The Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) is an international non-profit, non-governmental organization dedicated to promoting Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) through independent third-party certification.

PEFC works throughout the entire forest supply chain to promote good practice in the forest and to ensure that timber and non-timber forest products are produced with respect for the highest ecological, social and ethical standards. Thanks to its  eco-label, customers and consumers are able to identify products from sustainably managed forests.

PEFC is an umbrella organization. It works by endorsing national forest certification systems developed through multi-stakeholder processes and tailored to local priorities and conditions. With 39 endorsed national certification systems and more than 300 million hectares of certified forests, PEFC is the world’s largest forest certification system.

Each national forest certification system undergoes rigorous third-party assessmentagainst PEFC’s unique Sustainability Benchmarks to ensure consistency with international requirements.

Weathertex production operations are controlled under an SAI Global Certified ISO 9001 Quality Management System. The Quality Management Principals from the ISO 9001 System are used as a foundation towards performance improvement.

BRANZ Appraisals are robust, in-depth independent evaluations for building products and systems to be deemed fit for purpose and Building Code compliant.

A BRANZ Appraisal is a tool that facilitates market acceptance. It gives confidence to building specifiers, Regulatory Bodies, Building Consent Authorities and Building Officials during the building and consent process.

Weathertex has the following BRANZ appraisal numbers: 511, 512, 513 and 514.

Studies that make connections between toxic products and human health issues speak for themselves, says David Baggs, CEO and Technical Director of Global GreenTag, at the launch of the ecolabel’s new Product Health Declaration™ or PhD tool in Sydney at Total Facilities 2017.  Ethically, GreenTag did not want to sit on worrying statistics much longer without doing something about it.

“GreenTag’s PhD is a radical entry into the market but it is also very necessary because it addresses human health concerns directly – we have the first system globally to assess the health impacts of the final product – and not just the hazards of the ingredients.”

GreenTag’s PhD, he said, is finally going to push for transparency to disclose risks and hazards in products used in workplaces and, in Australian homes too.

You can read the full article from Global GreenTag here.

Weathertex has been recently added to the International Living Future Institute Declare Label database.

“We are pleased to be part of the Declare Label program.” said Jason O’Hagan, Managing Director for Weathertex. “Product transparency is extremely important especially in the building industry.  At Weathertex we provide our customers with third party product accreditations such as Global GreenTag certifications, Product Health Declarations (PhD), EPDs and now Declare Label.”

Declare is a voluntary self-disclosure program aiming to transform the building materials industry towards healthier products through ingredient transparency, according to Living Future Institute Australia.  See Weathertex Declare Label information.

Avis Technique and QB quality management certification are both important certifications in the export market. A Technical Appraisal (ATec) is an assessment formed by a group of experts representative of the construction industry, referred to as a Specialized Group (GS in French), on the fitness for use of innovative systems used in building. Technical Appraisals are issued by the Commission Responsible for Issuing Technical Appraisals (CCFAT) (Article 8 of the order of March 21, 2012).