Who is “SFI?
The Sustainable Forestry Initiative provides lumber producers with a standard to follow for managing their forests in a sustainable way. The group also provides a method of tracking lumber from the forest to the jobsite, also known as chain of custody. It doesnt matter if the end product is a juice box, paper or a 2×4, you know a product is from a well-managed source if it has the SFI label on it, Abusow says. SFI has grown in recent years, most notably by the number certified locations across North America, which rose from 48 to more than 400. Momentum is growing. More people are using the SFI label, she adds. Every five years revisions are made to the SFI standard, and SFI is entering a revision cycle this year to ensure its standards stay in touch with changes in the market. With the global trade, we have concerns about offshore wood. So its important to SFI that lumber producers follow the North American standards. If a company in North America certified by SFI uses or sells offsho
