The modern approach to timber certification – helping both responsible buyers and sellers of legal and acceptable timber products.

CertiSource offers ‘verified legal’ timber certification, using an independent ISO accredited Certification Body to carry out an audit of timber legality against the Certisource Standards, policies and procedures (the ‘Certisource Legality Verification System’).

CertiSource pioneered the commercial application of timber DNA testing, successfully integrating the technology within a timber legality verification system to offer additional scientific proof to verify the Chain of Custody.

As part of our commitment to transparency you can download the most up-to-date register of forest concessions here, and the latest details of each certified shipment here.

Feel free to browse through our Frequently Asked Questions in English or Bahasa Indonesian. If you have any other questions or comments, please send an email to Paul Wilson, or visit the Contact Us page on this website.

Announcements

The Central Point of Expertise on Timber Procurement (CPET) include CertiSource in their recent overview of legality verification systems.

CPET’s website and supporting briefing note also offer advice on legality verification systems in relation to meeting the FLEGT Process, UK Government procurement policy and the EU illegal timber regulation, and includes a comparison of aspects of legality covered by different systems.

 

The New Zealand Government included CertiSource in a recent guide to help businesses source legal timber.

Certification is the only way to be sure which timber products are legal. Members of the New Zealand Imported Tropical Timber Group (ITTG) have all signed up to a charter with the objective that all timber sold by members is legal and from acceptable sources.

Read the New Zealand Gvt. guide