Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Certification

forest stewardship council (fsc) is a globally recognized certification system with million hectares of forestland certified under its forest conservation standards. Fsc uses a voluntary, market-based system in which forests, companies anyway associated to timber related products are audited against principles and criteria of fsc. The performance-based standards encompass environmental, social and economic values, and are framed to ensure that the forests are managed sustainably.

fsc ensures traceability of products from the forests to the point of sale. Products that are manufactured from responsibly harvested forests are identified with the fsc logo, which is considered the “gold standard” of forest certification by major environmental groups.

fsc has very specific criteria for what constitutes responsible forest management, placing a big emphasis on environmental health.