets minimum requirements for CoC certification of wood products which include varying percentages of recycled wood bused raw materials.
