PEFC (Pan-European Forest Certification Program) certification is awarded by approved independent certification bodies, such as the CTBA (Wood and Furniture Technical Centre). The PEFC logo, which certifies that the wood used in marked products was harvested from forests whose owners are committed to respecting the rules governing sustainable forest management, first appeared in France at the beginning of 2003. It also guarantees that the industrialists who transformed the wood have satisfied the PEFC control chain requirements.

This procedure claims to be resolutely collective and pedagogical. The entire certification process was elaborated in a major concertation effort, associating all interest groups concerned by wood and forestry. It actually meant involving as many landowners as possible concerned about ecology and economics in its dynamism.

PEFC certification is in fact based on the members’ individual and voluntary solidarity commitment towards the collective guarantee provided to consumers.

PEFC certification provides buyers with real decision-making power. Thanks to PEFC, the consumer can buy a soap holder in a furniture store with the same trust as a moulding in a DIY shop or a timber-framed house or timberwork from a craftsman or a company.