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Our goal is to make you proud to say: “Our auditor is The Plum Line.”
Auditing Services The Plum Line Approach to Auditing is open, fair, and rigorous. Our audit process is always transparent to help us work constructively with you to objectively determine conformance to your chosen standard.
The key to a successful auditis confidence in the audit team. The Plum Line principals bring over 40 years of broad forestry experience to the audit process and have been involved with the Sustainable Forestry Initiative® and other sustainable forest management systems since 1995. Both principals are ISO 14001 lead-auditor trained and qualified SFIS lead auditors. Our auditors are all fully trained natural resource professionals who know how to work in a team. Our audits are focused on your chosen standard, not our forest management or policy preferences. We use our expertise only to determine conformance between the audit standard and your policies, procedures, and performance. We work in dialogue with you to discover evidence to determine conformance so that you:
To meet your audit needs, The Plum Line can conduct both second- and third-party audits. In all cases, we are prepared to help you to clarify:
- always know where you stand,
- can challenge our interpretations, and
- can present new evidence relating to the issue at hand.
In addition, we are prepared to work with any accredited or certifying organization regarding your interests in the CSA, FSC, ISO, or SFI forest management systems.
- your purpose, goals, and objectives for the audit,
- the kind of audit you need,
- permissible claims about your audit, and
- implications for marketing and product labeling.
As in all our work, The Plum Line is committed to the highest standards for forest management system audits. Our plans and reports are brief, clear, and to the point. We are proud to complete audits in a timely and efficient manner with minimal disruption of your activities while avoiding any suggestion of a conflict of interest. We strive for a reputation as fair, knowledgeable, and rigorous forest auditing leaders.
With over 40 years of experience through its principals, The Plum Line is the right choice for your forest certification needs.
Qualified Certifiers for the Sustainable Forestry Initiative®
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