• 5) In order for an activity to be considered as an enabling activity, through an assessment of current and future climate risks, including uncertainty and based on robust data, that the activity provides a technology, product, service, information, or practice, or promotes their uses with one of the following primary objectives:

    5.1) increasing the level of resilience to physical climate risks of other people, of nature, of cultural heritage, of assets and of other economic activities

    N/A

    Certification to the SFI Forest Management Standard and SFI Fiber Sourcing Standard increases forest resilience and therefore addresses physical risks to people, nature and special sites and timber assets.

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  • 5) In order for an activity to be considered as an enabling activity, through an assessment of current and future climate risks, including uncertainty and based on robust data, that the activity provides a technology, product, service, information, or practice, or promotes their uses with one of the following primary objectives:

    5.2) contributing to adaptation efforts of other people, of nature, of cultural heritage, of assets and of other economic activities.

    N/A

    Certification to the SFI Forest Management Standard and SFI Fiber Sourcing Standard increases forest resilience and therefore addresses physical risks to people, nature and special sites and timber assets.

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  • DNSH 1.8)

    1.8) 1.2. g. consideration of societal issues (including preservation of landscape, consultation of stakeholders in accordance with the terms and conditions laid down in national law);

    OBJECTIVE 1. FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANNING

    Performance Measure 1.1. Certified Organizations shall ensure that forest management plans include long-term harvest levels that are sustainable and consistent with appropriate growth-and-yield models.

    Indicator 6. Assessment of the local or regional social, environmental, and economic effects of forest management operations contained in the forest management plan.

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  • DNSH 1.14)

    1.14) 1.6. The forest management plan or equivalent instrument provides for monitoring which ensures the correctness of the information contained in the plan, in particular as regards the data relating to the involved area.

    OBJECTIVE 17. MANAGEMENT REVIEW AND CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT

    Performance Measure 17.1. Certified Organizations shall establish a management review system to examine findings and progress in implementing the SFI 2022 Forest Management Standard, to make appropriate improvements in programs, and to inform their employees of changes.

    Indicator 1. System to review commitments, programs, and procedures to evaluate effectiveness.

    Indicator 2. System for collecting, reviewing, and reporting information to management regarding progress in achieving SFI 2022 Forest Management Standard objectives and performance measures, including measures to reduce the negative impacts from forest management operations.

    Indicator 3 Annual review of progress by management and determination of changes and improvements necessary to continually improve conformance to the SFI 2022 Forest Management Standard.

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  • DNSH6 (1) - Biodiversity

    DNSH6 (1) - Biodiversity In areas designated by the national competent authority for conservation or in habitats that are protected, the activity is in accordance with the conservation objectives for those areas. There is no conversion of habitats specifically sensitive to biodiversity loss or with high conservation value, or of areas set aside for the restoration of such habitats in accordance with national law.

    OBJECTIVE 1. FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANNING

    OBJECTIVE 4. CONSERVATION OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

    Performance Measure 1.1. Certified Organizations shall ensure that forest management plans include long-term harvest levels that are sustainable and consistent with appropriate growth-and-yield models.

    Performance Measure 4.1. Certified Organizations shall conserve biological diversity.

    Performance Measure 4.2. Certified Organizations shall protect threatened and endangered species, critically imperiled and imperiled species (Forests with Exceptional Conservation Values), and natural communities, and old-growth forests.

    Performance Measure 4.3. Certified Organizations shall manage to protect ecologically important sites in a manner that takes into account their unique qualities.

    Performance Measure 4.4. Certified Organizations shall apply knowledge gained through research, science, technology, field experience and the results of monitoring of the effectiveness of conservation-related programs to manage wildlife habitat and contribute to the conservation of biological diversity.

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