Australia’s illegal logging regulation recognizes PEFC
PEFC-certified companies are now recognized as automatically meeting the due diligence requirements in Australia’s illegal logging regulation.
Under Australia’s Illegal Logging Prohibition Regulation 2012, importers of regulated timber products, and processors of Australian harvested logs, are required to establish and maintain a documented due diligence system.
The due diligence system sets out the process by which the importer or processor will carry out due diligence and meet the requirements of the regulation.
Australia’s Department of Agriculture and Water Resource has determined that under PEFC (including AFS, Australia’s PEFC-endorsed national forest certification system) Chain of Custody standard, certified businesses are required to maintain an equivalent due diligence system.