Certifications

We take pride in our responsible forest management practices. Our efforts were validated in September 2005 when we achieved Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®) certification, and we maintain our commitment to responsible forest management and meeting FSC®’s rigorous certification standards today. Our FSC® Policy of Commitment can be viewed here.

FSC® is an international, non-profit, membership-based organization with a mission to promote environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial and economically viable management of the world’s forests. Alongside Indigenous Peoples, consumers, environmental and social organizations, industry and the public, they promote responsible forests and products.

Today, our FSC® certification covers approximately 5.9 million hectares (14.5 million acres) of our Forest Management Agreement (FMA) area, making it the largest contiguous FSC®-certified forest in the world.

In 2019, our certification changed from a FSC® Forest Management Certificate to an FSC® Forest Management Group Certificate when our largest embedded quota holder, Northland Forest Products Ltd. (NFPL), achieved FSC® certification (FSC® C022642) that year. In 2020, we transitioned to the new FSC® National Forest Stewardship Standard of Canada.

Our FSC® Forest Management Group Certificate is audited annually to assure our forestry practices adhere to FSC’s standards. Conducted by an independent third-party, these audits evaluate our conformance to FSC®’s forest management standards and highlight areas where we can make improvements.

To view our FSC® audit documents, navigate to and search within the FSC® Public Certificate Dashboard.

More information on FSC®, including their principles and criteria, is available on the FSC® Canada website.