Emma Hatcher: So just to close off on that, some really useful information about the steps and resources there’s that you can use to use this pathway for certification, and as Neil said they will provide you links to those websites where you can put in the claim numbers and check to see that all that’s legitimate and straightforward. So that pathway pretty much. that’s Nick Housego: Okay. The Regulated Risk Factors? Emma Hatcher: Before we go to that one talk about the Country Specific Guidelines. So got a slide we’ll we’ve now showing. Now Country Specific Guidelines is something pretty unique to our laws. As that’s we touched on before Nick, the definition of illegal logging and what really trying to assess you’re the risk against is whether the timber was harvested in accordance with the laws in the country of harvest. So you need to understand I guess a little bit about what those laws are and what they require, and what the heart of these documents are. They set out what the laws and that’s frameworks are in key supply countries, and give you the tools and information to be able to identify what documents or evidence might be available to you to say this supports ‘Okay. Then that my product has been legally harvested’. got nine Country Specific Guidelines in place, and always looking to negotiate We’ve we’re further ones. with our major supply countries. So trying to cover off those key They’re we’re supply chains. And those nine countries are shown on the slide there. Nick Housego: Okay. Alright. So where can importers find the CSGs? Emma Hatcher: So again our website is the sort of single source of truth for these things. got a We’ve ‘Resources for and that sets out the Country Specific Guidelines which people can Importers’ page, download. Associated with each CSG is a document called a Quick Reference Guide, and that’s a quick two pager which will give you a really nice summary of the information that you might be looking for if wanting to import through that pathway. you’re
Emma Hatcher: So just to close off on that, there’s some really useful information about the steps and resources that you can use to use this pathway for certification, and as Neil said they will provide you links to those websites where you can put in the claim numbers and check to see that that’s all legitimate and straightforward. So that’s that pathway pretty much. Nick Housego: Okay. The Regulated Risk Factors? Emma Hatcher: Before we go to that one we’ll talk about the Country Specific Guidelines. So we’ve got a slide now showing. Now Country Specific Guidelines is something that’s pretty unique to our laws. As we touched on before Nick, the definition of illegal logging and what you’re really trying to assess the risk against is whether the timber was harvested in accordance with the laws in the country of harvest. So you need to understand I guess a little bit about what those laws are and what they require, and that’s what the heart of these documents are. They set out what the laws and frameworks are in key supply countries, and give you the tools and information to be able to identify what documents or evidence might be available to you to say ‘Okay. Then this supports that my product has been legally harvested’. We’ve got nine Country Specific Guidelines in place, and we’re always looking to negotiate further ones. They’re with our major supply countries. So we’re trying to cover off those key supply chains. And those nine countries are shown on the slide there. Nick Housego: Okay. Alright. So where can importers find the CSGs? Emma Hatcher: So again our website is the sort of single source of truth for these things. We’ve got a ‘Resources for Importers’ page, and that sets out the Country Specific Guidelines which people can download. Associated with each CSG is a document called a Quick Reference Guide, and that’s a quick two pager which will give you a really nice summary of the information that you might be looking for if you’re wanting to import through that pathway.
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