Compliance - Forestry

Canfor monitors incidents of non-compliance and categorizes them by severity according to the following criteria:

High Significance: 

• Has caused serious environmental damage; or
• Will negatively impact public trust at the provincial level or beyond; or
• Will result in $100,000 or more in total costs, including legal costs, fines, or remediation; or
• Will result in a potential loss of certification due to a major non-conformance identified during an external audit.

Medium Significance: 

• Has caused moderate environmental damage; or
• Will negatively impact public trust locally; or
• Will result in $15,000 or more in total costs, including legal costs, fines, or remediation.
• Result of a breakdown or failure to comply with multiple operational plans and/or FMS processes or procedures.

Low Significance:

• Has caused minimal environmental damage;
• Will not affect local public trust; and
• Will result in less than $15,000 in total costs, including legal costs, fines, or remediation.
• Result of a breakdown or failure to comply with an operational plan or an FMS process or procedure.

In 2014, in our forestry operations, we recorded to following occurrences of non-compliance