PEFC defines 205 sustainability benchmarks that all PEFC standards must meet related to standard setting processes, national schemes, and management practices. Public procurement policies in several countries, including Belgium, Britain, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Finland, recognize and recommend PEFC. Other green building standards and policies also accept PEFC. A 2010 assessment by WWF found that while FSC and PEFC were equivalent in meeting most criteria for sustainable forest management, PEFC fully met requirements for effective monitoring and assessment that FSC only partially met.

1. Assessments & Credibility
PEFC under the Microscope
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2. PEFC's Sustainability Benchmarks
Define requirements to be met by all PEFC standards:
# Requirements
 Standard Setting Process: 80
 National Schemes 49
 Management practices 76
 Total 205
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3. Dutch Public Procurement TPAC
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Source: Summary Report of the Final Judgment of PEFC (Jun 2010) & FSC (Nov 2008) by TPAC

4. UK Public Procurement CPET
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* for for chip and fibre products with less than 70%. certified material
Source: CPET 2010 Review of forest certification schemes
** own assessment
According to the CPET assessment reports, the certification systems comply
with the CPET criteria as follows:
FSC: 92%*
PEFC: 89% (97% for revised standard**)

5.  PEFC is recognised by the Belgian, British, Danish, Dutch, Finnish,
French, German, Japanese, and Swiss Timber Procurement Policies
 Recommended by the European Commission Guidelines on Green
Public Procurement
 EU Ecolabel
 European Retail Environmental Sustainability Code
Acceptance by Government
Procurement Policies
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6.  Green Building Councils in Australia, Italy, and Singapore, the Code
for Sustainable Homes, BREEAM in the Netherlands and the UK,
and SKA rating in the UK
 Green Building Assessment Protocol for Commercial Buildings and
the National Green Building Standard (US), and Built Green
(Canada)
 Comprehensive Assessment System for Built Environmental
Efficiency (CASBEE) Japan
 Singapore Environment Council
Acceptance by Other
Procurement Policies
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7. WWF FCAG Assessment
Criterion 2: economic, ecological, equity
dimensions of forest management
FSC 2008 PEFC 2010
Compliance with laws fullfilled fullfilled
Respect for tenure and use rights fullfilled fullfilled
Respect for indigenious peoples rights fullfilled fullfilled
Respect for community relations fullfilled fullfilled
Respect for workers’ rights fullfilled fullfilled
Delivery of multiple benefits from forests fullfilled fullfilled
Assessment and mitigation of environmental impacts fullfilled fullfilled
Maintenance of 1) critical forest areas & 2) related
natural critical habitats
Not fullfilled
for 2)
fullfilled
Specific provisions for plantations fullfilled fullfilled
Implementation of management plan fullfilled fullfilled
Effective monitoring and assessment Not fillfulled
for 2nd part
fullfilled
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Source: FSC: WWF FCAG assessment of FSC & PEFC, 2008
PEFC: WWF FCAG assessment of PEFC, 2010

8. WWF Global Forest Trade Network
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9. THANK YOU!
Further information about PEFC: www.pefc.org
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10. THANK YOU!
Further information about PEFC: www.pefc.org
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