FSC Products and Labels

Through the FSC label, chain of custody certified companies can show that their products support responsible forest practices. There are three categories of FSC product types and labels, based on the materials used in the FSC product group.

Companies need to meet the requirements in the FSC on-product labelling standart (FSC-STD-40-201) and the FSC Labelling Guide when applying labels to FSC certified product. These documents are available on the FSC website www.fsc.org or from FSC accredited certification bodies.

FSC Pure Label
This FSC product group contains 100% FSC certified material.

FSC Recycled Label
This FSC product group contains 100% post-consumer reclaimed material.

FSC Mixed Label
This FSC product group contains a mixture of FSC certified material, reclaimed material and other controlled sources.

There are five mixed label option. The labels allow for five different product content descriptions and the option to use a recognized recycling symbol with the FSC trademark.

Recycling symbols can be used by companies who wish to identity the recycled content in the product group. Companies who do not wish to emphasize the recycled content may use the FSC Mixed label without a recycling symbol.
For labelling with the FSC Mixed label, companies may use either a threshold system or an FSC credit system for the FSC product group.