Responsible Wood Publications
Australian Standard® for Sustainable Forest Management (AS 4708:2013)
- AS 4708:2013 The Australian Standard® for Sustainable Forest Management
- AS 4708:2013 GN01:2013 Sustainable Forest Management – Guidance for the Certification of Forest Management
- AS 4708:2013 GN02:2013 Sustainable Forest Management – Guidance for the Certification of Group Forest Management
- Interpretation AS 4708:2013 Clause 5.6 Chemical Use
- DIR 2014-01 Group Certification Directive – May 2014 (Updated October 2017)
- Ruling 01 2014 AS 4708:2013 Clause 5.6 Chemical Use
- Ruling 01 2015 AS 4708:2013 Recovery of Forest Products from a Water Body
- Directive 01-2017 AS4708 2013 Scope of Certification
- Ruling-01-2017-AS4708-2013 Chain of Custody_v01 – Ruling on Chain of Custody Documentation
- Public Synopsis – Comments received on the review of AS 4708:2013
New Zealand Standard for Sustainable Forest Management (NZS AS 4708:2014)
- New Zealand Standard for Sustainable Forest Management (NZS AS 4708:2014) – See section below for more NZFCA docs
Australian Standard® for Chain of custody for forest products (AS 4707:2014)
Responsible Wood & PEFC Certification, Logo Use & Claims
- Accredited Certification Bodies
- RW-PEFC Notification Fee Schedule
- RW-PEFC Application for Logo Usage Licence
- RW Logo Use Rules Manual (Issue 1)
- Responsible Wood Logo Toolkit v1.3 (Nov 17)
- Issuance of PEFC & RW Logo use licences by Responsible Wood (PEFC Australia)
- PEFC Logo Usage Rules – Requirements
- PEFC Logo Toolkit
- ADVISORY NOTE 2016-1 Passing on Certification Claims
- RW Application for Off-Product Logo Usage Licence
- Responsible Wood Branding Manual
- Technical Note – 01/2018 – RW Logo Usage Clarification
Responsible Wood Documentation
- AFSL Standards Development Communications Management Plan
- RW Glossary (Definitions & Acronyms)
- RW Code of Values
- Guideline Note 01 SRC Membership
- Guideline Note 02 GBCA Green Star Timber Recognition
- AFS Ltd Constitution
- CM Procedure Board Charter
- CM Procedure for Complaints & Grievances
- Policy-01 RW Management System
- Policy-02 RW Corporate Governance Policy & Procedures Manual
- Policy-03 Setting the Standard
- Policy-04 RW Privacy
- Policy-05 RW Records Management
- Policy-06 Relationship with Standards Development and Accreditation Committee
- Policy-07 Participation in International Standard Development
- Policy-09 Audit of Standard Development Process by Other Stakeholders
Rulings and Directives
- DIR 2014-01 Group Certification Directive – May 2014 (Updated October 2017)
- DIR 2015-01 Directive to Certification Bodies providing Chain of Custody
- Directive to Certified Bodies regarding exclusion on use of Genetically Modified Forest based Organisms 11 February 2016
- Directive-01-2017-AS4708-2013_Scope of Certification
- Ruling-01-2017-AS4708-2013 Chain of Custody v01- Ruling on Chain of Custody Documentation
- Directive 01-2018 to Certification Bodies February 2018. Transitional arrangements for the Responsible Wood Logo
- Directive 02-2018 April 2018 Transitional arrangements for the optional use of wording on the PEFC Logo
Superseded Documents
Australian Standard® for Forestry Management (AS 4708:2007)
CAUTION AS 4708:2007 HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED
Australian Standard® Chain of Custody for Certified Wood and Forest Products (AS4707)
CAUTION AS 4707:2006 HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED
- Superseded AS 4707:2006 Chain of Custody Standard (incorporating Amendment 1)
- Superseded AS 4707:2006 Rul FR.0-2007 (Ruling) Chain of Custody Standard
- Superseded AS 4707:2006 Rul FR.1-2007 (Ruling) Chain of Custody Standard
- Superseded AS 4707:2006 Rul FR.2-2007 (Ruling) Chain of Custody Standard
- Superseded AS 4707:2006 Amendment 1 Chain of Custody Standard
- Superseded AS 4707:2006 Rules Chain of Custody Standard Rules
- Superseded Chain of Custody Sequence of Events – preparation, implementation and maintenance
- Superseded Chain of Custody Scheme Rules 2007