PEFC Stakeholder Dialogue exploring SMART solutions in forest certification: Chain of Custody in the spotlight

Log tracking, dynamic data transfer, blockchain… what are the ‘must have’ technologies that can help us to strengthen trust and traceability throughout supply chains?

What technologies are showing promise for transferring complex information in a useable and credible form? How can technology help certification to deliver more value to companies and customers? Where are technologies showing promise to supporting auditors to verify compliance?

Join us in Helsinki for the 2017 PEFC Stakeholder Dialogue to share experiences and find solutions to these pressing questions.

Technology and Chain of Custody
Technology compliments nearly all aspects of Chain of Custody management. New and emerging hardware, software, services and tools are enhancing the robustness of certification and accelerating the flow of information through supply chains.

In this session, we will feature some of the latest and greatest technological developments from certified forestry supply chains. Together, we hope to inspire and re-imagine how the information flow and product assurances of certified products can continue to evolve in the future.

Sneak peek! Mobile app for smallholders
For many SMEs, documenting, storing and sharing production information up the value chain can be a challenge.

With their Woodpecker app, KIAG are hoping to address this, providing smallholders with a low cost and easy to use tool to improve the transparency of their wood harvest and delivery information and ensure their inclusion in sustainable supply chains.

“The PEFC Stakeholder Dialogue is a great opportunity for us to share our new tool for smallholders that we have been developing and pilot testing with PEFC in south-east Asia,” said Harald Puhl, KIAG.

“But we are also looking forward to the chance to learn what other technologies are out there and challenge ourselves to go further.”
more at: http://pefc.org/news-a-media/general-sfm-news/2421-pefc-stakeholder-dialogue-exploring-smart-solutions-in-forest-certification-chain-of-custody-in-the-spotlight

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