GFA Certification GmbH with headquarters in Hamburg, Germany, is one of the leading and highly specialized certification bodies in the fields of FSC®- and PEFC™ certification services. Since it’s founding in 1999 GFA has certified more than 900 companies from the wood/paper and forestry sector managing approx. 10 mil. ha of forest area in 37 countries worldwide including Germany, USA, China, Vietnam and Russia according to FSC and PEFC™ standards. Further GFA offers legality verification services for wood products and verification of Due Diligence Systems (EUTR). The global network of staff, auditors and clients enables GFA to carry out certification worldwide, at short notice and cost-effectively. (FSC® A000511 and PEFC/04-04-0099)