ITC Timber Secures Forest Certification

14 January 2008
ITC Timber, a division of ITC Ltd, has secured Chain of Custody Certification for its Tasmanian operations, under the Australian Forestry Standard (AFS).
General manager Guy Mycroft said the certification was a significant achievement for the company, providing enhanced assurance to customers that products from ITC Timber are sourced from forests managed in an environmentally responsible manner.
ITC has more than 150,000 ha under plantations management across all states and is Australia's largest hardwood timber processor.
"The Chain of Custody Certification now allows ITC Timber's GoodWood products processed in Tasmania to be tracked from origin to end use, meaning our customers can be certain that these products are sustainably produced,” Mycroft said.
"The achievement of this certification is part of a broader process to obtain certification for all of the operations of ITC Timber. We are presently working towards certification for our Victorian mill operations and are confident of completing this process in the first half of 2008."
The Australian Forestry Standard was developed to provide a system for the certification of sustainably-produced forest and wood products. The AFS has mutual international recognition under the Program for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) schemes. PEFC certifies nearly 200 million ha of forests worldwide.

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