FSC research

Forest Stewardship Council
-a global certification system
-organises forest management and chain of custody
- FSC also licenses retailers to promote FSC labelled products
- It allows consumers to identify, purchase and use wood, paper and other forest produce from well managed forests and recycled materials.  


10 FSC Principles:

1. comply with all applicable laws, regulations and nationally-ratified international treaties, conventions and agreements.
2. To maintain or enhance the social and economic wellbeing of workers.
3. Identify and uphold Indigenous Peoples' legal and customary rights of ownership, use and management of land, territories and resources affected by management activities. 
4. Contribute to maintaining or enhancing the social and economic wellbeing of local communities.
5. Efficiently manage the range of multiple products and services of the Management Unit to maintain or enhance long term economic viability and the range of environmental and social benefits.
6. Maintain, conserve and/or restore ecosystem services and environmental values of the Management Unit, and shall avoid, repair or mitigate negative environmental impacts.

7. Have a management plan consistent with its policies and objectives and proportionate to scale, intensity and risks of its management activities. The management plan shall be implemented and kept up to date based on monitoring information in order to promote adaptive management. The associated planning and procedural documentation shall be sufficient to guide staff, inform affected stakeholders and interested stakeholders and to justify management decisions.

8. Demonstrate that, progress towards achieving the management objectives, the impacts of management activities and the condition of the Management Unit, are monitored and evaluated proportionate to the scale, intensity and risk of management activities, in order to implement adaptive management.

9. Maintain and/or enhance the High Conservation Values in the Management Unit through applying the precautionary approach.

10. Management activities conducted by or for the organisation for the management unit shall be selected and implemented consistent with the organisation’s economic, environmental and social policies and objectives and in compliance with the Principles and Criteria collectively.

Why choose FSC?

They take care of forests, people and wildlife who call them home and is recognised by WWF as the 'hallmark of responsible forest management' 50% of people in the UK recognise the FSC logo for responsibly sourced timber. 

Who is FSC?

A global, non profit organisation dedicated to the promotion of responsible forest management worldwide. Enabling businesses and consumers to make informed choices about the forest products they buy.