Registration Audit (December 2005)
Teal Cedar Products Ltd. operations in Honeymoon Bay (southwest Vancouver Island) and Dryland Sort Facility at Duke Point, were successfully registered following an audit in December 2005. The audit was conducted by Quality Management Institute (QMI) in order to assess compliance with the CAN/CSA Z809-2002 Sustainable Forest Management standard and PEFC Annex 4 Chain of Custody Standard.
The following is a summary of the audit results:
- All of the applicable requirements of the CAN/CSA-Z809-2002 and PEFC Annex 4 (Chain of Custody) were audited and considered to be adequately implemented.
- One minor Non-Conformance relating to Checking and Corrective Action was issued.
- Several Positive Aspects of the Management System and Opportunities for improvement were noted.
- No outstanding compliance issues of any significance were noted.
- Southwest Island Public Advisory Group (SIPAG) members felt that their input into SFM plan was well received-felt they had made a definite contribution to the development of the final SFM plan and Values, Objectives Indicators & Targets.
Surveillance Audit (January 2007)
Teal Cedar Products Ltd. operations in Honeymoon Bay (southwest Vancouver Island) and Dryland Sort Facility at Duke Point underwent a surveillance audit in January of 2007. The audit was conducted by Quality Management Institute (QMI) in order to assess compliance with the CAN/CSA Z809-2002 Sustainable Forest Management standard and PEFC Annex 4 Chain of Custody Standard.
The following is a summary of the audit results:
- All of the applicable requirements of the CAN/CSA-Z809-2002 and PEFC Annex 4 (Chain of Custody) were audited and considered to be adequately implemented.
- Zero Non-Conformance (NCR) was noted during the audit.
- The corrective Action Plan for the previous minor non-conformance finding from the 2005 audit was reviewed and closed.
- First Nation participation in the Southwest Island Public Advisory Group was highlighted as a positive aspect of the system. Members expressed a high level of satisfaction with the PAG process and are impressed with willingness of Teal Jones to share information and consider issues that were raised by the PAG and the SFM Planning process in general.
- Several opportunities for improvement were identified.
- Teal continues to maintain a good relationship with MoFR Compliance and Enforcement as well as achieve a good compliance record.
Surveillance Audit (March 2008)
Teal Cedar Products Ltd. Operations in Honeymoon Bay (southwest Vancouver Island) and the Dryland Sort facility in Duke Point underwent a surveillance audit in March of 2008. The audit was conducted by a third party, Quality Management Institute (QMI) in order assess compliance with the CAN/ CSA Z809-2002 Sustainable Forest Management and PEFC Annex 4 Chain of Custody standards. The audit included field tours and office (interviews and file reviews), as well as interviews with members of the public advisory group, First Nations with traditional territory within the DFA and government agencies.
The following is a summary of the audit results:
- All of the applicable requirements of the CAN/ CSA Z809-2002 Sustainable Forest Management standard were considered to be adequately implemented
- The Chain of Custody continues to be adequately established and maintained as per the requirements of the PEFC Annex 4 Chain of Custody standard
- Zero Non-conformances were identified
- Two System Weaknesses were identified in the Sustainable Forest Management audit:
- Teal must ensure there is an indicator under Element 6.1 of the standard that better addresses the requirement to recognize and respect aboriginal and treaty rights
- Teal must ensure there is a statement in the Sustainable Forest Management Plan that identifies that the company is committed to identifying and respecting aboriginal rights within the DFA
- Two System Weaknesses were identified in the Chain of Custody
audit: - Teal must ensure that all suppliers of non-certified logs submit a written statement to identify that the logs received are not from controversial areas
- Teal must ensure that a risk assessment is carried out of all areas where logs are received from to identify if the logs are from high or low risk areas
- Several Opportunities for Improvement and Positive Aspects were also noted
