PEFC certified acoustic panels
Troldtekt is PEFC certified (PEFC/09-31-030). This means that we supply certified acoustic panels with wood from documented sustainable forests that live up to the PEFC principles.
We only ever use certified wood to produce our Troldtekt acoustic panels. This means that the finished Troldtekt acoustic panels are either PEFC or FSC certified. All of the timber is PEFC certified, while some of it is also FSC certified.
PEFC (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification) is the world's largest certification scheme for responsible forestry, founded in 1999. It is an approved and recognised ecolabel for wood for consumers.
Today, the global PEFC is the largest umbrella organisation for forest certification, and is present in more than 50 countries, including Denmark, where the wood for Troldtekt acoustic panels is sourced.
PEFC certification is based on a number of principles for forestry:
- maintenance or enhancement of biodiversity
- protection of ecologically important forest areas
- prohibition of forest conversions, exclusion of certification of plantation operations resulting from forest conversions
- prohibition of genetically modified trees and most hazardous chemicals
- protection of workers’ rights and welfare and the promotion of local employment
- recognition of free, prior and informed consent (FPIC), the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and ILO Convention 169 on indigenous and tribal peoples
- respect for property and land tenure rights as well as customary and traditional rights
- provisions for consultation with local people and stakeholders
- compliance with all applicable legislation
- requires companies to demonstrate compliance with social, health and safety requirements in traceability certification.
Furthermore, the scheme has a high level of stakeholder involvement. PEFC:
- strictly separates the process of developing standards, certification and accreditation to ensure complete independence and impartiality
- calls for the development of national forest certification standards, to be developed in an open process in which all interested parties have the opportunity to participate
- recognises the importance of the major stakeholder groups as defined by Agenda 21 (CSD Major Groups)
- National standards are required to undergo both national and international consultations and a third-party evaluation before they can be approved by the PEFC
- all national certification systems must be regularly audited.
