Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Chain of Custody Certification

Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Chain of Custody Certification

The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) promotes environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests. FSC Chain of Custody certification ensuring that products have met FSC standards from raw materials through processing, transformation, manufacturing, and distribution. There are 7 different FSC logos you might encounter:

  • FSC 100% - Products from forests certified as meeting the FSC Standards
  • FSC Recycled - Products which support re-use of forest resources and use only postconsumer reclaimed material in accordance with FSC standards.
  • FSC Mixed Sources (from well managed forests and other controlled sources)
  • FSC Mixed Sources (from well managed forests, controlled sources, and recycled wood or fibre)*
  • FSC Mixed Sources (from well managed forests and recycled wood or fibre)*
Products with the FSC Mixed Sources label contain at least 70% FSC certified and recycled material. * Label may include recycling symbol, to indicate post-consumer content in materials such as paper

Learn more: Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Chain of Custody Certification websiteExternal Site | Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Chain of Custody Certification entry at WikipediaExternal Site

Ecolabel details | What are the characteristics of the standard(s) related to this ecolabel?

Standard is not available online, and is reviewed with an unknown frequency.

Number of standards 1 Adapted for regional / national / local conditions No Standards in development 0 Standards in revision 0 Performance requirements Unknown

Ecolabel addresses these stages:

Supply-chain phases N/A

Ecolabel addresses these issues:

Social attributes

Unknown

Environmental attributes

Unknown

Tracks environmental/social impacts

Unknown

Mutual recognition:

Recognizes other ecolabels as equivalent

Unknown

Recognized as equivalent by other ecolabels

Unknown

Ecolabel development | How were the standards for this ecolabel developed?

Standard(s) developed / managed by

Unknown

Standard-setting norm(s) followed

Unknown

Standard-setting process

Not open and consensus-based

External stakeholders involved in standard-setting

Unknown

Conformity assessment | How is compliance with this ecolabel's standard ensured?

Conformity with Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Chain of Custody Certification's standard is verified by an independent organization (third party).

Verifiers accredited

Unknown

Frequency of ongoing audits

Unknown (1 yr.)

Certification / registration required

Unknown

Public audit / assessment reports

Unknown

Chain-of-custody data

No

Corrective action reports issued

Unknown

Field site visit(s)

No

Duration of certification

5 years

Specific metrics and data

No

Time to achieve certification / registration

Unknown

Time series data

Unknown

Dispute resolution process

Unknown

Ongoing audits / surveillance following certification

Required; done by an independent organization (third party)

Managing organization | Who manages this ecolabel?

Name

Forest Stewardship Council

Type Non-profit

Address FSC International Center
Charles-de-Gaulle 5
53113 Bonn

Year est. Unknown Member of Unknown Funding sources Unknown

Phone +49 228-367-660 Email fsc@fsc.org

Key data

Year ecolabel est. 1994 Compliance type Unknown

Classification | Who, what, where

Target audience(s)
Unknown

This ecolabel certifies
Unknown

Product categories this ecolabel applies to

Where this ecolabel is found
Unknown

Has issued its ecolabel in
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Last updated: 21 June 2010