Yes. PEFC is widely recognised as a credible and robust forest certification system.
PEFC’s sustainable forest management benchmarks and chain of custody standards are developed through multi-stakeholder consultation. Certificate holder compliance is verified through independent, third-party audits conducted by accredited certification bodies, not by self-assessment.
PEFC is trusted by governments, businesses and NGOs around the world and the presence of the PEFC trademark on products is recognised across the timber, paper, packaging, construction and retail supply chains as assurance that the timber used in their manufacture is from PEFC certified and other well managed forests.