In the forestry industry, maintaining a transparent and verifiable chain of custody (CoC) from stump to mill is essential for sustainability, legal compliance, and market access. Certifications like FSC, SFI, and PEFC, along with regulations such as the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), require detailed documentation and traceability of forest products. Waldo offers a comprehensive solution to streamline these processes, ensuring that forestry operations meet all necessary standards efficiently.
Chain of custody refers to the documented and unbroken path that forest products take from the forest to the final consumer. This process ensures that materials are sourced responsibly and legally, providing transparency and accountability at each stage.
Key reasons why CoC is critical:
In forestry, the chain of custody hinges on accurate, timely, and verifiable information about every load moved from the woods to the mill. Traditionally, this information was captured on handwritten trip tickets—slips of paper prone to loss, illegibility, duplication errors, and fraud. These manual processes introduce vulnerabilities that can break the chain of custody, jeopardize certification status, and hinder compliance with regulations like FSC, SFI, and EUDR.
Digital trip tickets solve these challenges by creating a secure, tamper-proof digital record for every load. Each ticket includes job data, product details, transit time stamps,and scanned, AI-verified scale slips, all stored and synced automatically. This not only ensures data integrity and auditability but also eliminates the lag and manual work of collecting, verifying, and submitting physical tickets.
With digital trip tickets, forestry operations can confidently prove the origin, timing, and handling of timber across every stage of the supply chain. This is a foundational step in maintaining a trustworthy chain of custody—and with Waldo, it's built right into daily operations.
Waldo's platform is designed to simplify and automate the complexities of CoC management, offering tools that cater to the needs of certification managers and forestry professionals.
Key features include:
Waldo's solutions are tailored to meet the specific requirements of major certification standards:
Maintaining a robust chain of custody is vital for legal compliance, market access, and environmental responsibility in the forestry industry. Waldo's platform offers a comprehensive suite of tools to streamline CoC management, ensuring that forestry operations can meet certification standards and regulatory requirements with ease.
For more information on how Waldo can support your forestry operations, visit their Certification Managers page.