ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICES
Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) Sustainably managed forests provide many benefits to society: employment for hundreds of thousands workers, a viable tax base that supports thousands of communities, essential building and paper products, and numerous recreational opportunities. A commitment to provide these social benefits extends to promoting human health and safety; providing employee training and education; protecting air and water quality, soil, wildlife; protecting unique resources; and communicating the benefits of the practice of sustainable forestry to the general public. The SFI standard reflects this commitment to social responsibility through a set of principals, objectives, performance measures, and indicators. CSA Chain of Custody (PEFC Annex 4) The public, consumer groups and the marketplace continue to drive the demand for certified forest products originating from certified forests. Chain of custody is the tracking of forest products originating from a registered defined forest area (DFA) through all phases of ownership, transportation and transformation from the DFA of origin to the end consumer. ISO 14001:2004 (EMS) It’s purpose is to enable an organization of any type or size to develop and implement a policy committing it to prevent pollution, compliance with legal and other requirements, and continual improvement. The realization of this commitment will be a management system that recognizes and manages the primary environmental issues through awareness and assessment of applicable legal requirements, objectives for improvement, assigning of roles and responsibilities, competent personnel, communications, procedures, controls and monitoring, emergency response capability, self correction, and assessment, and internal reviews. These procedures are based on a PLAN-DO-CHECK-ACT cycle. CSA—Canadian Standards Association EMS—Environmental Management System ISO—International Organization for Standardization PEFC— Program for the Endorsement of Forest Certification SFM—Sustainable Forest Management Apollo's Environmental Policy - Updated April 2009 Apollo’s ISO 14001:2004 certification
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In 2001 Apollo developed an Environmental Management System (EMS) that was specific to its woodlands operations in Fort St. James. A year later, Apollo's EMS was third party certified by QMI to the 
