Certifications
Reliance Forest Fibre are certified to a number of certification schemes ensuring our operations are independently certified to the highest Environmental, Safety and Quality systems.
Below are the details of the current certification in place for Reliance Forest Fibre with appropriate downloads for each section
Reliance Forest Fibre Estate Forest Management Certification
Reliance Forest Fibre is currently seeking certification to AS4708 Sustainable Forest Management for its Estate.
Reliance Forest Fibre (RFF) manages a large dispersed estate of approximately 29,000ha across Tasmania. This estate on Permanent Timber Production Zone Land (PTPZL) is leased from Sustainable Timber Tasmania as a Forest Right.
Group Forest Management Scheme for Forest Owners and Managers
Reliance Forest Fibre provides the opportunity for individual forest owners and managers to have their forest certified under RFF’s group certification scheme.
The group scheme is certified to AS4708 the Australian Standard for Sustainable Forest Management. Below are links to the Group Scheme Certificate, Defined forest area maps (DFA), Forest Management Plan and most recent Business Review Reports. Past Business Review reports can be requested by contacting Reliance Forest Fibre office.
Individuals can join the scheme subject to meeting requirements established by RFF.
The combined forest resource of group members forms the group “defined forest area” (DFA) for certification purposes. All wood produced from the DFA can be sold as certified wood.
Forest owners and managers interested in participating in RFF’s Group Certification Scheme should contact Reliance Forest Fibre.
- Business Review Report – Sustainable Forest Management
- DFA Map
- Group Forest Certification Scheme – Forest Management Plan (April 2019)
- Group Scheme Certificate
Responsible Wood Chain of Custody
Reliance Forest Fibre ensures independently audited Responsible Wood certification can be maintained through our mills to customers through our Chain of custody certification.
RFF is certified to AS4707-2014 Chain of custody for Forest Products.
- Chain of Custody of Forest Products
- SFWS POL 001 AFS Chain of Custody Policy Signed July 18
- Business Review Report – Sustainable Forest Management
- Summary Report – Sustainable Forest Management
- Sustainable Forest Management – Economic, social, environmental and cultural criteria and requirements
FSC® Chain of Custody and Controlled wood
Reliance Forest Fibre maintains FSC (FSC-C018484 licence code) certification to ensure our systems are independently audited to the FSC standard for Chain of Custody and the FSC Requirements for Sourcing FSC Controlled Wood.
RFF is certified to FSC-STD-40-004 Standard for Chain of Custody Certification and Requirements for Sourcing FSC Controlled Wood FSC-STD-005.
- FSC-STD-40-004 (Version 3.0)_0C861 RFF
- Public Summary of Reliance Forest Fibre (RFF) Due Diligence System – 2019
ISO certified Management Systems
Reliance Forest Fibre at Bell Bay Chip Terminal has its Quality and Environmental Management Systems independently audited to ISO standard.
RFF has its management systems independently audited to ISO 9001-2015 Quality Management System and ISO 14001-2015 Environment Management System.
- ISO 9001-2015- Quality management Systems – Requirements
- ISO 14001-2015 Environmental Management Systems – Requirements with Guidance for Use