Forest Products Industry Group

Sustainability - The New Business Focus.

The need to manage forests in an environmentally sound way is an increasingly important issue for forest products businesses. Maintaining healthy forests will not only provide the wood and paper products that are essential to today’s business, but will also provide for the needs of future generations. To ensure our forests are protected, the American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) developed the Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI) program in 1994. The SFI® is based on the premise that environmentally responsible forest and business practices can be integrated to the benefit of landowners, shareholders, customers, and the public at large.

Why Moss Adams?

Moss Adams has the credentials and know-how to provide sustainable forestry audit and verification services to public and private forestland owners. Our approach blends the accounting, auditing, and forest products experience of Moss Adams. The following are a few of the reasons why to choose Moss Adams:

A large talent pool of certified public accountants and foresters who have performed substantial attestation and audit work for medium to large sized companies
A holistic service approach designed to take you every step of the way – from project inception to completion
ISO14000 series knowledge and experience – we can help you with every facet of the compliance and registration process
Experience providing environmental as well as social responsibility verification services

What We Can Do For You.

With over 90 years of involvement with the forest products industry, Moss Adams is uniquely qualified to provide the following audit and verification services under the SFI® program:

Complete full-service, third-party verification of compliance with SFI® objectives, performance measures, and indicators
Assist with design of in-house first party or second party SFI® audit and verification procedures
Complete auditing requirements for compliance with SFI® primary or secondary producer labeling standards
Provide pre-audit reviews for compliance with the principles of SFI® sustainability
Provide continuing assessment, monitoring, and re-verification services to SFI® program participants in keeping with the requirements of their certification