FSC forest certification standards

FSC certification helps protect your trademark and reputation, allowing you to enter a highly sensitive market. More and more governments and other organizations specify FSC-certified products in their procurement plans. Because FSC is a globally effective standard, it is also a standard for non-trade barriers under the WTO. Why do foreign customers want to buy FSC certified products? It is not easy to make the right choice and purchase sustainable products. When buying wood or paper products, the FSC label makes this decision-making process easy. The following are the reasons why FSC forest certification is unique: Only FSC certification; Prohibition of conversion of natural forests or other habitats; Prohibition of the use of high-hazard pesticides; Prohibition of planting genetically modified trees respecting the rights of local residents; The certified forest management activities are monitored-if non-compliance is found, the certificate will be withdrawn. This is why FSC certification is a forest certification system supported by all environmental organizations. Some certification assessments, such as the Green Building Council of the United States and Australia, believe that only FSC certification can prove sustainability. The scope of FSC certified products is expanding day by day. Nowadays, almost all products meet FSC quality requirements, and generally speaking, their prices are not much more expensive than uncertified ones, but the quality is better. The PEFC certification standard is the basis of certification, and certification is a standard-based evaluation process. There are two FSC forest certification standards: (1). Performance standards (performance standards) It stipulates the qualitative and quantitative goals or indicators of forest management status and management measures to meet certification requirements, such as FSC principles and standards. In terms of application, performance standards have certain limitations, that is, it is impossible to formulate detailed standards applicable to global forests, and regional or local standards must be formulated within the framework of general international standards. There are certain differences in performance standards in different regions, but they are compatible and equal. (2). The process standard (procedure standard sorprocess standards) is also called the environmental management system standard, which stipulates the nature of the management system. CARB certification is to use the document management system to implement environmental policies. Except for the environmental indicators stipulated by law, this standard does not set lower requirements on the performance level of enterprises. Forest management entities applying for certification must continuously improve their environmental management system, undertake policy obligations, conduct environmental impact assessments in accordance with their own goals and indicators, and resolve all identified environmental issues. The ISO14001 standard is an environmental management system standard. These two standards have obvious differences in concept. BSCI certification has a certain connection in application, and they can also form a set of standards. At the beginning, the performance standard system included many management system factors, and the ISO14001 standard of environmental management system also clearly pointed out that forest management units must formulate environmental performance requirements. In the process of setting many performance standards, the environmental management system is helpful to the FSC forest certification system. Secondly, the two standards of organic certification include the principle of continuous improvement. In the performance certification system, the management level of forest management units can be continuously improved by regularly increasing performance standards. In the management certification system, it requires the forest management unit to continuously improve the management level and achieve the goals at all stages. The current performance standards and process standards are set separately because it is conducive to the review and unification of the evaluation results.

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