FSC® Solutions
Use FSC-solutions as part of your policies
FSC provides different solutions that can help implement your company’s procurement policy and immediately work towards your procurement goals.
Simply, buying FSC certified and/or FSC-labelled products ensures that the forest-based materials you buy are from well-managed forests or other responsible sources.
But you can go beyond that by obtaining FSC-Chain-of-Custody certification or the customized FSC-Chain-of-Custody project certification, if your organization and project is eligible.
You can also top your FSC certification with a sponsorship in protection of ecosystem services in a forest like carbon storage or protection of biodiversity.
How to engage depends on your placement in the value chain of forest-based products and your needs to communicate and report.
Fit for CSR AND ESG REPORTING
Forests that are managed responsibly, according to the Forest Stewardship Council’s standards, help to protect animal habitats, maintain biodiversity, protect old growth trees, ensure zero deforestation, protect the rights of Indigenous Peoples and ensure fair wages and a safe working environment for workers.
Use of FSC-certified wood helps address our most pressing environmental challenges, including climate change. Research indicates that FSC forest management offers climate and other benefits over conventional/legal forestry – regardless of the country in which it is applied.
The environmental, social and economic focus of the FSC forest stewardship principles contributes toward 40 targets under 14 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
This includes the target of SDG 15 (Life on Land) along with others focused on poverty, equality, natural resources, production and consumption patterns, decent work, climate change, inclusive and accountable societies, and global partnerships.
WAYS FORWARD FOR THE SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRY
Simply buy FSC-certified products
Buying FSC certified products makes a big different. Many FSC-certified products are easy to identify because they carry an FSC label. But some products, such as those that need to be cut to size, may not.
Remember that simply buying FSC certified products does not allow your company to pass on FSC claims on invoices, to FSC label a product or to use FSC trademarks in your promotional materials.
That requires an FSC-Chain-of-Custody certification.
FSC Public Search Dashboard on certificate data is a tool for the general public to search for information about FSC certificates.
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Chain-of-custody Certification
FSC CoC is for organizations that do the following:
Label finished goods as FSC certified.
Sell FSC-certified products with FSC claims on sales documents.
Produce semi-finished products using FSC-certified materials (by manufacturing them, by mixing or adding forest materials to them, or by repackaging or relabeling them).
Promote finished FSC-certified products (except finished and labeled products).
Chain of custody certification is designed for companies that produce and distribute forest-based products.
With an FSC-Chain-of-Custody certification a company obtain third-party documentation for the use of responsibly sourced wood and other forest-based materials.
Chain-of-Custody certification is for all types of companies in the supply chain for forest-based materials who wish to produce FSC certified products and/or sell them with FSC-claims on sales documents (sell them as FSC certified).
With an FSC certification the companies can also promote FSC certified products with FSC-trademarks and use the on-product labels.
PROJECT CERTIFICATION
For companies working project-based FSC project certification is for companies and organizations that work project-based with forest-based materials in the construction sector.
This includes builders, craftsmen, construction companies, and other companies doing virtually any type of new build or refurbishment, civil engineering projects or events. This also includes companies doing maritime vessels.
Since shipbuilding is often project-based, a project certification can be recommended for shipyards and the providers who carry out various ship fittings and interior design where forest-based products are included.
With an FSC project certification, a company obtain third-party documentation for the use of responsibly sourced wood and other forest-based materials. At the same time, the company can use FSC’s trademark in the communication and promotion of the project as well as issuing a project statement about the certification to customers.
It is not a requirement that all forest-based materials are sourced FSC certified in order to gain FSC project certification depending on the type of certification.
Types of FSC Project Certification
Continuous project certification: project certification that enables organizations to manage and obtain FSC-project certification for multiple projects on a continual basis.
One-time project certification: project certification that applies to the certification of a single project.
The different claims with FSC Project Certification:
Full certification: all forest-based materials and products used in the project are FSC-certified.
FSC claims on specific project components: claims can be made on specific components that are FSC-certified (for example, all windows are FSC-certified).
Percentage claims: claims can be made about a percentage of forest-based materials used in the final project that are FSC-certified, claim contributing inputs. The remaining forest-based materials must be pre-consumer reclaimed wood, controlled material, and/or FSC Controlled Wood.
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INVESTMENT IN Ecosystem services
Ecosystem services are the benefits that people obtain from nature. Forests provide society with a wide range of benefits, from reliable flows of clean water to productive soil and carbon sequestration.
Offset and mitigation programs are attracting increasing interest as governments and the private sector seek to address biodiversity, climate and other important ecosystem services.
Ecosystem services claims from the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) enables your organization to sponsor responsible forestry projects that make a real difference in the fight against climate change, biodiversity loss, and other global challenges.
In return, you get third-party data verifying the real-world impact of your investments and their contribution to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
This gives better assurance that your environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investments are making a measurable difference for forests through:
Third-party verification that safeguards your reputation
Transparent process
Close relationship with responsible forest stewards;
Marketable story linked to the UN SDGs
Association with the most trusted and recognized brand in forestry
The FSC Ecosystem Services Procedure is a tool that incentivises the restoration and conservation of forest ecosystem services. It focuses on five types of ecosystem services: