Forest Stewardship Council
FSC is a global non-profit organization promoting environmentally, socially and economically responsible forest management worldwide. Through certification FSC creates an incentive for forest owners and managers to follow best social and environmental practices and enables businesses and consumers to choose products that come from well managed forests.
FSC has six program areas within the Policy and Standards Unit, through which we manage and develop our activities.
Forest Program Tasked with developing, reviewing and maintaining the FSC policies and standards that are associated with the management of forests.
Chain of Custody (CoC) Developing, reviewing and revising FSC normative documents for companies that manufacture, process or trade responsibly sourced timber and non-timber forest products.
Social Policy The Social Policy Program addresses forest management issues related to small and community-based operations, forest workers and indigenous peoples rights.
Monitoring & Evaluation Making use of data generated from within the FSC system, as well as independent studies to identify and understand the impacts of our certification on forests.
Controlled Wood Developing, reviewing and revising FSC normative documents providing requirements for supplying and trade of Controlled Wood being used in manufacturing of FSC Mix products.
Ecosystem Services The overall objective is to increase the applicability and relevance of FSC certification for forest management activities focusing on the provision of ecosystem services.
Supply Chain Integrity The FSC system includes more than 20,000 chain of custody certificates. This not only demonstrates the unprecedented success of FSC certification but also highlights the importance of ensuring the integrity of FSC is maintained in a scalable way.
