Preferred Companies

McCoy's Environmental Partners

McCoy's gives preference to companies, landowners and loggers who practice and encourage sustainable forest management. We recognize that there are a variety of different, credible sustainable forestry management systems in place throughout North America and the world:

• The American Tree Farm System and other similar programs encourage and promote forestry excellence on non-industrial private forestlands

• The Canadian Standards Association promotes sustainable forestry practices on large private and government-owned forests in Canada

• The Sustainable Forestry Initiative program promotes the practice of sustainable forestry on all lands, regardless of size or ownership, and recognizes the importance of landowner outreach and landowner education in achieving a broad commitment to wise forest use. Integrated with an independent third-party review, SFISM results in a credible process

• The Forest Stewardship Council program is designed to reduce tropical deforestation and promote well-managed forests in developing countries

• The Pan European Forest Certification System has demonstrated a commitment to sustainable forestry on lands in Europe