Soil Association to audit all public forests in Britain
23 August 2019Soil Association Certification Forestry (SACF) is to audit all the public forests in Britain, hugely increasing its forest cover and bringing its global influence to 16 million hectares.
SACF has won three new contracts to audit public forests across Britain, increasing its portfolio by 839,193ha.
SACF will now audit on behalf of Natural Resources Wales, Forestry and Land Scotland and Forestry England for the next five years. The successful bids mean the certification body is now responsible for auditing and certifying all public woodland in England, Scotland and Wales to the UK Woodland Assurance Standard (UKWAS).
This marks a huge 205% rise in the areas of UK woodland certified by SACF, increasing it to 1.25 million ha.
Globally, Soil Association Certification’s certification portfolio now encompasses nearly 16 million hectares in over 50 countries, certifying over 3,000 clients to PEFC and FSC forest management and chain of custody standards.
