Open call for evidence

UK Timber Procurement Policy: review of certification schemes

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 27 February 2025

Summary

A call for stakeholders to submit evidence of forest certification schemes’ compliance.

This call for evidence is being held on another website.

This call for evidence closes at
11:59pm on 30 March 2025

Call for evidence description

The forest certification schemes Grown in Britain (GiB), Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), and the Programme for Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) are being reviewed to see if they meet the criteria under Category A evidence of the UK Timber Procurement Policy (TPP).

We invite stakeholders to submit evidence of certification schemes’ compliance, in preparation for the review. Comments can be submitted through an online survey.

Comments providing evidence of non-compliance will be submitted to the schemes and included in the final public report.

Published 27 February 2025