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VRIKSH COC Certification
Proactive forest managers, manufacturers and wood product traders are responding to a growing number of timber legality regulations by seeking third-party verification of their timber products’ legal status. Verification helps your organization to comply with the International regulations such as the US Lacey Act, the European Union Timber Regulation, the Australian Illegal Logging Prohibition Act, and so on. VRIKSH which is an EPCH timber legality assessment and verification standard for verification of legality and legal origin of wood and wooden products is intended for entities who want to accurately track and make claims about the legal origin and transport of their products. GICIA India Pvt Ltd provides Vriksh Certification in association with Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts (EPCH) as a third party certification body. At present nearly 500+ exporters, traders and saw millers dealing in handicraft and furniture items have been benefited. For more information please http://vrikshindia.in/index.php/user/index
Benefits:
- Supports compliance with EUTR and other International Timber Regulations.
Well Documented Process - Worldwide presence through a web-based registry
- Legality verification of diverse wood origin sources.
- Ensures traceability of material through the system.
- Increased confidence of buyers
- Enhanced visibility
- Increased market access due to the ability to put certified products in the market.
- Application
- Application Review: –
- EPCH reviews the submitted application to verify the applicant’s readiness for certification.
- This process includes checking compliance with documentation requirements, product traceability practices, and adherence to legal sourcing regulations.
- Any discrepancies or missing information are communicated to the applicant for correction or additional submission.
- Once the necessary corrections are made, the application is uploaded to the portal for a final review by the GIPL team.
3. Agreement and Preparation of Documents: –
- After the final review, the agreements and documents are shared with the client by the GIPL team.
- Main Assessment/Onsite Audit: –
- An onsite audit is conducted by auditors to evaluate the implementation of CoC requirements.
- After the onsite audit, a detailed audit report is prepared by the auditors.
- This report is reviewed internally by the GIPL’s Technical Reviewer to ensure fairness, accuracy, and consistency before moving forward.
- Report Preparation and Review
- Certification Decision: –
- If the organization demonstrates compliance with all requirements and addresses any non-conformities, the Vriksh CoC certificate is issued.
- Annual Surveillance: –
- Re-Evaluation Assessment and Renewal of validity
- The certification is valid for the period of 5 years (4 consecutive Surveillance Audits with fee applicable).
- After the completion of 1st cycle, Re-evaluation is conducted for renewal of the certificate.
- For more information kindly visit the official website: http://vrikshindia.in/index.php/user/index