Forest Certification

Fact Sheet:
Green Building
 
Hearing Statement:
Sen. Energy Comm., Building Efficiency

Policy

AF&PA supports forest certification as a means of assuring that wood used in products comes from sustainably managed forests and that economic, environmental, and social performance factors have been considered.

AF&PA believes that competition among forest certification systems drives continuous improvement in the systems and reduces costs for users.

AF&PA opposes government regulation of voluntary certification initiatives. AF&PA believes governments should not interfere with certified forest product markets by adopting procurement policies that discriminate against comparable certification systems.