Supporting Credible Forest Certification Systems
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WFLC is supporting credible forest certification systems that advance responsible forest management and protect working forest ecosystems.
- October 2009 -- On behalf of Sierra Club, WFLC filed a complaint against Weyerhaeuser challenging the company’s “green” forest practices conducted in Southwest Washington, which are certified under the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) certification system. The complaint alleges that Weyerhaeuser violated several of SFI’s environmental standards when it conducted logging and roadbuilding on extremely steep and unstable slopes. During a storm in December 2007, many of these slopes produced massive landslides which delivered large quantities of wood and sediment to rivers and streams, exacerbating flooding that damaged private property and public resources. Learn more.
- September 2009 -- On behalf of ForestEthics, WFLC prepared and filed complaints against the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) forest certification system with the Federal Trade Commission and the Internal Revenue Service. The FTC complaint alleges that SFI engages in deceptive and misleading national advertising; the IRS complaint reports SFI for potentially inappropriately using a tax-exempt “public charity” for funding, operating, and marketing its private forest certification label. Learn more.
- Why Have We Taken On SFI? Read WFLC director Peter Goldman’s statement.
