What is SFI (Sustainable Forestry Initiative)?
SFI is a fully independent, registered non-profit organization, with a governance structure with equal representation across three chambers: social, economic and environmental. SFI is a single standard covering 135 million acres certified to it across North America. FSC has 13 different standards across North America, 9 in the US and 4 in Canada. Only 10% of the world’s forests are third-party certified — the majority of which is in North America. By sourcing certified products, from a variety of credible standards, buyers are sending a message that they support sound forestry and buy responsibly. The SFI Standard acknowledges that there is a significant amount of wood fiber that is not from certified forests and requires SFI companies that source wood directly take measures to ensure all of the wood fiber they use, certified or not, is procured from known and legal sources.
