The FSC Principles and Criteria provide a foundation for all forest management standards globally, including the FSC US National Standard (v1.0) that guides forest management certification in the U.S.

If you are trying to locate a specific FSC certified product, you can use the Product Classification tool to search for certified companies who distribute and/or manufacture the product.

If you are interested in becoming FSC Chain-of-Custody Certified, please visit the become certified page. For any questions regarding Chain of Custody, please contact [email protected].

There are two types of FSC certification: Forest Management and Chain of Custody. In both types of certification, independent FSC-accredited Certification Bodies ("certifiers") verify that all FSC-certified …

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Green building standards, including the US Green Building Council's LEED program, provide incentives for using FSC-certified materials. Increasingly, consumers are requesting FSC-certified products in …

This document represents the majority of the requirements for FSC Forest Management certification, though there are other policies with which certificate holders must conform.

So FSC harnesses market demand to ensure forests are responsibly managed. Because FSC is the gold standard in forest certification, it is the only system supported by groups such as WWF, Sierra …

There are currently 51,000 FSC certified family forest owners with approximately 4.8 million acres in the United States. To find a list of Forest Management group certificates that are currently accepting …

To achieve our mission and vision, FSC has developed a set of 10 principles and 57 Criteria that apply to FSC-certified forests around the world. The Principles include the following: