CMO's global reach spans nine countries, and our experienced team has a presence in over eighty nations across the globe. Our unwavering commitment lies in promoting transparency, legality, and safety throughout the international supply chain for forest products. We are dedicated to leveling the playing field for responsible stakeholders, including small growers and businesses, by assisting them in accessing the global market for sustainably produced forest products.
Boasting an esteemed team of forestry and technology experts, CMO is well-equipped to address the various challenges and risks encountered by forest owners worldwide. Our comprehensive solutions are designed to support sustainable practices and uphold the integrity of the global forestry supply chain.
We empower millions of small growers to grow billions of trees!
At CMO, we offer comprehensive forest management, planning, and monitoring services, as well as technical training and consultation within the forestry sector. With our wealth of expertise, we assist our clients in achieving their sustainability objectives. In addition to our technical training and consulting, we specialise in implementing and managing Forest Stewardship Council™ (FSC™), PEFC forest management and chain of custody group schemes on a global scale.
Additionally, we offer European Union Deforestation Regulation due diligence solutions, to ensure that you can trade into the EU with the peace-of-mind that your forest products are produced legally and deforestation-free. Our goal is to promote responsible forest management practices and ensure the traceability of certified forest products throughout the supply chain and combine this with nature-based carbon solutions, to mitigate climate change and make the world a better place.
We facilitate online trading of certified forest products, making it convenient for businesses and consumers to access responsibly sourced materials. Through our deep forestry, certification and carbon knowledge, combined with world-class software solutions, we are the only company in the world making forest certification and trading simple, affordable and scalable.
CMO's FSC licence codes: FSC-C140298, FSC-C150700, FSC-C155102, FSC-C151846, FSC-C172532
Headed up by Andrew McEwan, the CMO Technical Services Division offers technical guidance to help growers achieve and maintain FSC/PEFC compliance. As a global leader in forestry training and services over the past two decades, CMO takes pride in the support we offer the forest industry.
Headed up by Michal Brink, the strength of CMO's Compliance Management Division lies in the combination of the power of our Empower software solution to run FSC certified operations, our extensive experience and know-how of forest certification and our broad technical knowledge of forestry.
CMO offers certification services through the FSC Group Scheme Model, as acquiring FSC/PEFC forest management (FM) certification for individual farmers or single sites can be costly. Our group scheme approach allows multiple forest owners/managers across a country to share the certification expenses while benefiting from CMO's technical expertise and support.
FSC/PEFC certification entails thorough evaluations of company policies and procedures, as well as field implementation, to ensure compliance with social, environmental, and economic requirements.
CMO can combine an FSC FM Group scheme certificate with an FSC Ecosystem Services claim and a FSC Chain of Custody (CoC) Group scheme certificate, enabling the FSC claim to be transferred throughout the supply chain.
CMO offers several options for Group Scheme services:
CMO owns and operates the group scheme, as previously described. In most current certificates, CMO holds the FSC certificate on behalf of all its members.
The organisation owns the group scheme but outsources its full management and administration to CMO, utilising CMO's software and expertise.
The organisation owns and manages the group scheme, employing CMO's software on a license fee basis.
CMO has produced an end-to-end solution to ensure peace of mind that such forest products are legitimately entering the EU in terms of the EUDR requirements.
Headed up by Ciska Terblanche, we specifically focus on nature-based carbon solutions.
High-integrity voluntary carbon markets enable private financing to protect forests and support the transition to a low-carbon global economy. CMO identifies, assesses, and develops nature-based carbon projects for voluntary carbon markets. Our goal is to protect and enhance ecosystem biodiversity through nature-based carbon solutions.
CMO Group and its consultants have extensive experience in carbon project development and trading emission reductions. We emphasise the importance of high-quality credits for buyers and strive to develop projects that deliver high-integrity carbon credits.
We have in-depth knowledge of forestry conditions and offer services to assist businesses in developing internationally accredited Voluntary Emission Reduction (VER) projects, generating carbon credits for trade in the voluntary carbon market.
We offer end-to-end services for carbon project development, guiding you from the initial concept through to monitoring and control, while also assisting with securing necessary financing.
Headed up by our CTO Daniel von Heynitz, CMO Digital is leveraging cutting-edge technology to develop the digital backbone for sustainable forestry and supply chain management
Our comprehensive approach includes all phases of product development, from requirement gathering to system and user interface design, and full-stack implementation.
ForestTrader connects growers, traders, and buyers from around the world, offering market alignment, integrity, and convenience. Participants include small and large growers, traders, and buyers, both within and outside of our Group Schemes.
Endorsed by key market players, including regulatory bodies, sellers, buyers, and traders, ForestTrader helps build credibility and grow portfolios for connecting with more credible buyers and sellers. The platform rewards meritocracy, with every user action recorded, analysed, and made transparent to add credibility.
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