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DOMESTIC
Australian Forestry Standard Limited is a not-for-profit public
company registered in July 2003. The company owns the standard
development functions and manages the elements of the Australian
Forest Certification Scheme.
Download About Us - Australian Forestry Standards Limited document
OBJECTS OF AFS LIMITED
The objects of Australian Forestry Standard Limited are to:
- promote sustainable forest management in Australia's forests
through an Australian Forestry Standard to be owned by the
Company (AFS);
- support and maintain the development of the AFS, and other
related or complementary standards;
- maintain accreditation as a Standards Development Organisation;
- support and facilitate the use of the AFS, and any related
standards, for forestry certification within Australia;
and
- seek mutual recognition for the AFS internationally.
BUSINESS PLAN
The company's Business Plan 2008-2013 outlines the Vision,
Values and Mission Statement for both the company and the
Australian Forest Certification Scheme:
VISION
To make the Australian Forest Certification Scheme the pre-eminent
forest certification scheme of choice for the forest products
supply chain from forest to consumer in Australia.
VALUES
The following values guide us in our work:
- Openness and transparency
- Responsibility and accountability
- Integrity and objectivity
- Mutual respect and trust
- Leadership
- Collaboration
- Honest governance and communication
MISSION STATEMENT
The Australian Forest Certification Scheme (AFCS) will:
- provide Australian and overseas consumers with an independent,
internationally recognised third-party certification scheme
for forest management in Australia.
- promote a culture of 'continuous improvement' of the sustainable
forest management practices in Australia.
- support a market for forest products that are a result
of sustainable forest management practices and value adding
processes that maintain the integrity of the source forest
certification and promote the broader environmental benefits
of using wood-based products.
Australian Forestry Standard Limited will provide the structure
and framework within which the Australian Forest Certification
Scheme is implemented, maintained, reviewed and promoted to
all stakeholders interested in forest certification.
STRATEGIES AND ACTIONS
In developing the Five Year Business Plan, AFS Limited has
identified Strategies and Actions to fulfil the Vision for
the company and the Australian Forest Certification Scheme.
To view a summary of the AFS Limited Strategies and Actions,
click
here.
THE COMPANY
The company succeeded the Australian
Forestry Standard Steering Committee who has initiated
and managed the development of The Australian
Forestry Standard from late 1999 to July 2003. The Australian
Forestry Standard Steering Committee was a partnership of
the Commonwealth and State and Territory Governments, National
Association of Forest Industries, Plantation Timber Association
of Australia, Australian Forest Growers and the Australian
Council of Trade Unions.
The company is an accredited Standards Development Organisation
with its initial accreditation being awarded by the Standards
Accreditation Board of Standard Australia on 27 January 2004
for three years. The scope of the accreditation was
"to develop Australian Standards for forest management
for wood production and Australian Standards that support
the Australian Forest Certification Scheme". The company
underwent regular surveillance audits over the three year
period by the Standards Accreditation Board of Standard Australia
to maintain its accreditation as a Standards Development Organisation.
Following a structural re-organisation within Standards Australia
in 2006/07, the accreditation of Standards Development Organisation
is now undertaken by the Accreditation Board for Standards
Development Organisations (ABSDO). The company was re-accredited,
based on the ABSDO’s ‘Requirements for Accreditation
of Standards Development Organisations – INTERIM –
20/12/2006’, by the ABSDO on 31 August 2007 for
three years to the same scope of accreditation.
The company's standards development processes are described
in Procedure
1 - Standards Development within the Australian Forest
Certification Scheme.
Two technical committees are constituted under the company
to develop the standards which the company owns and manages
as part of the Australian Forest Certification Scheme.
The Australian Forestry Standard Technical Reference Committee
is solely responsible for the technical content of The Australian
Forestry Standard. The
Australian Forestry Standard Technical Committee is solely
responsible for the technical content of the Chain
of Custody Standard. Both committees have at least two
Directors of the company as members in accordance with the
company's constitution.
There are four membership classes in the company:
- Government
- Forestry and Wood Products Sector
- Employee Representative Organisations
- General
with a current membership of 27 organisations or individuals.
If you would like to become a member of AFS Limited, you
can download
the membership information and application form here.
The membership classes elect the Board of Directors, currently
10 Directors, with representation being:
- Government - four
- Forestry and Wood Products Sector - three
- Employee Representative Organisations - one
- General - one
- up to two Independent Additional, one of whom is the Chair
of the company.
The current Directors are:
| Name |
Position |
| Mr Geoff Gorrie |
Chair |
| Ms Alison Carmichael |
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| Dr Hans Drielsma |
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| Mr Colin Fitzpatrick |
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| Ms Erica Hansen |
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| Mr Julian Mathers |
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| Dr David Pollard |
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| Mr Nathan Trushell |
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| Mr David West |
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| Mr Richard Stanton |
National Secretary |
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