Sustainability Certification Schemes

Question 1

Idea emerged to certify organizations

Answer 1

1980’s

Question 2

NGOs

Answer 2

Non Government Organization

Question 3

Sustainability Certification Schemes

Answer 3

• Voluntary
• Applied Environmental, Social, and Governances - Standards
• Audited
• Targeted Businesses

Question 4

First Company to get into Sustainability Certifications ?

Answer 4

Rainforest Alliance 1987

Question 5

What did the Rainforest Alliance Focus on?

Answer 5

Forestry - Tropical
Most deforestation forest
Amazon
Congo
Indo Malaysian forest
Agriculture
Made sure the indigenous farmers were using best practices as well as fair compensation
Tourism (Eco Tourism)
Protects historical areas
Andes Mountains
Tourist on Machu Picchu
Athens Greece

Question 6

What was the fault of the Rainforest Alliance Certification?

Answer 6

-Not valid and consumers thought it was
-Hundreds on organizations sought to get certified due to increase pressure to be more sustainable
- No way to tell who was valid and who wasn’t

Question 7

4 Companies that got together

Answer 7

FSC (Forestry Stewardship Council)
IFOAM (International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements)
MSC
Fairtrade

Question 8

ISEAL Alliance 2002

Answer 8

• Parent Organization for the certification companies to verify them
• International social environmental Accreditation & Labeling Alliance
  -Goal is to coordinate with companies that agree to their standards

Question 9

10 Principles of ISEAL

Answer 9

1. Sustainability Impacts
   – Focus and dedication to sustainability
2. Commit to collaboration
   – Collective benefit for all
3. Value Creation
   – Profit matters
4. Measurable progress
   – measuring = validity
5. Stakeholder engagement
   – All parties get a seat and a voice - all are listened to
6. Transparency
   – No secrets
7. Impartiality
   – Hear voices of all
8. Reliability
   – No one has a disadvantage or advantage - same process for everyone
9. Truthfulness
10. **Continual Improvement -
    – Keep working on being better. If we did x lets try for x+

Question 10

90% of the worlds forest are certified by what 3 organizations ?

Answer 10

SFI - Sustainable Forestry Initiative
- Only focuses on North America
- Third Largest Certifier
PEFC - Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification
- Largest Certifier
FSC - Forestry Stewardship Council
- 2nd Largest Certifier

Question 11

Chain of custody

Answer 11

Trail that is kept from the forest to the printing companies
Forest - Paper mills - Distributors - Printing Companies

Question 12

Microplastic

Answer 12

• Glandular level plastic
• In Drinking Water
• Washing clothes causes microplastics drains with water