Simon Dorries
Responsible Wood as an Accredited Standard Development Organisation has responsibility for developing and maintaining Australian Standard AS 4707 Chain of Custody for Forest Products and it has announced the commencement of the five-yearly review of AS 4707. Source: Timberbiz
AS 4707 specifies the environmental, economic, social and cultural requirements that must be met to demonstrate good practice and continued improvement towards Sustainable Forest Management.
This standard is reviewed every five years to ensure it incorporates the latest knowledge, best practices and evolving stakeholder expectations.
Responsible Wood is inviting interested stake holding organisations in the following categories to nominate candidates for the AS/NZS 4707 Standards Reference Committee and Working Groups.
- Forest Growers
- Business and Industry
- Indigenous people
- Non-Government Organisations
- Scientific and Technology Community
- Workers and Trade Unions
- Local Authorities
For further information, or to nominate and lodge an Expression of Interest contact:
Simon Dorries at Responsible Wood by email [email protected] or phone 07 3359 1758 or mail to PO Box 768, New Farm, Qld 4005.
Nominations close 5pm Friday, the 16 October 2020 (AEST).
Further information on the project and scope is available on the Standards Proposal at this link:
Project Proposal – Revision of AS 4707: Chain of Custody for Forest and wood Products is available to download here. Standards-Development-Proposal-AS-4707
Information on the Standards Setting Process and Standard Settings Procedures is available to download here .SD-PROC-01-SDO-Policy-and-Procedures-V4.0
