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Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Chain of Custody Certification

Record last updated: 11 August 2008

No Logo ProvidedThe 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

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Product categories

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Organisation details

Name Forest Stewardship Council 
Type Non-Profit 
Year established 1994 

Certification details

# of Products Certified 10,119 
# of Companies Certified (unknown) 
Certification covers Multiple environmental attributes for one portion of the product's life cycle. 
Duration of certification 5
Verified by (unknown)
Audit of certification holders Every (unknown) period by an independent third party.
Frequency of criteria review Ad hoc
Certification details updated: 11 August 2008 

Contact

Address FSC International Center
Charles-de-Gaulle 5
53113 Bonn
Germany 
Phone +49 228-367-660 
Email  

Type: Forest Products
Geographic scope: Global

Membership:

(none specified)
 

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