Supply Chain Companies

As a company along the value chain, you can demonstrate your contribution towards a sustainable supply chain, and commitment towards sourcing materials in your products responsibly, and at the same time tap on the opportunities of meeting the increasing demands for FSC-certified products all over the world, and staying ahead of compliance, policy and requirements in meeting global climate and nature goals.

FSC Chain of Custody (CoC) certification provides an independent, credible assurance that the forest-based materials contained in a product originates from either FSC-certified forests, reclaimed materials (that would otherwise go to waste), and/or controlled sources, or a mixture of these. FSC CoC certification thereby facilitates the transparent flow of goods made from such materials through the supply chain.

FSC CoC certification allows companies that manufacture, process and/or trade forest products (timber and/or non-timber) to brand and label their FSC-certified products and make FSC claims in their sales documents, and pass along the FSC claims to the next company. The certification traces the path of products from forests through the supply chain, verifying that FSC-certified material is identified or kept separated from non-certified material throughout the chain.

FSC Project Certification is applicable to organisations managing projects that use forest-based material/products and want to promote and claim them as being FSC-certified. The organisation may choose to only become certified for the duration of the project (one-time certification) or to retain certification for managing multiple projects (continuous certification that can be renewed every five years, allowing the management of multiple projects).

Project Certification is applicable to:

• production or the renovation of construction or civil engineering projects (e.g. an office building, a condominium of houses, events infrastructure such as concert stages, stand in a trade fair, a timber bridge);
• individual art or decorative object (e.g. sculpture); or
• transport vehicles (e.g. maritime vessels),

that are made of forest-based materials.

Based on the share of FSC certified forest-based materials used, the following claims can be made on projects produced according to the FSC Project Certification standard:

• Full project certification;
• FSC claims on specific components of a project; or
• Percentage claims.

The Value of FSC Project Certification

• Your projects and products become more appealing to both investors and users when you show your support for environmentally friendly practices through FSC-certified wood and wood-based products.
• You gain access to new avenues of promotion by using the FSC trademarks on your own projects' promotional materials.
• Both you and your clients can rest assured that the material in your projects are responsibly sourced, recycled, or come from well managed forests.
• You have the option to obtain certification for your organisation that applied to any projects you manage on continual basis. This can reduce costs in the long-term.

Ease of use

• With more than 100 types of products possible for FSC certification, virtually any wooden building product is available for use in your projects.
• More than 40,000 organisations in more than 120 countries have an FSC CoC certificate, making sourcing FSC-certified material anywhere in the world a straightforward task.
• You will gain access to online tools that help using the FSC trademarks.
• You can choose between a one-time project certification or certification that is applicable to any future project you manage. The choice is entirely up to you.
• Your projects can be completely certified, parts of it can be certified, or a percentage claim can be applied. The decision is entirely up to you and your cleints.