For certification purposes, Coillte, the State’s forestry company, is audited regularly to ensure it complies with the standards set down for sustainable forest management.  Certification is all about giving consumers and companies at the end of the supply chain proof the product has been responsibly sourced. PEFC, the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification, is a leading global alliance of national forest certification systems.  In Ireland, the accreditation body tasked with issuing PEFC for the Irish Forestry Management Standard is the National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI), the State’s official standards body. In 2014, when Coillte was seeking certification…

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