PEFC UK Annual Report 2008

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p fC i an e ta li hed leader in the continuou growth o certi edu taina le ore t anage ent and i co itted to:

l he develo ent o reali tic tandard and olicie

l he develo ent o roactive artner hi or the delivery o u taina leore t anage ent

l Co unicating the econo ic ene t o u taina le ore t anage ent

l making a o itive contri ution toward itigating the e ect o cli atechange

l Continuou develo ent and i rove ent

l market acce

l su tantial growth in the glo al arket or certi ed roduct originatingro u taina ly anaged ore t

l roving the u ly chain roce e or roduct ro u taina lyanaged ore t

l ta li hing p fC a a arket leader in the u ly o certi ed roduct

l aining univer al recognition and acce tance o p fC or the ene t o ite er

l ective co unicationl cono ic ene t

l providing a nancial return or the u taina le ore t anage entco unity

l ncouraging external unding to the ene t o the u taina le ore tanage ent co unity

l providing a co t e cient ervice or it takeholder

lural Develo ent

l Contri uting to the aintenance and trengthening o local co unitie

l providing u taina le e loy ent.

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Location

Direction on how to get there with arking and other

arrange ent are given at the end o thi re ort. nce in ide

the C ollow ign to the triu and allery suite .

Buffet Lunch

u et lunch will e erved ro 1:15 , rior to the

eeting.

Annual General Meeting

Will co ence at 2:15 .

Presentations

ediately ollowing the m, there will e two hort

re entation y Willia Walker, the ational secretary

on current develo ent within p fC oth in the K and

nternationally and y Hilary Khawa on the p fC K

market utreach progra e.

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V H 7th m f

p fC K D

2:15 , ue day 8 July 2008

ll e er o p fC K td are invited to the 7th nnual eneral meeting

which will e held in the allery suite , nu er 16 and 17, fir t floor o the triu

at the ational xhi ition Centre, bir ingha .

Attendance

o a i t with the lanning o the eeting, it would e

a reciated i the enclo ed re ly li could e returned to the

ational secretary or alternatively i you would indicate your

intention to attend y e ailing hi at w w@ e c.co.uk

or alternatively i you wi h to end your recorded a ologie :

p fC K i ited

Ju iter Hou e, High street,

attenhall, Che hire, CH3 9pX

nited Kingdo

ele hone +44 (0) 1829 770438

ail in o@ e c.co.uk

We www. e c.co.uk

How to get to the NEC - see inside back cover.

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1 ologie received

2 o ado t the inute o the ixth nnual eneral meeting held on the 3 July 2006 (opposite)

3 matter ari ing

4 o receive the Chair an re ort (see page 6)

5 o ado t the audited account or the year ending31 t July 2007 (see page 10)

6 o con ider the current nancial o ition a at the date o the eeting

7 o re-a oint me r David J mcKenzie a Co any secretary and e orting ccountant andauthori e the Director to x their re uneration

8 o receive an u date on the re ent me er hi , Chain o Cu tody certi cate , ogo ageicence contract and oti cation o Certi cation bodie

9 o receive a re ort on the re-endor e ent o the p fC K Certi cation sche e or su taina lefore t manage ent

10 o review the re-a oint ent o the Chair an and Director

11 o conduct a general di cu ion related to atter on the activitie o p fC K td

12 ny other u ine

13 Date o the next nnual eneral meeting.

otice o the nnual eneral meeting o p fC K i ited 2:15 , ue day 8 July 2008

ll e er o p fC K td are invited to the 7th nnual eneral meeting which

will e held in the allery suite nu er 16 and 17, fir t floor o the triu at the

ational xhi ition Centre, bir ingha .


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Agenda Item 2

minute o theSixth nnual eneral meeting o p fC K td,held on 3 July 2007 at the building Centre, store street, ondon

Members present

martin ale (Chair), Willia Walker ( ational secretary), peter atha(Director), o brad haw (Director), Hugh miller (Director), eo skinner (Director), Hilary Khawa , Chri ddi on (bWf), Kathy bradley

(p fC Council), Keith Wyatt (C ), matt lliot lliot baxter), KenWal h Danzar ), David pelling (fir tan), Jer ain Cheetha Wol eley

K td), John paine pa er gent ), Kate Cathie (m-real) and peter Kelly(Howarth ).

Apologies received

ony awrence, HH ociate , a on Davi td, John boddy, sonaeK, southern i er fra e, lex Cleghorn, borco e sp, ood an

bayli , bell eld Joinery, palgrave brown, bond i er, pe e ardenfurniture, sydenha , Co a , John White f, J ho on Colourprinter , procoprint, he print factory, ittlewood fencing, urotec

ce furniture, ect a t nglia, Jo e h parr, Wood panel ndu triefederation, pole tar K print, Chri tie i er service , ouchwood

Joinery, shawcro and Dickin on, a tern Hardwood , mDm i er,Weaver i er product , Jo e h rigg , en Yull, Dani h so twood ,

n tey Wall a er Co any, o ert price (builder merchant ) td.

he minute o the th nnual eneral meeting o p fC K td, heldon the 5 July 2006 in ondon were unani ou ly a roved and igned

y the Chair an.

The Chairmans Report for the year ending July 2007

he Chair an u itted hi nnual e ort, the ull text o which wacirculated to all e er in 2007. he re ort covered the key i ue o

arket acce tance, the work o p fC in the K, u e o cer ti ed ti erin the K arket, ore try and certi cation in the K, co unicationand arketing, rocure ent olicie , event , new u lication and

new letter . he ull re ort can e downloaded ro www.pefc.co.uk under the UK News ection.

ccount or the year ending 31 July 2006 were a roved y theeeting .

Current Financial Position

he ational secretary re orted that the nancial o ition continuedto i rove due to a igni cant increa e in e er hi and o logou age contract eing co leted over the reviou twelve onth . heintroduction o the oti cation roce or Chain o Cu tody holder ,with a ociated ee eing levied, would urther trengthen the inco e

a e or the co any in the uture.

me r David J mcKenzie C were unani ou ly re-a ointed a theCo any secretary and e orting ccountant and the director wereauthori ed to x their re uneration.

Chain of Custody holders, members, logo licenses and Noti edCerti cation Bodies.

he ational secretary re orted that the nu er o Chain o Cu todycerti cate now exceeded 450, e er and logo licen e over 200

and noti ed Certi cation bodie now nu ered 5.PEFC UK Certi cation Scheme for Sustainable Forest Management ( evi ion 2007)

he ational secretary re orted that the re-endor e ent o the KCerti cation sche e or su taina le fore t manage ent wa till eing

roce ed y p fC Council and that the inde endent con ultant hadu itted their re ort which ound that it et with all the require ent

o p fC with the exce tion o the inde endence o the standard settingroce . he eeting noted that a letter to p fC Council indicating the

rea on or thi had een u itted y p fC K in u ort o the re-endor e ent.

Appointment of Directors and Chairman

he eeting received the re ignation ro the board o oth martinale ( re ent Chair an) and michael Clark ( reviou Chair an).

he no ination o peter atha to re lace martin ale wa ro o edy Hugh miller and econded y Ken Wal h and peter atha wa duly

elected.

John bard ley wa ro o ed y o brad haw and econded y eo skinner to eco e a director o p fC K td.

Any Other Business

t wa agreed that the next nnual eneral meeting would e heldduring the r t week o July 2008, at a venue to e agreed.

he eeting clo ed at 4.00 . .

peter atha , a the inco ing Chair an, ex re ed on ehal o thee er hi o p fC K, hi thank to michael Clark or hi u ort

and work or p fC in the K over the la t two year during whichthe u ine had eco e r ly e ta li hed and he wi hed hi every

ucce in hi role a Chair an o p fC Council. ecial vote o thank wa given to martin ale, the outgoing Chair an, or hi tirelework and e ort over the reviou twelve onth .

t the reque t o Chri ddi on, there wa a hort di cu ion on thedevelo ent o a grou che e or p fC Chain o Cu tody certi cation

or e er o the briti h Woodworking federation. he Chair anex lained the need to charge the noti cation ee to all p fC e er .

pro Hugh miller then gave a talk on ackground to the ri e o ore tcerti cation.


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p fC K ha al o attended all the p fC international eeting ,including the eneral e ly held in munich la t cto er. Wehave een re re ented on the Council Chain o Cu tody workinggrou and p fC K ha een in tru ental in dra ting the uidancedocu ent to ena le Chain o Cu tody to o erate at a roject level.

p fC K market utreach progra ehi ha een another u y year or p fC on the co unication

and arketing ront with increa ing de and or in or ation a outthe p fC rogra e and growing intere t ro the trade reacro a range o ector . hi year, de and or chain o cu todycerti cation ha een articularly trong ro the a er/ rinting and

u li hing ector and ore recently ro the urniture anu acturingector.

procure ent policieb m b coHo e

lthough the new national tandard or the u taina le de ignand con truction o new ho e he Code or su taina le Ho e ,launched in ril 2007 ha now re laced b coHo e or new

uild in ngland and Wale , b coHo e continue to e u edor re ur i hed hou ing in ngland and or new uild in scotland

and Wale .

p fC i now awarded the equivalent nu er o oint in thee on i le sourcing o material ection a fsC, Cs and sf i.e.ier ne 3, oint toward aterial credit .

he change in the oint awarded or u ing p fC-certi ed ti erwa announced in a July 2007 p C ss ro b whichwa ent to all b m a e or .

vent , xhi ition and rade showp fC ha ho ted everal event thi year in order to rai e awareneo it rogra e a ong t it key target ector .

p fC exhi ited again at nter uild, the K large t uilding andcon truction indu try exhi ition, or the econd ti e la t cto er.

xhi iting at thi trade how rovided an i ortant o ortunity orp fC to rai e awarene o it rogra e a ong a key target ector;the K con truction indu try.

n ove er, p fC exhi ited at the J Wood future con erence inondon oyal fe tival Hall. he con erence rovided an o ortunityor the 120- trong audience to hear a road range o er ective

on the o ortunitie and challenge or ti er in a arket lacewhere environ ental concern are ri ing ra idly u the agenda.

acked rogra e o eaker included, Dr peter bon eld o bhighlighting o ortunitie or ti er at the 2012 ondon ly icand paul King Chie xecutive o the reen building Council. uy

ho on Head o rchitecture and su taina ility at the Concrete

Centre raved the lion den to o er the concrete ector er ectiveon u taina le develo ent and con truction while phil Woola ,

nviron ent mini ter gave the keynote addre .

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n January, p fC K exhi ited at f ( eading uro ean rchitectforu ) ondon - an international con erence and exhi ition orarchitect , lanner , contractor , develo er and interior de igner .

f 2008 ai to acilitate eeting etween architect withe ta li hed and e erging u lier . p fC artici ated with the

o jective o encouraging architect to eci y certi ed ti er andoutline the key actor driving de and or it in the K uch a theCode or su taina le Ho e , Cp and ly ic Delivery uthorityrequire ent .

Dinner at the Hou e o ordn fe ruary p fC ho ted a dinner in the palace o We t in ter at

the Hou e o ord . he 120 gue t at the dinner, ho ted y or erK fore try mini ter and current Chair an o nited Kingdoccreditation service ( K s) ord ind ay, were drawn ro a wide

range o takeholder including; u li her , con truction co anie ,

retailer , trade a ociation , hou e uilder and certi er .

he keynote eaker wa the t. Hon. John u er mp, or ersecretary o state or the nviron ent, an ex erienced internationalnegotiator re ected in oth the u ine and environ entalco unitie .

mr u er gave a well received eech a erting that ti er traderwho u ly uncerti ed roduct hould e a ha ed o the elve and called on glo al ore t certi cation che e to work togetherto increa e the a ount o certi ed ore t rather than arguing a outthe di erence etween the re ective che e , likening uchargu ent to di erence etween the ba ti t and trict ba ti t .

o anyone el e it not i ortant.

he need or the two glo al u taina le ore t anage entcerti cation che e to work together to achieve the i ortantgoal o increa ing the a ount o the world certi ed ore t , clearlyre onated with tho e re ent and we at p fC K will trive to worktogether with takeholder ro all ector to contri ute toward thi

vital goal.fe ruary al o aw p fC on or a book eller con erence: oing

reen: he ext ste which wa de igned to take the ooktrade environ ental u li hing di cu ion to the next level. hecon erence wa chaired y Helen fra er, managing Director o penguin and chair o the joint book eller ociation/pu li her

ociation nviron ental ction rou . he con erence attractedan audience o eighty delegate ro oth the u li hing and retail

ector working in a range o di ci line including roduction,arketing, ale , editorial and arketing key deci ion aker or

p fC to reach.

n march, it wa the turn o the rinting ector to e targetted withthe p fC e age when p fC aterial were di tri uted to tho eattending a print & pa er monthly con erence at Wentworth ol Clu .

hi co ined with an earlier direct ail hot to the to 500 rinterwho had yet to o tain p fC, ha contri uted to the growing de and

or p fC chain o cu tody certi cation ro the rint ector.

ril wa another u y onth or p fC. eaching out to the Kackaging ector wa the o jective when p fC on ored an event

Supplier meeting at LEAF London

Lord Lindsay, Chairman of UKAS


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at the Carton Con erence 2008. he 2008 Carton Con erence heldon 7 - 8 ril attracted a record 180 delegate . hi event ha nowe ta li hed it el a the u t attend event held every two year where the crea o the carton indu try eet to exchange idea .

mike Clark, Chair an o p fC Council artici ated a a e er o a

anel di cu ing cu to er ex ectation on environ ental atter .

ater in the onth, p fC Director o brad haw oke at acon erence in ondon organi ed y print media magazine printsu taina le? hi con erence wa ai ed at tho e with re on i ility

or arketing collateral uch a rochure , catalogue , direct ail,oint o ale and ackaging. he con erence al o targetted the

creative co unity a agencie are increa ingly required to roducecreative olution to eet client Cor orate social e on i ility

olicie .

n may the ocu wa ack on ti er when p fC exhi ited at hink08 at ondon xcel exhi ition centre. hi wa a con erence and

exhi ition that rought together all ector o the con truction andro erty indu trie to uni y and teer thinking on the environ ental,

econo ic and ocial challenge o the uture. t the e wau taina ility in the uilt environ ent. During the cour e o the two

day exhi ition p fC wa a le to ro ote it rogra e to a rangeo delegate and vi itor to the con erence and exhi ition, ro all

ector o the ro erty, regeneration and con truction indu try.

pro otional aterialDuring the year, p fC roduced a new DVD which at 2 inute long,i de igned to rovide a conci e u ary o the p fC rogra e

and what u taina le ore try anage ent ean in ractice. ew exhi ition aterial were co i ioned to e u ed at the increa ingnu er o event at which p fC ha a re ence.

Newsletter

he p fC e-new letter, p fC K ew i u li hed on a quarterlya i and i now di tri uted to over 1,500 reci ient ro everyector with an intere t in ourcing wood roduct ro u taina lyanaged ore t .

A vote of thanks

would like to thank Willie Walker, ational secretary, and HilaryKhawa or their hard work during the year. lot ha een achievedand thi would not have een o i le without their dedication.

Peter Latham Chair an p fC K td

U K N E W S

Earlier this month, PEFC UK

hosted a dinner in the Palace of

Westminster at the House of Lords.

Te 120 guests at thedinner, hosted by formerUK ForestryMinisterand currentChairmanof United KingdomAccreditation

Service(UKAS), Lord Lindsay, weredrawnfroma widerangeofstakeholdersincluding publishers, constructioncompanies, retailers,tradeassociations, housebuildersand certi ers.

Tekeynotespeakerwas theRt. Hon. JohnGummerMP, formerSecretaryof Statefort heEnvironment, an experienced internationalnegotiator respected in both the businessand environmentalcommunities. Indeed, theNGO communityonce described himas thebest Environment Secretarywehave everhad.

Mr Gummergave a well-received speechasserting that timber traders who supply uncerti ed products should be ashamedof themselves and called on global forestcerti cation schemes to worktogether toincreasethe amount ofcerti ed forest ratherthanarguing about thedi erencesbetweent herespectiveschemes, likeningsuch arguments

todi erencesbetw eenthe Baptistsand strictBaptists. oanyone elseitsnot important.

Te n e ed f o r t h e t w o g l o b al s u st a in a b leforest management certi cation schemes

to worktogetherto achievethe importantgoalofincreasingthe amount ofthe worldscerti ed forests, clearlyresonated with thosepresent and we at PEFCUK will striveto worktogether with stakeholders fromallsectorsto contributeto thisvital goal.

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PEFC ho t We tm te e

In January, PEFC UKexhibitedatLEAF(Leading European Architects Forum)London - an international con erenceand exhibition or architects, planners,contractors, developers and interiordesigners.

The aimo the LEAF2008 eventwasto acilitate meetings between architectswith establishedand emergingsuppliers. PEFC UK exhibitedatt his eventwith the objectiveo encouragingarchitects to

speci ycertifedtimber and outline thekey actors drivingdemand or certifedtimber in the UKsuch as the Code orSustainable Homes, CPETa ndOlympicDeliveryAuthority requirements.

As wellas stressingthe importance o speci yinglega land sustainable timber,PEFC was able toens ure thatarchitects

k ne w t h at t h ey h ad achoice o certifcationschemes with which toengage.

Rt. Hon. JohnGummerMPwasa keyspeakerattheHouseofLordsevent with a rousing

speech callingforunitybetweenforest certi cation

schemes.

B u i l d i n g a W a r E n E s s

new PEFC dVd seeinsideto get a copy

James Latham leading wood and panel distributors, donated PEFC certi edUPM-Kymmene Wisa-Spruce plywood to the Global Cities exhibition at theTate Modern gallery. It was used for the construction of density models of the ten various cities featured at the exhibition.


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p fC K i ited ( co any li ited y guarantee)egi tered nu er: sC209443

Chairman

martin f ale Cb appointed Chairman 5 July 2006

retired 3 July 2007peter D atha appointed Chairman 3 July 2007

Directors

peter D athapaul odwin retired 12 December 2006Willia b Walker

o brad hawJohn f bard ley appointed 17 October 2007pro Hugh miller b

eo skinnermartin f ale Cb retired 3 July 2007

Secretaries and Reporting Accountant

David J mcKenzie Cnit 1, Ja e Keiller building

32-34 main oanDundee DD4 7b

Bankers

he oyal bank o scotland36 st ndrew square

din urgh H2 2Yb

Solicitorsnder on strathern Ws

28 Ca tle streetdin urgh H2 3pX

Registered Of ce

nit 1, Ja e Keiller building32-34 main oanDundee DD4 7b

National Secretarys Of ce

Ju iter Hou e

High streetattenhall

Che hire CH3 9pX

Director e orthe director re ent their re ort and the audited nancial tate entor the year ended 31 July 2007.

Statement of directors responsibilities

Co any law require the director to re are nancial tate entor each nancial year which give a true and air view o the tate o

a air o the co any and o the ur lu or de cit or that eriod.

n re aring tho e nancial tate ent , they

l elect uita le accounting olicie and then a ly thecon i tently

l ake judge ent and e ti ate that are rea ona le andrudent

l tate whether a lica le accounting tandard have eenollowed, u ject to any aterial

l de arture di clo ed and ex lained in the nancial tate entl re are the nancial tate ent on the going concern a i

unle it i ina ro riate to re u e that the co any willcontinue in u ine .

he director are re on i le or kee ing ro er accounting recordwhich di clo e with rea ona le accuracy at any ti e, the nancial

o ition o the co any to ena le the to en ure that the nancialtate ent co ly with the Co anie ct 1985. hey are al o

re on i le or a eguarding the a et o the co any and henceor taking rea ona le te or the detection and revention o raud

and other irregularitie .

Principal activities and review of the business

he co any, which i li ited y guarantee, ha een or ed toe ta li h a certi cation y te or woodland and work roce ingwood roduct and to ro ote woodland and wood roduct .

Future developments

he Co any will continue to o erate in the ro otion anddevelo ent o u taina le ore try within the K and will increa ee ort in encouraging the u e o p fC certi ed ti er and ti er

roduct through certi ed Chain o Cu tody. he rogra e toi rove arket recognition o the p fC rogra e within the Kha continued. he revi ion o the p fC K che e or su taina lefore t manage ent ha een u itted to the p fC Council orendor e ent.

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Directors

he director who erved during the year and u to the date o thire ort are li ted on age 1.

Accountant

David J mcKenzie, Chartered ccountant, wa re-a ointed theco any re orting accountant during the year and ex re ed hiwillingne to re ain in that ca acity.

Small company special provisions

he re ort o the director ha een re ared in accordance with theecial rovi ion o part V o the Co anie ct 1985 relating toall co anie .

hi re ort wa a roved y the board on 4 fe ruary 2008 andigned on it ehal y Wb Walker, Director.

ccountant e ortccountant re ort, to the director o p fC i ited, on the audited

account .

n accordance with the engage ent letter dated 17 ugu t 2004,and in order to a i t you to ul l your dutie under the Co anie

ct 1985, have re ared the account o the co any on age 4to 8 ro the accounting record and in or ation and ex lanationgiven to e.

hi re ort i ade to the Co any board o Director , a aody, in accordance with y engage ent letter. my work haeen undertaken to ena le e to re are the account on ehal

o the co any board o Director and or no other ur o e .o the ulle t extent er itted y law, do not acce t or a u e

re on i ility to anyone other than the co any and the co anyboard o Director , a a ody, or thi re ort.

have carried out thi engage ent in accordance with e t racticeguidance i ued y the n titute o Chartered ccountant o scotland and have co lied with the ethical guidance laid down

y the n titute relating to e er undertaking the re aration o account .

You have acknowledged on the alance heet or the year ended 31July 2007 your duty to en ure that the co any ha ke t ro eraccounting record and to re are account that give a true anda air view under the Co anie ct 1985. You con ider that theco any i exe t ro the require ent o an audit or the year.

have not een in tructed to carry out an audit o the account . forthi rea on, have not veri ed the accuracy or co letene o theaccounting record or in or ation and ex lanation you have givento e and do not, there ore, ex re any o inion on the account .

David J mcKenzieChartered ccountant

nit 1, Ja e Keiller building32-34 main oanDundee DD4 7b

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balance sheet a at 31 July 2007

Note 2007 2006

Fixed Assets 3 - - - 858

Current Assets

Ca h at bank 25,578 34,718

De tor 40,201

65,779

Current Liabilities

Creditor : a ount alling duewithin one year 2 8,281 940

57,498 33,778

Net Current Assets

Net Assets 57,498 34,636

Capital and Reserves

evenue e erve 4 57,498 36,812

Surplus Funds 57,498 36,812

he director are ati ed that the co any i entitled to exe tion under section 249 (1) o the Co anie ct 1985 and that no e eror e er have reque ted an audit ur uant to ection 249b(2) o the ct.

he director acknowledge their re on i ilitie or:i) en uring that the co any kee ro er accounting record which co ly with section 221 o the Co anie ct 1985; andii) re aring account which give a true and air view o the tate o a air o the co any a at the end o the nancial year and o it ro tor lo or the nancial year in accordance with section 226 o the Co anie ct 1985, and which otherwi e co ly with the require ento thi ct relating to account , o ar a a lica le to thi co any.

he account have een re ared in accordance with the ecial rovi ion relating to all co anie within art V o the Co anie ct1985.

Wb Walker Director4 February 2008

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Accounting policies

he account were re ared under the hi torical co t convention and in accordance with the financial re orting standard or s allerntitie (e ective January 2005)

he co any ha taken advantage o the exe tion in f s1 ro the require ent to roduce a ca h ow tate ent on the groundthat it i a all co any.

Turnoverurnover re re ent u cri tion and donation received ro e er in u ort o the co any.

n the year to 31 July 2007, none o the co any turnover wa derived ro arket out ide the nited Kingdo (2006 - none)

Tangible xed assets and depreciationangi le fixed et , other than freehold and and building , are de reciated over their antici ated u e ul live at the ollowing an-

nual rate .

ce equi ent 25% straight line

Company limited by guaranteevery ordinary e er o the co any undertake to contri ute to the a et o the co any in the event o it eing would u while

he i a e er or, within one year a ter he cea e to e a e er, uch a ount a ay e required not exceeding 1.

Deferred Taxationprovi ion i ade or taxation de erred a a re ult o aterial ti ing di erence etween the incidence o inco e and ex enditure ortaxation and account ur o e .

pro t and o ccount or the year ended 31 July 2007

Notes 2007 2006

Turnover 89,295 52,016

d ini trative ex en e 66,043 34,246

Operating Pro t/(Loss) 21,251 17,770

ntere t receiva le 700 385

pro t/(lo ) on ordinary activitie e ore taxation 21,951 18,155

axation 1,267 -

Retained Pro t/(Loss) for the year 4 20,685 18,155

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ote to the ccount or the year ended 31 July 2007

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3

4

5

2007 2006

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

Other Creditors 1,000 940

Fixed Assets

Cost

at 1 ugu t 2005 1,716 -

ddition - 1,716

Di o al 1,716 -

As at 31 July 2006 - 1,716

Depreciation

at 1 ugu t 2005 858 -

ddition - 858

Di o al 858 -

As at 31 July 2006 - 858

Net Book Value

At 31 July 2006 - 858

At 31 July 2005 858 -

Revenue Reserve

t 1 ugu t 36,813 18,658

etained ro t/(lo ) 20,685 18,155

At 31 July 57,498 36,813

Related Party Transactions

ne o the director , Willia b Walker, ha received a ay ent o 20,500 a a re ult o hi work a ational secretary (2006 -7,000).

Director are a le to reclai legiti ate out-o - ocket ex en e .

ote to the ccount continued

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2007 will e re e ered a a turning oint or the p fC. he la t 8 year have

een p fC develo ro a all regional che e into the glo al leader in certi ed

area and volu e. t wa tting there ore that in 2007 p fC undertook a ajortrategic review. hi included a location review and a co it ent to a governance

analy i and an i age and i act tudy, which in or ed the di cu ion and

de ate a ong t the e er hi and a i ted in the develo ent o the trategy.

he re ulting trategy, unani ou ly a roved y the e er at the cto ereneral e ly, ark a igni cant witch in the trategic direction ro

roduction to arket acce orientation.

ver the next ten year p fC redict that 45% o the world indu trial roundwood roduction ca acity will

e certi ed, roviding an increa ing eed tock to the arket lace and eeting the ra idly growing de and or

certi ed ore t roduct . p fC ex ect to deliver over 60% o thi arket hare.

p fC ha al o undertaken to roactively develo it rule and tandard to ake the ore relevant to actual

i ue directly a lica le to the need o the u ly chain, y aking the ea ier to under tand and o eratewithout diluting their rigour. p fC will al o engage ore actively with key takeholder and international in titutionand to e t deliver the new trategy ha decided to ove it international o ce to eneva.

he eneral e ly a roved a three old increa e in core unding, and together with the ongoing governancereview, the develo ent o a arketing and co unication trategy and lan, the ove to eneva and anincrea e in ta nu er to deliver i roved ervice to cu to er , it i clear that 2008 will e another land arkin the develo ent o the p fC. n addition, 2007 aw the o ening o a p fC ce in beijing, China to

co le ent the work o the Ja an o ce; a 20% increa e in the nu er o Chain o Cu tody certi cation ;the endor e ent o one new che e and one a ended che e with 12 ore che e at variou tage inthe endor e ent or re-endor e ent roce . p fC ha rovided training or endor e ent a e or , eer

reviewer and national ecretarie and u li hed an online CD and new docu entation including the re olutiono co laint and a eal . several data a e have al o een created and i roved including new earch acilitieon the validity tatu o certi cate .

glo al re ource o certi ed wood ha een ucce ully created with activitie in lace to increa e the area,volu e and univer al acce tance o certi ed wood in the arket lace. p fC i dedicated to develo ing andi roving current and new roduct or the arket lace and it cu to er worldwide, roviding ynergieand u ort echani to addre the increa ing u lic de and or u taina ility including echani to

addre illegal logging, cli ate change and car on accounta ility.

Published in the PEFC Council Annual Report for 2007

he nnual e ort o p fC Council or 2007 included the ollowing letter ro

the Chair an, michael Clark, and the secretary eneral, ben unne erg.

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fore t are i ortant ha itat and rovide any good and

ervice , including locking u car on, ut are di a earing at

a ra id rate. he ore t o the World, articularly the tro icalworld, are under threat. n any area they are di a earing,

although the exact rate i a atter o o e di ute or it de end

on de nition and the tand oint o the e enger.

here are ro le a to what de ne a ore t and ore

articularly what con titute de ore tation. Doe de ore tation

re er only to the er anent re oval o tree or doe it include

their te orary re oval, a or exa le in y te o hi ting

cultivation or controlled elling? should de ore tation re er tothe re oval o ore t cover alone or hould it al o re er to the

lo o variou ore t attri ute , uch a tructure or ecie

co o ition? Clearly changing the de nition o de ore tation will

al o change the agent o de ore tation and the choice o either

ee to de end very uch on the e age that individual or

grou wi h to roject.

he food and griculture rgani ation o the nited ation

(f ) i ro a ly the only relia le ource o data. t e ti ate

that over the recent a t, de ore tation ha een running at a out

13 illion hectare er year (ju t over hal the area o the K).

he actual net annual rate o lo i le than thi ecau e o the

o the creation o new ore t ut even o the world ore t area

i till reducing y a out 200 quare kilo etre er day, o t o

the e eing in the tro ic .

hi i a tragic tate o a air . fore t are a very igni cant

ink or C 2. wenty er cent o anthro ogenic C 2 e i ion

can e accounted or y de ore tation, yet i ro erly anaged

ore t role a car on ink can e enhanced. he f e ti ate

that the de truction o the tro ical ore t ay e leading to the

lo o 100 ecie er day. any a 1.6 illion eo le

de end to o e extent on ore t or their livelihood. fore t are

econo ically valua le world wide the gro value added in theore try ector i a out one illion s $ er day. Clearly the

rate o de ore tation u t e reduced ut it i an intracta le

ro le . the f once ointed out, the underlying cau e o

the de truction and degradation o tro ical ore t i the overty

o the eo le who live in and around the it i largely, ut y

no ean entirely, a ro le o land hunger.

tte t to control tro ical de ore tation tarted in the colonial

era, and were not without ucce ut the ethod are erha

not a lica le to the odern era. he attern o aid then o ered

in i ediate o t-colonial ti e , with it e ha i on indu trial

develo ent, did little to hel . ndeed, the rate o tro ical

de ore tation wa to accelerate (wherea in the te erate world

there wa to e igni cant ex an ion o ore t ) rovoking

increa ing concern a ong ore ter and environ entali t . hi

wa to lead in the early 1980 r t to the e ta li h ent o the

nternational ro ical i er rgani ation ( ), a re ult o a

co odity agree ent under the nited ation Con erence

on rade and Develo ent ( C D), and then to f

ro ical fore try ction progra e ( f p). he r t ought to

ring together roducer and con u er o tro ical ti er to

regulari e their trade and en ure u taina le ore t anage ent.

he econd ai ed to ti ulate ro er ore t lanning and

anage ent in develo ing countrie through the orche tration

o the u ly o ex erti e and, o t articularly, aid. wa ,

and i , a worthy organi ation ut it cannot deliver ore than

e er countrie are re ared to o er. f p turned out to e

too ucce ul, quite outrunning the li ited a i tance and aidthat wa availa le and o lo ing credi ility.

following the 2007 p fC K m, Hugh miller re ented a a er which traced the atte t

to arre t ore t de truction and degradation, in articular through the ore t certi cation and

ti er la elling che e o fsC and p fC.

fore try and Certi cation

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cautiou a to whether the che e could e ade to work.

However, with ti e fsC wa a le to recruit u cient con u er

o ti er roduct to create a de and or la elled aterial ro

certi ed ore t . tte t to re ond to thi de and were to

reveal dichoto ie within the a ric o fsC. lthough o t- io,

fsC had een care ul to in i t that it wa ai ing at all the world

ore t , not ju t tro ical one , the original nine p&C ee to have

een drawn u ainly with tro ical ri ary ore t in ind.

hu lantation were originally excluded de ite the act thatuch o the world indu trial ti er and ul i derived ro

lanted tree . ater fsC wa to re ond y adding a tenth p&C

to cover lantation , a ove that rovoked con idera le ang t in

certain ection o it e er hi who could only conceive o

lantation a eing the re ult o jungle clearance ( actually, o t

are on ex-agricultural land and are concentrated in te erate

region ). nother con equence o the tro ical ide xe i that the

author o the p&C ee to have had in ind tenure y te

involving exten ive area o u lic ore t lea ed to large logging

organi ation . faced with the ituation o all rivate owner o

lanted ore t that characteri e o t o uro e, the fsC had

a ro le .

t wa ho ed that the olution would lie in the way local fsC

co ittee ought to draw u country eci c inter retation

o the ain p&C. he re ulting negotiation in any uro ean

countrie were not ea y and were oon to throw u a third

ro le , na ely who wa to own the roce . ny organi ation,

environ ental one included, ha to con tantly teer a iddle

way etween uri t and reali t . Within fsC, the e extre e

were re re ented y dee green who wanted to control the

ore t agenda and reali t who were eeking to en ure a u ly

o ro erly and hone tly la elled ti er. When aced with thi

con ict during negotiation , the ti er and ore t intere t o ten

eca e ear ul that any agree ent would leave the ho tage

to an uncertain and changing uture, and one over which they

would have little in uence. ru t eca e a carce co odity.

n the K, rotracted negotiation led to the creation o thenited Kingdo Woodland urance standard ( KW s) in

which the owner hi i ue wa ettled y ve ting it in a ree-

De ite the e e ort , tro ical de ore tation wa accelerating at

an alar ing rate. major gure in the environ ental ove ent

were eco ing di illu ioned and ocu ed their ho e on the

nited ation Con erence on nviron ent and Develo ent

( C D), the arth su it, to e held in io de Janeiro in

June 1992. hi ai ed to get agree ent or inding convention

on iological diver ity, cli ate change, co ating de erti cation

and the u taina le develo ent o ore t . hat on iological

diver ity wa a roved and ha led to country eci c biodiver ityction plan . Di cu ion on cli ate change only roduced a

ra ework convention that ha had to e urther develo ed at

Kyoto and bali. convention to co at de erti cation wa

ea ily achieved ut thi wa anything ut the ca e regarding

the u taina le develo ent o ore t . Countrie o the outh

o jected to eing ullied. hey were to in i t that they had the

unaliena le right to utili e, anage and develo their ore t

and would only agree to a non-legally inding authoritative

tate ent on the anage ent, con ervation, and u taina le

develo ent o all ty e o ore t .

nviron ental organi ation were deva tated. he World Wildli e

fund (WWf) randed the agree ent a erely a wi h li t and

argued what wa now needed wa an environ ental auditing

y te in which co etent auditor a e ore try o eration

on a regular a i or ti er certi cation. hi idea had already

een tried out on a all cale, articularly in the nited state ,

and WWf had een inve tigating it or o e ti e. a re ult they

were a le to ove ra idly and in 1993 the inaugural eeting o

the fore t steward hi Council (fsC) wa held in oronto. he

idea wa that fsC would draw u an overall li t o princi le and

Criteria (p&C) or u taina le ore t anage ent and that the e

would then e ela orated u on in individual countrie . o en ure

the veracity o the la el on delivered aterial there would al o

need to e ean or onitoring the chain o cu tody ro ore t

to con u er. With the e in lace e ort would then e ade,

oth internationally and within countrie , to a ly re ure on

retailer and ajor u er o ti er roduct to only urcha ela elled aterial.

n the develo ed world the ti er trade wa y athetic ut

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tanding inde endent organi ation, e arate ro oth the fsC

and the ore t and ti er indu trie , ut on which all intere t

are re re ented and in which agree ent u t e y con en u .

KW s al o co ed with the ro le o all owner y

introducing the conce t o grou certi cation.

KW s ee ed to rovide a odel that could e ollowed

el ewhere, indeed the ore t and ti er indu try wa keen

that thi hould e o. However, in any countrie o northernand central uro e local fsC grou ee ed reluctant to take

thi route. egotiation eca e ore raught, articularly over

all owner (nothing would e achieved y in i ting that every

owner o a ew hectare o tree ut 5% into con ervation) and,

increa ingly, over owner hi o the roce . ccordingly, in the

year that fsC nternational eventually endor ed the KW s

(1999), re re entative o u tria, belgiu , Czech e u lic,

france, finland, reland, orway, portugal, s ain, sweden and

switzerland ca e together to et u the pan uro ean fore t

Certi cation progra e (p fC), now rena ed the progra e

or the ndor e ent o fore t Certi cation che e a countrie

ro other art o the world eca e e er .

p fC ai to achieve co ati ility etween credi le and

inde endent ore t certi cation y te and to i le ent and

a eguard con i tently high tandard or u taina le ore t

anage ent around the glo e. n it ca e, a indeed in fsC ,

the tandard or u taina le ore t anage ent te ro

the io agree ent. io wa not an end in it el ut et u a

erie o roce e around the world to take the agree ent

orward. perha a certain e arra ent at not achieving a

inding convention gave ur to thi develo ent. n uro e,

the roce wa taken orward y the mini terial Con erence

on the protection o the fore t o uro e (mCpf ), the econd

con erence o which took lace in Hel inki the year a ter io. he

Hel inki gree ent laid out the Criteria and ndictor (C& ) or

u taina le ore t anage ent in uro e and the e were urther

develo ed at the third con erence, in i on in 1998, whichlaid out the pan- uro ean erational evel uideline (p )

or u taina ility. si ilar roce e have gone on el ewhere, or

exa le the montreal proce or non- uro ean te erate and

oreal ore t and the ara oto proce or azonian ore t .

n each ca e, the e a roved criteria and guideline rovide

the a i or the ore t anage ent co it ent required y

p fC i it i to acce t a certi cation che e (there i al o a

tandard rotocol or chain o cu tody cer ti cation).

so e 33 countrie ro ix continent are now art o the p fC

council and 24 o the e have develo ed certi cation che ethat have gone through the p fC roce o a e ent and

endor e ent that allow the to la el ti er with the p fC

logo. a con equence, over 200 illion hectare o ore t are

now within the p fC che e, there eing a urther 90 illion

hectare covered y fsC (involving 45 countrie ). oth

che e ari e ro the a e ource, the di erence in content

and ethodology are ini al.

p fC doe not ee it el a a le rigorou organi ation than fsC;

although other ay try to argue that it i (the two are acce ted

a equivalent y o t o the uro ean govern ent who have

et out ti er rocure ent olicie ). ather, the need or p fC

aro e ro the act that individual countrie were utting orward

their own che e (o ten a ter ailing to reach agree ent with

fsC) and o it wa clearly nece ary to a e and olice the e

che e to en ure that they achieve and aintain the tandard

o u taina le ore t anage ent that ti er retailer and

con u er de and in the o t- io world. p fC ee it el a an

alternative, not a a co etitor, to fsC. perha in a er ect world

there ight e only one la elling organi ation ut it would have

to e inde endently owned i the tru t o all intere ted artie i

to e aintained. meanwhile, with le than 300 illion o the

World al o t 4000 illion hectare o ore t certi ed, there i

till a ig ta k ahead o u all.

Hugh G Miller b , Dsc, f Cfor, f s

Hugh Miller is a Chartered Forester, Emeritus Professor of Forestry

at the University of Aberdeen and a Director of PEFC UK.

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. . . y carpo t code ( or sat av u er ) b40 1Travelling North on the m42, exit at Junction 6 and ollow the

ign to he C. nce on ite, ollow the ign or ate 3.Travelling South on the m42, exit at Junction 6 and ollow ign to

he C. nce on ite, ollow the ign or ate 3.Travelling South on the m6, exit at Junction 4 and ollow ign to

he C. nce on ite, ollow the ign or ate 3.Travelling North on the m6, exit at Junction 4, kee to the le t and

ollowing ign to he C. nce on ite, ollow ign or ate 3.

Car parkinghe car ark allocated to the p fC meeting i Hall 16 car ark.

When you arrive on the C ite, ollow the car ark ign orate 3. you have a a enger who i a wheelchair u er and ha

wheelchair di cultie , we reco end that you dro the o attriu entrance 2 via ate 3 e ore you ark your car on Hall 16.

How to get to the C. . .

he p fC Council (progra e or the ndor e ent o fore tCerti cation che e ) i an inde endent, non- ro t, non-govern-

ental organi ation, ounded in 1999 which ro ote u tain-a ly anaged ore t through inde endent third arty certi cation.

he p fC rovide an a urance echani to urcha er o woodand a er roduct that they are ro oting the u taina le anage-

ent o ore t .

p fC i a glo al u rella organi ation or the a e ent and utualrecognition o national ore t certi cation che e develo ed in a

ulti- takeholder roce . he e national che e uild u on theinter-govern ental roce e or the ro otion o u taina le ore t

anage ent, a erie o on-going echani u orted y 149govern ent in the world covering 85% o the world ore t area.

p fC ha in it e er hi 35 inde endent national ore tcerti cation y te o which 24 to date have een through arigorou a e ent roce involving u lic con ultation and theu e o inde endent a e or to rovide the a e ent on which

utual recognition deci ion are taken y the e er hi . he e24 y te account or ore than 200 illion hectare o certi ed

ore t roducing illion o tonne o certi ed ti er to the arket

lace aking p fC the world large t certi cation y te . he othernational e er che e are at variou tage o develo ent andare working toward utual recognition under the p fC roce e .

Vision world in which eo le anage ore t u taina ly.

Missiono give ociety con dence that eo le anage ore t u taina ly.

Purposehrough the endor e ent o national certi cation y te , p fCotivate and ena le eo le to u taina ly anage their ore t

and work to rovide a arket or the roduct o tho e ore t .

Core Values and Beliefse ect or all ore t owner hi tructure , and the ocial, cultural,

environ ental and econo ic value they rovidee ect or the ocial, in ra tructure o ore t a ed co unitie

belie in co-o eration, o enne and tran arencye ect or the tenet o ederali

belie in ree and air arket y tebelie in ulti- takeholder artici ationCo it ent to excellence and continuou i rove ent.

Principlescce t when other are right and ad it when we are wrong

build alliance around co on cau eecogni e the i ortance o econo ic, ocial and environ ental

realitiee ect intergovern ental and other international roce ee ect relation hi within the p fC co unityct with hone ty and integrity.

. . . y traino travel y train to he C, your de tination tation i

bir ingha nternational. plea e check e ore etting out that yourtrain to at thi tation, a o e do not.

n arrival at bir ingha nternational, take the ridgelink ro thetation to he C ollowing the ign . he e calator or li t at the

end o the ridgelink will take you down to the ain piazza. followthe ign or your event to the relevant uite.

. . . y air requent sky ail ran er ervice run etween the ir ort and

bir ingha nternational rain station. follow the ridgelink and

ign ro the tation to he C. he e calator or li t at the endo the ridgelink will take you down to the ain piazza. follow the

ign or your event to the relevant uite.

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