We will always work collaboratively with our partners to ensure the
long-term health of the forest.
GreenFirst Forest Products subscribes to internationally recognized forestry standards with third party verification across our operations. In Canada, we operate across 6.1 million hectares of public and private forestlands, the majority owned by the Ontario provincial government in accordance with Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®) (FSC®-C167905) Chain-of-Custody certification. To supply our manufacturing plants, we secure fiber from both public and private lands and procure from responsible sources through chain of custody certifications to ensure sustainable manufacturing.
Chapleau, Timmins and Cochrane is responsible for forest management planning and forestry operations on the Martel and Romeo Malette Forests located in northeastern Ontario.
GreenFirst Forest Products in Kapuskasing is responsible for forest management planning and forestry operations on the Gordon Cosens Forest.
GreenFirst Forest Products in Chapleau, Timmins and Cochrane is responsible for forest management planning and forestry operations on the Martel and Romeo Malette Forests located in northeastern Ontario.
GreenFirst Forest Products is an Abitibi River Forest Management Inc. (ARFMI) shareholder. ARFMI holds the sustainable forest license (SFL) for the Abitibi River Forest (ARF). As a shareholder, GreenFirst has harvesting and consumption rights on wood harvested on the ARF.
GreenFirst Forest Products is also a shareholder with Clergue Forest Management Inc. Clergue holds the sustainable forest license (SFL) for the Algoma Forest. As a Clergue shareholder, GreenFirst has harvesting and consumption rights on wood harvested on the Algoma Forest.
GreenFirst Forest Products is a shareholder in the HFMI co-op and maintains harvesting and consumption rights on wood harvested on the Hearst Forest. The Gordon Cosens and Hearst Forests supply conifer fibre to the paper mill and sawmill complex in Kapuskasing, the sawmill in Hearst, as well as other non-company owned mills in the region. GreenFirst ensures that its forestry operations are conducted in a manner which ensures the safety of its employees and the public while protecting the environment.
The GCF has been certified under the National Forest management standard of the Forest Stewardship Council®(FSC®) since 2003. It was the first public forest FSC certified in the Boreal region of Canada. The Hearst Forest has been certified since 2011.
| FSC | Certificate SGS-FM/COC-010661 Licence FSC®-C092691 | Hearst Forest |
| FSC | Certificate NC-FM/COC-000241 Licence FSC®-C006798 | Gordon Cosens Forest |
The Martel and Romeo Malette Forests have been certified under the National Boreal Standard of the Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®) since 2006. The Abitibi River Forest has been FSC certified since 2013. The Algoma Forest has been FSC certified since 2005.
| FSC | Certificate SGS-FM/COC-010604 Licence FSC®-C011339 | GreenFirst Forest Products – Martel Forest |
| FSC | Certificate SGS-FM/COC-011965 Licence FSC®-C100637 | GreenFirst Forest Products – Northern Ontario East (NOE) Romeo Malette Forest |
| FSC | Certificate SAI-FM/COC-003045 Licence FSC®-C113765 | Abitibi River Forest Management Inc. |
| FSC | Certificate BV-FM/COC-407103 Licence FSC®-C005080 | Clergue Forest Management Inc. |
