Our Chain-of-Custody Certifications

Unisource is the first paper distributor to attain national Chain-of-Custody certification of FSC, SFI, and PEFC. (Download the paper certificates below.) Unisource Worldwide, Inc. has earned nationwide Chain-of-Custody certification. Unisource was certified by SGS – the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company – at all Unisource distribution centers, Websource and PaperPlus locations. SGS is recognized as the global benchmark for quality and integrity. Chain-of-Custody tracks paper products throughout their life cycle beginning with proper forestry management all the way to consumption by the end-user. Companies, such as Unisource, play a vital role in maintaining integrity throughout the entire distribution chain.

Unisource’s warehouse facilities are now certified by three independent forest management agencies. Unisource is the first national distributor to earn three certifications, including Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) and Programme for Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC). The three certifications extend to March 2012.

 

The FSC has developed a set of principles and criteria for responsible forest management that is consistently applied to all FSC-certified forests worldwide. The program certifies wood products recognized as coming from "well-managed" forests adhering to strict environmental and socioeconomic standards. SFI is a program based on nine principles that address economic, environmental, cultural and legal issues, in addition to a commitment to continuously improve sustainable forest management. PEFC is a global organization for the assessment of national forest certification schemes developed in a multi-stakeholder process. These national schemes build upon the inter-governmental processes for the promotion of sustainable forest management, a series of ongoing mechanisms supported by 149 governments in the world and covering 85 percent of the world's forest area.

To download the Unisource FSC, SFI and PEFC paper certificates, simply click on our certificate icons below. For more information on these organizations please click on their logos to the right.