The Evolution of Good Wood Systems

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The Evolution of Good Wood Systems
The Forests Dialogue
Hong Kong March 8-10th
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In March 1999. today
No systems
No idea
No compromise
No choice
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First steps
In-factory COC systems
Document audit looking back
Buying FSC wood
Buying KLS, TWS
Document audit Wood Origin Control
3rd party audit of COC
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Lessons
Document sets COC are only part of the solution
3rd party auditing is important but has some big
holes

• The day in the sun phenomenon

• Frequency

• Depth

• Historical

• If a factory wants to fraud, nothing we can do

• Auditors knowledge e.g. legal docs, general
  context

• Conflict of interest???

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Lessons cont.
Need a system that
Overcomes the frequency, depth, historical, cost
issues
Really controls wood origin pinpoints it
accurately
Better supports 3rd party monitors
Is open transparent
Excludes illegal wood BEFORE production
Minimises potential conflict of interest
possibilities
Managed by people that know the broad context
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Good Wood Good Business
Obj Exclude Illegal Wood from Product Supply
Chains
A Wood Control System Approach

• Wood Policy

• Procurement program

• Chain of Custody COC

• Wood Origin Control WOC

7 Elements

• Internal audit

• 3rd party audit

• Reporting system

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Good Wood Good Business
Obj Exclude Illegal Wood from Product Supply
Chains
A Wood Control System Approach

• Project Team

• Communications Program

• Work out baseline

6 Steps

• Develop a Wood Policy

• Take Action

• Achieve Targets

www.tropicalforesttrust.com
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TFTs Role
2nd party audit
Acting for Buyer
Already paid for with membership fees
Identifying factories, forests
Training factories, forests
Stump to finished product COC
Constant, on-going monitoring
Preparing the ground for the 3rd party auditors
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Next Steps
The WCS Approach is good but.

• Its still a manual system so theres a heavy
  work load

• Paper based rather than electronic

• High frequency but still not constant checking

• Still open to some conflict

So, introducing
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Cutting edge CIS technology developed by Helveta
to capture data in near real-time from remote
locations
Working in other sectors
Uses IPAQ handhelds, barcodes/RFIDs, local/sat
comms the internet
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How it works
1. Pre-harvest tree mapping using barcode and
electronic data capture
2. Handheld connects to comms (sat or landline)
that night
3. Data uploads to central server gt internet,
manipulation, reporting
4. When trees are felled, log data captured and
again uploaded that night
5. Syndrome recognition tests for
non-compliances
6. All data visible on internet, eminently
configurable
7. Alerts dispatched red, yellow, green
8. Field checks reporting, red, yellow, green
9. Whenever logs are moved, data is captured,
uploaded, displayed, tested, alerts, field
checks, reporting IN REAL TIME!!
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Delivers
Effective COC WOC

• Tag/RFID based system pinpoints tree/log
  location and attributes

• Low cost, robust flexible field hand held

Internal auditing

• Full-time compliance detection

• Full-time non-compliance prediction

• Full-time targeted alert notification

• Full-time Web based compliance reports

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Delivers
3rd party auditing

• 3rd party verification through same web interface

• Access to partial or entire supply chain data

• No alerts but ability to view non-compliance
  events and actions taken to rectify

• Full-time compliance monitoring reduces need for
  spot checks

• Smarter, better targeted site visits

Stakeholder reporting

• Access to range of info reports, any time,
  user friendly website

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Next steps

• Stump to factory gate proof of concept in a
  range of field locations

• Developing in-factory system for a range of
  products

• Getting it out there in the market spotting
  non-compliances

TracElite Always OnTM is the ultimate in
transparent wood sourcing solutions
We believe
It really will help stamp out illegal logging
We look forward to telling you all about it in
the future