Chain of Custody

Companies who buy our pulp or paper and use them to make their own products are also concerned about the environmental footprint made by their choices, and this concern is growing.

Chain of custody and product labeling refer to the ability to track wood and wood fibre products through all phases of ownership, processing and transportation, from the forest of origin to the ultimate consumer, whether the products are lumber, pulp or paper.

The integrity of the chain is verified through an independent third-party audit, and these procedures are required in all forestry certification programs.

During 2010, 70% of the pulp that CPLP sold was sold under the PEFC Chain of Custody system and 100% was eligible for sale under the FSC Controlled Wood system. CPLP is actively encouraging its suppliers to adopt FSC Forest Management procedures. As the BC version of the FSC standard is proving very difficult to apply in BC, especially in areas affected by mountain pine beetle, fibre that meets this certification is not yet available in the region from which we source our fibre. In 2011 we expect to be working with other forest stakeholders in the development of a new standard that better reflects the forest conditions throughout BC.

CPLP has established a goal to steadily increase the volume of fibre CPLP gets from all certified sources. CPLP's target is to be obtaining 85% of CPLP fibre from certified sources by 2014.