Fsc Who Runs It And How Does It Work

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FSC stands for Forest Stewardship Council and is comprised of 3 chambers. The reason for this is in maintaining a balance of voting power among the different interests within the FSC. There is a 33.3% voting power per chamber and an affirmative vote of 66.6% has to be given for a vote to be adopted.

The three chambers are broken down as follows:

Economic Chamber: This includes individuals and organizations with interest in commercial forest products entities. This may entail large manufacturers and retailers as well as small businesses.
Social Chamber: This chamber may include social movements and indigenous organizations such as unions who have an interest in the future of this type of organization. Examples may be specific to unions representing wood laborers.
Environmental Chamber: This chamber is for non-profit organizations and non government organizations that have a demonstrated commitment to forest stewardship. Examples may be Greenpeace and National Wildlife Federation.

This system has two types of certifications.

Forest Management (FM) Certification- This certification is specific to the actual land. To become accredited, the company must meet all the FSCs Principles and Criteria as certified by a 3rd party auditor. This process involves a visit to the forest with a thorough inspection. Once the forest is in compliance must maintain with an annual audit and after 5 years the process will have to be completed all over again.

Chain of Custody (COC) Certification- This certification applies to distributors and manufacturers of forest products. This allows a customer to track the wood back to the certified forestland where it grew. Supplier must have all documentation from purchasing and inventory to manufacturing and sales accounted for. The supplier has to go through an initial assessment similar to the ones given to the FM supplier. Same regulations, annual audits and after 5 years the process will have to be repeated.

The FSC organization is well balanced with representatives from different sides who share the same goal, that of the 10 Principles of FSC. With both systems in place, FSC products can be distributed all over the world and tracked. This ensures the client that the product they receive is the product they ordered, from a responsibly managed forest.


About the Author:
Rosi Lehr is a contributing writer for Advantage Trim & Lumber Co. Please visit her for your FSC lumber especially ipe decking.
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