CLIMATE MITIGATION – REHABILITATION AND REFORESTATION

5. Group Assessment The compliance with the criteria for substantial contribution to climate change mitigation and with DNSH criteria may be checked: (a) at the level of the forest sourcing area (37) as defined in Article 2, point (30), of Directive (EU) 2018/2001;

SFI has three standards that address forest sustainability and therefore address climate change mitigation.

-SFI 2022 Forest Management Standard -SFI Small Lands Group Certification Module -SFI Small Scale Forest Management Module for Indigenous Peoples and Families

5. Group Assessment (b) at the level of a group of holdings sufficiently homogeneous to evaluate the risk of the sustainability of the forest activity, provided that all those holdings have a durable relationship between them and participate in the activity and the group of those holdings remains the same for all subsequent audits.

Addressed by SFI Section 10, Appendix 2 - Group Certification Organizations