Over the decades, Estonia’s state forest has been managed sustainably. Logging has not exceeded increment; when forestry activities are carried out, efforts have been made to avoid environmental damage as much as possible; and a significant portion of the state forest is strictly protected.
In the international timber trade, certification of the origin of timber has become increasingly important. Many timber products only have a market to sell into if the timber used to make them is certified. To ensure selling opportunities for Estonian timber and products made using it, RMK offers its customers certified timber. RMK has been awarded two sustainable forest management certificates — FSC® and PEFC.
Both are widely recognised global schemes for assessing sustainable forest management, under which compliance with set standards is confirmation that the forest is being managed in a balanced manner, in environmental, social and economic terms. Preference for timber with either label depends on the market.
FSC
Founded to promote the responsible management of the
world’s forests, the FSC® (Forest Stewardship Council) is an international
independent non-government, non-profit organisation.In certification of its compliance with FSC’s requirements, RMK has been issued a forest management and supply chain certificate: Code SW-FM/COC-000176.
FSC licence code is FSC-CO22757
Over the decades, Estonia’s State forest has been managed sustainably. Logging in the forest has not exceeded its increment, forestry works have been conducted with a maximum effort to prevent damage to the natural environment, and a significant proportion of the State forest is under strict protection.
PEFC
The PEFC forest certification scheme was set up in Europe in 1999 to promote sustainable forest management and, above all, to involve smaller forest owners.At the end of 2010, RMK was also awarded the PEFC Sustainable Forest Management certificate. Certification of the state forests under the internationally recognised Estonian PEFC forest standard was conducted by AS Metrosert.
The forest management and supply chains certificate codeissued to RMK is PEFC-002 / A