FSC forest management certification confirms that the forest is being managed in a way that preserves biological diversity and benefits the lives of local people and workers, while ensuring it sustains economic viability.

FSC chain of custody certification provides credible confirmation for products with environmentally and socially responsible sources to access the market.
B4Trees assists your company achieving FSC Forest Management or FSC Chain of Custody certification by:
Guidance in FSC´ 10 principles and criteria for sustainable forest management

• Review and update of existing Forest Management Plan to conform with FSC´s requirements
• Coordinating Environmental Impact Assessment
• Elaboration of Environmental Management Plan
• Coordinating Assessment of High Conservation Values
• Elaboration of strategies and plans maintaining or enhancing HVC´s
• Coordinating stakeholder consultations
• Identifying Ecosystem Services Impacts and promotion of these
• Controlling implementation of Forest Management Plan

Guidance in FSC CoC procedures and Policy of Association
• Universal requirements
• Control of FSC claims
• Supplementary requirements

Read more about this certification here: www.fsc.org

FSC® is not responsible for the content of courses / consulting services / services, offered by B4Trees Aps.

PEFC is a leading global alliance of national forest certification systems. As an international non-profit, non-governmental organization, they are dedicated to promoting sustainable forest management through independent third-party certification.

PEFC work throughout the entire forest supply chain to promote good practice in the forest and to ensure that forest-based products are produced with respect for the highest ecological, social, and ethical standards.

B4Trees can assist your company whether you wish to have Chain of Custody certification, an individual PEFC Forest Management (FM) certification, start a group of forest enterprises being PEFC FM certified, or we can guide you to an existing PEFC FM group.

B4Trees offer assistance and advice with:
• Chain of Custody procedures and implementation
• Training in the PEFC Forest Management standard and the PEFC group leader standard
• Initial and annual internal compliance audits for preparation of forest enterprises to become PEFC FM certified
• Procedures addressing all sections of the national PEFC FM standard
• Procedures for the group leader
• Assessment and mapping of High Conservation Areas

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Read more about this certification here: www.pefc.org

The SBP is a certification scheme designed for woody biomass, mostly in the form of wood pellets and woodchips, used in industrial, large-scale energy production.

B4Trees can assist your company whether you wish to become Biomass Producer (BP) certified or trader (Chain of Custody) certified. We offer assistance for the full certification process or on specific parts both in standards version 1.0 and 2.0:

• Risk Assessment: For the region, country, or countries where your biomass originates based on SBP´s principles, criteria, and indicators
• Supply Base Report
• Supply Base Evaluation (SBE):
• Mass Balance systems (REDII)
• Green House Gas Calculation, including forest operation, pellet production, transport, handling, and storage
• Elaboration of SAR and SREG documents
• Data Communication: Operating the Data Transfer System system
• Screening of forests for occurrence of High Conservation Values and subsequently instructions to forest owners/contractors

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Read more about this certification here: www.sbp-cert.org

Watch the SBP information video here: www.youtube.com

B4Trees is amongst others involved in biomass certification here:

• Maverick Travaux Et Logistique SA – Ivory Coast: www.mavtel.org
• CM Biomass – Europe and West Africa
• DSHwood A/S – Europe
• Skovdyrkerforeningen Øerne – Denmark
• Skovsøhus Natur – Denmark –