ASSESSMENT OF CHAIN-OF-CUSTODY CERTIFICATION COSTS FOR SAWNWOOD MANUFACTURERS IN PENINSULAR MALAYSIA
In response to environmental concerns, over the past two decades, many environmental organisations, government entities, wood product manufacturers and other companies in wood products supply chains have developed standards to encourage consumers to purchase wood originating from certified sustainab...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of tropical forest science 2011-04, Vol.23 (2), p.159-165 |
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Zusammenfassung: | In response to environmental concerns, over the past two decades, many environmental organisations, government entities, wood product manufacturers and other companies in wood products supply chains have developed standards to encourage consumers to purchase wood originating from certified sustainable forests. This paper focuses on the chain-of-custody (CoC) component of certification. A study involving sawnwood manufacturers in Malaysia was conducted to determine an accurate cost of obtaining a Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC) CoC certificate. There are three types of costs to obtain a MTCC—CoC certificate: (1) cost to meet CoC standard or requirement (an indirect cost), (2) auditing cost (a direct cost) and (3) surveillance visit cost (a direct cost). Results indicated that the cost to meet CoC standard is the major component involving 96% of the total cost of certification, whereas the auditing and surveillance visit each only involved 2% of the total certification cost. None of the three CoC costs were statistically correlated with company size (as measured by annual sales) but there was a statistically significant relationship between cost of surveillance visit and company size when measured by annual production. Sebagai menangani isu alam sekitar, sepanjang dua dekad yang lalu, banyak organisasi bukan kerajaan, agensi kerajaan, pengeluar keluaran kayu dan syarikat-syarikat dalam rantaian penawaran industri keluaran kayu telah membentuk piawai untuk menggalak pengguna membeli kayu berasal daripada hutan mampan yang bersijil. Kajian ini dijalankan ke atas syarikat-syarikat kayu gergaji yang memperoleh sijil Chain-of-Custody (CoC) daripada Majlis Persijilan Kayu Negara (MTCC) bagi menentukan kos untuk mendapatkan sijil CoC. Keputusan daripada analisis data menunjukkan bahawa terdapat tiga jenis kos untuk memperoleh sijil MTCC—CoC iaitu: (i) kos untuk memenuhi piawaian atau keperluan CoC, (ii) kos audit dan (iii) kos lawatan pemerhatian. Kos untuk memenuhi piawai CoC dikategorikan sebagai kos tidak langsung dan kos utama, manakala kos untuk audit dan kos lawatan pemerhatian merupakan kos langsung syarikat. Analisis hubungan ekonometrik menunjukkan bahawa kos keperluan dan penilaian syarikat kayu gergaji tidak berkait dengan saiz syarikat yang diukur melalui hasil jualan tahunan. Bagaimanpun analisis menunjukkan terdapat hubungan yang signifikan antara kos lawatan pemerhatian dengan saiz syarikat. |
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ISSN: | 0128-1283 2521-9847 |