• SFI is an independent, non-profit organization that provides supply chain assurances, conservation leadership, and environmental education and community engagement regarding sustainable forest management.
• SFI standards and on-product labels assist consumers in making accountable purchasing decisions.

The Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI) is an innovator in sustainability that advocates for future forests through proper forest management. SFI is an independent, non-profit organization that focuses on supply chain, community engagement, conservation leadership, and environmental education. SFI works with stakeholders in a wide range of roles - wood product manufacturers, conservation groups, governments, Indigenous peoples, resource professionals, landowners, educators, and more - to create standards and on-product labels that can assist consumers in making purchasing decisions that support sustainable forestry.

By supporting the SFI program, participating organizations and consumers can improve forest practices in the United States and fiber sourcing worldwide, as SFI-labeled products must steer clear of fiber from controversial sources (e.g., illegal logging and fiber sourced from locations without meaningful social or labor laws).

Who is eligible for certification to SFI standards?

The SFI certification program encompasses organizations throughout the wood product supply chain, from forest managers to manufacturers to distributors to printers. Certified organizations may apply to use SFI on-product labels, which are recognized worldwide and display to customers that their products are derived from sources that are sustainable, responsible, and lawful. There are three types of certification available to organizations.

• SFI forest management certification is available to any organization that owns, maintains, or otherwise manages forestland in the United States and that fulfills the forest management certification requirements in the SFI Forest Management Standard.
• SFI fiber sourcing certification provides organizations with the opportunity to showcase that the raw material in their supply chain comes from lawful and environmentally responsible sources. Organizations that certify to the SFI Fiber Sourcing Standard demonstrate a commitment to biodiversity, forestry best management practices, protection of water quality, and outreach to landowners.
• SFI chain-of-custody certification is an accounting system that monitors forest fiber through production and manufacturing all the way to the final product. Certification to the SFI Chain of Custody Standard is available to organizations with processes in place to track fiber from certified forests, certified sourcing, and recycled materials through manufacturing of the product.

What are the benefits of SFI certification?

Certified SFI program participants are permitted to use SFI labels, which show corporate social responsibility (CSR) by demonstrating a commitment to sustainable forest management. It allows them to meet the increasing consumer desire for forest products from certified sourcing.