Did you know anything about PEFC™ and CFCC®?

We are very happy to share with you that ECO BOOM plant-based diaper’s backsheet choose EcoCosy® fiber which has gotten many environmental certificates including CFCC® and PEFC™.（EcoCosy® fiber is made from 100% sustainable certified wood source and 100% bio-based material. It is a natural and environmentally friendly alternative to petroleum-based materials. It is 100% compostable, and the nutrients after biodegradation can give back to nature and promote soil regeneration.）

In the past human activities, the deforestation and improper management of forests have caused widespread forest decline, leading to a shortage of global forest resources, the ecological environment is deteriorating day by day, and the space on which mankind depends for survival has been seriously threatened. This issue has aroused the concern of people from all walks of life. In the 1990s, people connected the sustainable management of forests with the wood sales market. Consumers with strong environmental awareness hope to support sustainable forest management by purchasing only wood products from well-managed forests. It finally speed up forest certification to appear.

The main purpose of forest certification is to improve the level of forest management and realize sustainable forest management; second, to pass forest certification can stabilize the existing market of forest products and promote their entry into new markets. Forest certification can also promote the participation of stakeholders related to forest certification in forest protection and sustainable forest management, promote the commercialization of forest services.

So what is PEFC™?

PEFC™, the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification, 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.

What PEFC™ do and why?

PEFC™ endorses national forest certification systems developed through multi-stakeholder processes and tailored to local priorities and conditions. They believe that forest certification needs to be local; this is why they choose to work with national organizations to advance responsible forestry. Forest certification is at PEFC™ core. They provide forest owners, from the large to the small, with a tool to demonstrate their responsible practices, while empowering consumers and companies to buy sustainably.

PEFC™ History

In 1999, small- and family forest owners from Europe came together to create a forest certification system that would enable them to demonstrate their excellence in sustainable forest management. 20 years on, PEFC™ is the largest forest certification system in the world.

And what is CFCC®?

CFCC®, China Forest Certification Council, China Forest Certification System Management Agency. They are committed to developing a certification system suitable for China’s national and forest conditions.

In February 2014, CFCS achieved endorsement by PEFC. Forest products with Chinese forest certificates were accepted in more than 40 countries, and the logo of China forest certification became the “green passport” for certified products in entering the international market.

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