Home About Blankedale News Certification Locations Mission Activities Working At Blankedale Contact us Home About Blankedale Certification FSC, Forest Stewardship Council, The mark of responsible forestry. - Processing of FSC ® certified wood into FSC ® certified products. FSC ® stands for 'Forest Stewardship Council'. It is an international, independent, non-governmental, non-profit organization. It was founded in 1993 by forest owners, the timber sector, social movements and environmental organizations. The goal of the FSC ® is to strive for responsible forest management worldwide. FSC ® Chain of Custody certification When wood and forest products leave an FSC ® forest, they are at the beginning of a long road. After all, wood and paper products pass through various companies before they reach a customer as an end product. In order to give this end customer the guarantee that it really concerns an FSC ® product, a control throughout the trading chain is necessary: the FSC ® Chain of Custody certification. Who must be certified? If a company wants to buy, process, process or resell FSC ® products while retaining the FSC ® claim, that company itself must also be FSC certified. This also applies to all companies earlier in the chain. In other words, companies that want to commercialize FSC ® products must have an FSC ® Chain of Custody certificate. Exceptions are companies that do not become owners such as certain agents (working on commission), storage companies and transport companies. Retail trade is also exempt from FSC ® in certain casesChain of Custody certification. The end user (professional or private customer) does of course also not need to be certified. What does FSC ® certification mean in practice? FSC ® has drawn up guidelines for certification of the FSC ® Chain of Custody. It is important that all FSC ® products and flows throughout your company are sufficiently traceable and recognizable and, where necessary, remain clearly separated from non-certified products. For more practical information about FSC ® CoC certification, please contact FSC ® Belgium. source: http://www.fsc.be Copyright © 2010 Blankedale All right reserved.