Specifying and buying material for FSC products

Companies need to ensure the following when specifying materials for FSC product groups :

FSC Pure and FSC Mixed material :
• The supplying company has valid FSC chain of custody certificate or a joint forest management / chain of custody (FM / CoC) certificate.
• The material is FSC Pure or FSC Mixed.
• Transportation documents and invoices quote the supplying company’s FSC certificate number and confirm the material is FSC certified.

Post-consumer reclaimed / recycled wood and other reclaimed material :
• A clear description of post-consumer reclaimed material, based on FSC definitions.
• Evidence of independent verification of the post-consumer reclaimed material, along with the supplying company’s registration code or equivalent.

Controlled wood :
• Companies buying non-FSC certified wood for mixing into FSC product groups should refer to FSC’s controlled wood standart (FSC-STD-40-005)
• Forest enterprises wanting to supply controlled wood should refer to FSC’s controlled wood standart for forest managers (FSC-STD-30-010).