Additional agreement to the agreement on fsc certification. FSC – certification of woodworking products. Frequently asked questions in the field of forest management

Buyers in developed Western countries, when choosing furniture or printer paper, are increasingly interested in whether the wood from which the product is made is certified and whether it is harvested using methods that prevent forest degradation and depletion of forest resources.

Meanwhile, according to statistics, every fourth such product in our country is of dubious origin, and its production leads to the degradation of forest ecosystems and the depletion of high-quality wood resources in accessible areas. The trees from which it is made could have been cut down in a conservation area or in violation of regulations. Sometimes stores sell products made from wood species that are completely prohibited from logging by Russian legislation.

FSC (Forest Stewardship Council®)* is an international organization that has created a system for confirming the environmental and social responsibility of forest management. The FSC mark on wood or on a product made from it is an indication that the product comes from forests that are managed in an environmentally and socially responsible manner.

The FSC certificate is issued by an independent auditor based on a strict annual inspection at the logging site. It is a recognized quality mark for forest and paper products in 109 countries. In total, more than 190 million hectares of forests have been certified in the world and over 30 thousand FSC certificates have been issued for the chain of custody of forest and paper products.

In developed countries, so-called environmentally sensitive markets have already formed. This means that there is a growing demand for goods produced without harming nature. In Europe and North America, the buyer, before purchasing wood or products made from it, looks for the FSC mark on it.

The demand for certified wood has convinced many Russian companies working for export, undergo FSC certification. To date, more than 42 million hectares of forests have been certified in Russia. Recently, the government and environmentally and socially responsible businesses have shown interest in using green products.

In our country, WWF Russia, in partnership with FSC, is working to promote certified forest products among consumers, which contributes to the formation of an environmentally sensitive market for forest products. As a result of this work, more and more Russian residents become aware of the availability of forest certification and have the opportunity to verify whether the wood products they buy are legal.

*Individual license code WWF Russia FSC-N002777

Eco-rating "GoodWood"

The eco-rating, established with the participation of WWF Russia, the Forest Stewardship Council FSC and a number of other organizations, tells Russians which companies share the philosophy of caring for the environment and reducing the negative impact on it, pursue an active social and environmental policy and rely on sustainable development of your business.

By purchasing furniture, parquet, laminate flooring, doors, windows and other wood products for their home, produced or sold by companies that have won the GoodWood Award, Russian consumers are contributing to the formation of an environmentally responsible market for products produced with minimal harm to environment and safe for the health of the customers themselves.

The main task of the rating:

help Russian market wood products to increase their environmental responsibility, as well as tell Russian consumers which companies' products can be recognized as environmentally friendly and which ones can be considered hazardous to nature and human health.

WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?

Companies that produce or sell wood panels or interior wood products (furniture, parquet, laminate, window frames, doors, stairs, etc.).

MAIN EVALUATION CRITERIA:

1. the legality of the origin of the wood and the absence of rare species of wood in the assortment;
2. health safety;
3. environmental policy of the company.

General information

In the early 1990s, as a result of protests, boycotts, and campaigns by environmental organizations and individual states, the idea of ​​forest certification was born, which would separate products from responsibly managed forests from other wood products. In 1993, in Toronto (Canada), 130 participants representing different countries of the world and various environmental and industrial organizations, the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) was created. The Forest Stewardship Council is an independent non-governmental international organization in the field of forest certification and responsible forest management. Certification under the FSC scheme is carried out by certification bodies accredited in the FSC system. FSC, as an organization, does not provide forest certification. Thanks to this, FSC is able to maintain an independent approach in developing requirements and standards, as well as an independent relationship with certifying companies.

Goals of forest certification

Benefits of forest certification

1. Enter the international environmentally sensitive markets of Europe, America and Asia with certified products and gain recognition;
2. Increase the investment attractiveness of the business and increase the level of capitalization of the enterprise itself;
3. Improve the image of the enterprise at the local and regional levels;
4. Possibility of using the FSCTM mark, demonstrating that this product is obtained as a result of legal and responsible forest management;
5. Receive priority when concluding long-term contracts for the supply of FSCTM certified products and a more favorable pricing policy;
6. Opportunity to receive support for responsible forest management from authorities at all levels and environmental organizations.

How is FSC certification carried out?

Main stages of certification

1. The enterprise makes a decision to carry out certification, determines the scope of the FSC certificate, establishes the types of products to be certified and the FSC categories of these products. Selecting a certification body and concluding a contract with it. Preparing an enterprise for a preliminary audit (pre-audit).
2. Conducting a preliminary audit by the certification body. Preparation and acceptance of a preliminary audit report containing a list of requirements for corrective measures that must be completed to comply with the requirements of FSC standards. For Controlled Wood and Chain of Custody certification, a pre-audit may not be required.
3. Preparing the enterprise for the main audit - implementing corrective measures for the preliminary audit.
4. Conducting a main audit by the certification body and issuing a report on the main audit with the requirements of major (Major CARs) and minor (Minor CARs) corrective measures to eliminate non-compliances with FSC standards identified during the audit (if any). Acceptance of the audit report by the enterprise.
5. Compliance by the enterprise with the requirements for significant corrective measures for the main audit.
6. Issuance of an FSC certificate to an enterprise by a certification body.
7. Conducting an annual surveillance audit by the certification body, issuing a surveillance audit report with requirements for major and minor corrective measures to eliminate non-compliances with the FSC standard identified during the audit (if any). Acceptance by the enterprise of the surveillance audit report.
8. Fulfillment by the enterprise of the requirements of corrective measures for control audit. The validity period of the FSC certificate is 5 years.

1. Contact one or more FSC accredited certification bodies operating in Russia (). The certification body will provide you with information about the requirements for FSC certification. To estimate the time it will take you to prepare for certification and its cost, the certification body will need some basic information about your business.

2. You must decide for yourself which certification body you want to work with and sign the appropriate agreement with it.

3. The next step is the actual certification (main) audit, or main assessment. It is conducted by the certification body to assess your company's readiness for certification.

4. Based on the certification audit data, an audit report is compiled, on the basis of which the certification body makes a decision on certification.

5. If the decision is positive, then you receive an FSC certificate. If the audit reveals that your activities have not yet been brought into compliance with FSC requirements, then after eliminating the non-conformities in your activities identified in the report, you can undergo a re-audit.

FSC certificates are valid for five years. Every year, an FSC accredited certification body chosen by you conducts a so-called surveillance audit to verify your continued compliance with FSC certification requirements. In some cases (for example, when significant non-conformities are reported between surveillance audits), additional checks may be carried out to verify the validity of the issuance of certificates. After 5 years, recertification is carried out - that is, you will again need to undergo a full certification audit.

Only the key steps of the certification process are described here; the details of the process are more complex. These steps are the same for both forest management certification and chain of custody certification. When certifying forest management, a so-called preliminary audit may be required (conducted before the actual certification audit). It is mandatory in cases where the area of ​​the lease base exceeds 50,000 hectares and/or the lease base contains forests of high conservation value (HCVF). A preliminary audit can also be carried out at the initiative of the certification body. For chain of custody certification, a pre-audit is not required, but in some cases it is also advisable. The main purpose of the preliminary audit is to identify the most problematic areas of your forest management system and/or supply chain, in order to better prepare for the main audit.

Certification bodies have the right to carry out certification only in authorized areas (forest management certification, chain certification) and in certain geographical regions.

Certification under the Forest Stewardship Council schemeFSCin Russia.

Reference information for forest management authorities and other interested parties.

The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC, in English Forest Stewardship Council or FSC) is an international non-profit organization in the field of voluntary forest certification. The purpose of the Forest Stewardship Council is assistance environmentally responsible, socially oriented and economically sustainable forest management and management of the world's forest resources. This challenge is achieved through the development of global and national standards for responsible forest management, through the accreditation of certification bodies that certify forest management against forest management standards, through the creation of environmentally sensitive markets for forest and paper products that require certified products.

The goal of the FSC is to contribute to improving the quality of forest management in certified areas by intensifying the efforts of tenants to achieve a level of management that meets the requirements of FSC standards. This activity is ideally carried out by companies with the participation of stakeholders, which include forest management authorities, local administration, representatives of civil society, etc.

The FSC certificate allows the promotion of forest and paper products to environmentally sensitive markets, that is, markets that recognize the FSC certificate and require certified products. Such markets include the markets of the leading economically developed countries of the European Union, North America, Japan, and, more recently, Russia. Products with the FSC logo are in high demand in such markets, and therefore the costs of certification for enterprises are largely offset better conditions sales of products.

In total, over 150 million hectares of forests have been certified in the world; forest management certificates have been issued in more than 80 countries (see www. fsc. org). Russia is in second place in the world in terms of the area of ​​certified forests (about 30 million hectares), second only to Canada (over 43 million hectares). In Sweden - about 10 million certified forests, in Poland - over 6 million hectares, in Belarus - about 2.8 million hectares, in Ukraine - 1.6 million hectares, in the Baltic countries - 3 million hectares, in China - 2.7 million hectares. Also, over 23,000 chain of custody certificates have been issued around the world, of which about 190 are in Russia. Of the twenty largest Russian timber exporters (by export value), at least 15 have FSC certificates. The presence of a large array of certified forests provides timber exporters of the Russian Federation with significant competitive advantages on the world market. It is almost impossible to enter the markets of some countries without certified products.

The main consumers of FSC certified products are environmentally sensitive markets in economically developed countries. In many countries, in particular in most countries of the European Union, Japan, Brazil, and Mexico, there is a system of purchasing only legal and/or certified products using funds from state and municipal budgets. In total, the government procurement market is estimated at 15-20% of the total market turnover in these countries. Legislation to prevent the trafficking of illegally procured products in the United States (Lacey Act) and the European Union (introduced in March 2013) provides for procedures for determining legality, similar to certification procedures. Certification requirements are also present among investors in the forest sector - leading banks and investment organizations. That's why so many priority investment projects in the forestry sector of the Russian Federation are accompanied by the condition of forest management certification.

FSC is the leading independent international organization in the field of forest certification. As an international organization in the field of forest management, FSC is recognized by the World Standardization Services Network (WSSN) as a WTO (World Trade Organization) compliant standard. trade organization- WTO-TbT). In addition, FSC is part of the global eco-labeling alliance (ISEAL), which includes leading systems such as MSC (Marine Stewardship Council), Fair Trade ( Fair Trade) and many other systems, including those used in the Russian Federation. FSC's partner in the field of accreditation of certification bodies is Accreditation Services International (ASI), which in turn operates in accordance with ISO requirements ( International organization on certification), standards ISO Guide 65, ISO 17011, ISO 19011. ASI accredits certification bodies, monitors their compliance with accreditation requirements, conducting annual inspections of certification bodies and some certified companies. Often, during such inspections, as well as annual monitoring of certification bodies, issued certificates are suspended until identified inconsistencies are corrected. Currently, in the Russian Federation, 3 forest management certificates have been suspended on an area of ​​more than 1.25 million hectares (Republic of Karelia and Irkutsk region), as well as 6 chain of custody certificates. This is how certification quality is controlled. Information about all audits is posted on the website www. *****, is also sent to interested parties in writing. An active position of forest management authorities in providing information on certified companies to certification bodies can further improve the quality of certification and contribute to improving forestry performance.

FSC is a membership organization and has approximately 800 international members who belong to the social, environmental and economic chambers. There are also members representing the Russian Federation in the LPS. Once every three years, FSC members meet at a general assembly, where they determine the strategic directions of FSC activities. In the intervals between general assemblies, the governing body of the FSC is the international secretariat, which is located in Bonn. In approximately 40 countries of the world, FSC has partner organizations in the form of national offices, including the Russian FSC office (NP “National Working Group on Voluntary Forest Certification”). National offices are also member organizations. In Russia, national members of the FSC are about 40 organizations and individuals, among them leading timber companies, leading non-governmental environmental organizations, scientists and specialists, including those representing organizations of the Rosleskhoz system, Moscow State Forestry University and others. Members of the organization develop and adopt national standards, interpretations of national standards, and participate in other activities. The Russian LPS office currently employs 6 permanent employees.

The work of the Forest Stewardship Council system in Russia is ensured by a number of consulting organizations that have extensive experience and competent personnel to resolve all issues that arise during preparation for certification, certification, marketing and sales of certified products. All this ensures a smooth entry into certification. A list of registered counseling centers is available on the website www. *****.

Forest certification is not a fashion, but a long-term trend in the development of markets for forest and paper products in the leading markets of the World, as well as in Russia.

Frequently asked questions in the field of forest management

Forest certification in Russia has existed for more than 12 years; accordingly, significant experience has been accumulated in interaction with forest management bodies and resolving issues of voluntary forest certification. Those enterprises that are thinking about certification, or are starting certification for the first time, as well as in regions where certification comes for the first time, often have various questions that we will try to answer. Some of the most frequently asked questions are the following:

1) How great is the need for voluntary forest certification now and in the future?

2) Why do forest certification standards require something that is not in forest legislation?

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4) The role of the state in certification

5) Certification and information

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Need for certified products

We are often asked how great is the need for certified products in the markets? It should be noted that the main consumer of Russian timber and paper products is not in Russia. Approximately 2/3 of the products produced (by value) are exported, approximately 1/3 are consumed in Russia. Of the export products, approximately 35% of products are exported to European countries, approximately 10% to Japan, and a significant part - 35-40% - to China. China, in turn, processes a significant part of our wood and pulp and re-exports such products mainly to the USA and the same European Union. Thus, the requirements of the EU, Japanese and US markets for wood are very important for the domestic forest industry.

A characteristic feature of the modern requirements of the markets of economically developed countries is their environmental focus. This is due to the awareness among consumers, businesses and governments in these countries global problems associated with the consequences of deforestation. These problems include deforestation (in the tropics), greenhouse gas emissions (due to deforestation and, to a lesser extent, due to unsustainable forest management in many countries), reduction biological diversity, forest fragmentation. Global environmental problems also include significant social problems related to forest management: respect for the rights of workers in the forest, industrial injuries, rights of the local population, indigenous peoples, etc. By the way, the Russian consumer is beginning to think about these issues.

In order to separate products from responsibly managed forests from other forest and paper products, voluntary forest certification was invented in the early 90s of the 20th century, including forest management certification, chain of custody certification and labeling. Certification is carried out by independent certification bodies according to certain rules.

From the very beginning, consumers wanted any certified forest paper product from any country in the world to meet united requirements. These demands were formulated by members of the Forest Stewardship Council of their number environmental, economic and social organizations and are presented in the form of global Certification Principles and Criteria. These Principles and Criteria are not set in stone, but are updated periodically. Based on global certification requirements, national working groups in each form national standards that are applied in a particular country.

Those who sell wood, wood products, and paper now quite often have to deal with customer demands regarding the supply of certified products. Such requirements began to be actively presented several years ago, and recently, requirements for the supply of certified products have become the rule rather than the exception for exports to developed countries. Just 5-7 years ago, the demand for certified products came mainly from organizations involved in retail trade and strongly focused on the end consumer. In the early 2000s, significant demand arose in the paper sector, and later in the construction sector (plywood, lumber). IN last years Demand is growing rapidly in the packaging and hygiene products sector. In recent years, more than 20 states have adopted public procurement policies for legal and certified timber products, giving preference to the purchase of certified products. Finally, in 2009, the United States adopted amendments to the Lacey Act, according to which all suppliers of forest and paper products to the States must present certificates of origin of the products and prove their legality. Similar legislation will come into effect in March 2013 in the European Union.

The development of forest certification is not a fashion or some temporary process. This is a clear manifestation of the modern globalization of production and consumption in the World. In the future, markets will become even greener, and certification requirements will gradually apply to trade with developing countries. For example, China has recently adopted general environmental requirements for imported wood, regardless of whether the wood is exported or consumed domestically.

Similar processes are developing in other industries National economy, for example in mechanical engineering. So, to export cars to Europe, it is necessary to meet stringent Euro 4 or Euro 5 emission requirements. Airplanes can fly to developed and not very developed countries if they comply with noise requirements, etc. In Russia, marine certification, related to forest certification, is being developed under the MSC scheme, and other similar processes.

Forest certification standards and legislation

Of the 10 principles of certification under the Forest Stewardship Council scheme (listed below), only 4 are directly related to forest legislation ( highlighted), the rest - with legislation on nature conservation, on labor, on small and indigenous peoples, etc. For the tenant of a forest plot, traditionally, the most important thing is to comply with the requirements of forest legislation, since if it is not fulfilled, he may lose the lease. Compliance with other types of legislation generally receives less attention. During certification, it is equally important to comply with all legal requirements, and especially those requirements that are directly reflected in the standards. Therefore, the timber merchant is often surprised to learn that current legislation His responsibilities include the conservation of rare and Red Book species, support of indigenous peoples, etc.

Principle 1. Compliance with legislation and FSC principles

Principle 2. Rights and obligations of owners and users

Principle 3: Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Principle 4: Community Relations and Workers' Rights

Principle 5. Benefits of forests

Principle 6: Environmental Impact

Principle 7: Forest management plan

Principle 8: Monitoring and evaluation

Principle 9. Maintain high conservation value forests

Principle 10. Forest plantations (not applicable in Russia)

There are also criteria in certification that may partially exceed the requirements of current legislation in the Russian Federation. This concerns issues of biodiversity conservation, high conservation value forests, indigenous peoples, monitoring and environmental impact assessment. This situation is normal for the international certification system (see example with Euro 3 and 4).

The implementation of a number of principles and criteria for forest certification raises questions among forest users. This especially concerns the issues of preserving biological diversity during logging operations, as well as the allocation and management of forests of high conservation value. These issues are included in the Certification Principles for the reason that they directly follow from international conventions, for example the Convention on Biodiversity, ratified by the Russian Federation. Forest legislation (Article 1 of the current Forest Code) says: “Forest legislation and other regulatory legal acts regulating forest relations are based on the following principles:

1) sustainable forest management, conservation of forest biological diversity, increasing their potential;...".

However, so far there is not a single regulatory act that reveals the content of Article 1, Clause 1 of the LK in the field of conservation of forest biological diversity in Russia. In this situation, many regions, as well as large forestry companies, adopt temporary and/or internal rules for the conservation of biodiversity and use them for certification, which makes it possible to bring forest management activities into line with certification requirements. The issue of adopting relevant regulations has been repeatedly raised at meetings of the public council of Rosleskhoz. Recently, a nationwide discussion of the document “Forest Policy of Russia” has begun, which reflects such important concepts for certification as forests of high conservation value, intact forests, biodiversity, and public participation in forest management. All this creates the basis for harmonizing the requirements of international standards in the field of sustainable forest management and Russian forest legislation.

The conservation of particularly valuable areas and special management of high conservation value forests (HCVF) also follows from the Convention on Biodiversity, the environmental protection law, and the requirements of various international processes in the field of sustainable forest management. HCVF is new paradigm in forest management, it is accepted by all international certification schemes (FSC, PEFC, etc.).

How to bring the tenant's forest management into compliance with certification requirements?

In most cases, this problem is solved by the tenant by intensifying efforts in the required direction, allocating additional funds and personnel. However, there are situations when it is necessary to bring into compliance certain actions that are regulated by the relevant regulations. Over the years of certification development, forest users have put into practice a number of approaches that allow them to achieve the desired result.

One of the main documents for the tenant is the forest development project. If the project includes forestry activities that do not contradict the requirements of voluntary forest certification, for example, in terms of planning logging and reforestation, then no problems arise. Fortunately normative base planning is quite extensive and, when applied skillfully, allows you to achieve the desired result. Many forest management organizations have accumulated experience and provide assistance to interested organizations in the formation of forest development projects taking into account certification requirements.

In addition, many business activities can be planned during the preparation phase. technological maps cutting areas, during allotments, as well as when logging operations are performed by trained fellers or a harvester operator.

One of the most difficult certification issues is the issue of sustainable forest management. The problem is that our existing methods for calculating use and determining the estimated cutting area, in the actual absence of proper forest care, lead to the depletion of the forest resource base. This process is noticeable in many regions where the rental base is declining in volumes coniferous species, there is a shortage of sawlogs, etc. The national standard guides companies to solve this issue, to actively work with forest management organizations, forestry authorities, and specialists aimed at solving this extremely difficult problem. Our plans are to develop appropriate methods and recommendations that can be included in the national forest management standard and help solve this problem.

An FSC certificate means that forest management in the certified area is carried out responsibly. This provision complies with ISO standards. Sometimes you hear that a certificate is synonymous with sustainable forest management. This is wrong. Firstly, there is still no generally accepted framework for sustainable forest management in the world; in addition, the concepts of sustainability are constantly changing, new topics are being included, for example, carbon sequestration, etc. The FSC certificate indicates that the forest management activities of the enterprise as a whole comply with all assessed certification criteria. In this case, certain inconsistencies may be identified that must be corrected within a specified period. If the enterprise cannot eliminate such inconsistencies, the certificate may be suspended. There are many examples in Russia when the certification body suspended the validity of certificates. For its part, ASI maintains strict control over certification bodies, and there have already been precedents when a certification body was deprived of accreditation for actions contrary to the conditions of accreditation.

It is impossible to answer all the questions that arise within the confines of a short article. For this purpose, there are training manuals, forest certification consultants, and exchange of experience between forestry enterprises.

The role of the state in certification.

Forests in Russia are federal property. The situation is the same in Canada, Brazil, and a number of other countries, so certification issues in these countries are similar. Nevertheless, about 43 million hectares have already been certified in Canada, 30 million hectares in Russia, and about 9 million hectares of forests in Brazil. The certification body verifies that the activities of the applicant for certification comply with certain standards. The applicant for certification, and therefore the future owner of the certificate, can be a tenant or owner of a forest fund plot. If forest management activities do not meet the requirements of the standards, then the certificate cannot be issued. Responsibility for forest management may be shared between the forestry body or organization and the tenant, in which case the certification body will evaluate the activities of both organizations.

The new forest code assigned most of the forest management functions to the tenant. In this regard, tenants have all the necessary opportunities to bring their forest management activities to certification requirements. Forestry authorities are currently severely limited in their ability to actively participate in the certification process, as they are deprived of economic functions. However, forestry authorities can initiate forest certification, perform the functions of a group manager when certifying several forest users, and act as an interested party in consultations.

Our experience shows that the forest user must independently “mature” before introducing voluntary forest certification, have a strong intrinsic motivation, and the role of forest management bodies may be to assist such forest users, but in no case to force them to undergo certification. In general, the level of support for voluntary forest certification in the Russian Federation from forest management authorities is lower than in other countries with a similar array of certified forests, for example, Canada or Sweden.

Certification and information

A certified enterprise is distinguished by greater openness and transparency in relation to its activities than a non-certified one. This is a demand from buyers, a demand from stakeholders who want to know what is happening in the forest. Therefore, those enterprises that have something to hide do not go for certification. Sometimes you hear the opinion that during the certification process some confidential information about forest companies is collected and published. This is wrong. Information that is classified as closed or for official use by the relevant legislation of the Russian Federation is not published. It should also be noted that certification reports are presented about all certified companies without exception in all countries of the World, so any reader, including Russian ones, can receive open information about any foreign company, for example from the USA, China or New Zealand.

In certification reports for the public, which can be found on the official website of FSC info. fsc. org publishes socially significant, non-confidential information in Russian and English that characterizes the activities of a certified enterprise in the field of forest certification.

From the point of view of transparency of activities, the forest certification procedure is reminiscent of entering the stock market. A company entering the stock market is obliged to publicly disclose its owners, present the results of its activities, learn how to work with shareholders, etc. Most of the leading companies in Russia, including strategic companies from the oil and gas and mechanical engineering industries are corporatized and publish information about their activities in open sources. The world has changed since the times of the USSR; open and transparent companies are the future. Informational secrecy does not allow the company to develop, since investors are not very interested in such companies.

Is certification big business?

Sometimes you can hear that forest certification is a big business that arose from the necks of forest users. It's not like that at all. The number of employees in an average certification body operating in the Russian Federation ranges from 4 to 10 full-time employees. Four companies are actively operating in the certification services market in the Russian Federation. Of these four companies, three are international, one is purely Russian. The price level of all certification bodies is comparable. Certification requirements for all certification bodies are approximately the same. The cost of services of certification bodies is justified by the volume of the functions that they perform and the responsibility that rests on them. On average, medium and large forestry companies pay tenths of a percent of their turnover for forest certification. For small companies this figure may be higher. At the same time, investments in improving the quality of forest management to achieve the level of certification requirements may be higher, and in some cases significantly higher, than the costs of conducting an audit. At the same time, the benefits of owning a FSC certificate for forestry companies cover, and in some cases, many times cover the costs of certification, otherwise it would not have developed.

A survey of the opinions of FSC certificate holders conducted in 2008 and 2009 showed that the vast majority (95%) of certificate holders plan to continue holding the certificate for the next term. In general, over 75% of certificate holders are satisfied with the financial and other results of certification. This is very high rate satisfaction, and the Forest Stewardship Council is constantly working to improve the achieved level.

Additional information: Tatyana Yanitskaya, deputy. Director of the Russian office of the Forest Stewardship Council. t. *****@***fsc. org, tel. (4, www. *****

Wood products are extremely popular these days. Paper and wood products are an integral part of our lives. At the same time, the demand for products from responsible manufacturers is constantly growing. By receiving FSC Chain of Custody certification, you join those who use products from sustainable forest management. This way, in addition to raising your own standards, you will satisfy many customers. GFA Certification has been accredited by FSC for chain of custody certification (since 2000) and offers auditing services to audit companies' compliance with applicable standards. The purpose of the audit is to ensure that certified products can be traced throughout the entire supply chain – right back to the source of the timber. Each company included in the supply chain must demonstrate the certified status of its products at the entry and exit points. This type of certification is provided for all companies intending to produce, process or sell FSC certified products, i.e. they want to be a link in the supply chain of such products. Often customers are interested in a combination with PEFC chain of custody certification. In this case, GFA offers one-time chain of custody certification services to FSC and PEFC standards.

MAIN STEPS OF CHAIN ​​OF CUSTODY CERTIFICATION ACCORDING TO FSC STANDARDS

Companies interested in FSC chain of custody certification develop and implement internal procedures and processes to ensure traceability of FSC certified materials within their own production, processing or distribution processes. The effectiveness of the system and its proper application by the certifying company is verified and confirmed by the certification body GFA Certification during a certification audit and subsequent annual control checks. Upon successful completion of certification, your company receives the right to label its products trademark FSC and sell it as FSC certified.

MAIN STEPS OF FSC CHAIN ​​OF Custody CERTIFICATION

1. COLLECTING PRELIMINARY INFORMATION

   – The company collects information about FSC chain of custody certification requirements
   – The company fills out the GFA questionnaire located under the “I want to receive an offer” button (below)
   – If necessary, GFA clarifies missing information
   – GFA evaluates the information provided by the company

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2. RECEIVING A COMMERCIAL OFFER AND ORDERING SERVICES

   – GFA provides you with a free (no obligation on the candidate) Commercial offer for certification services
   – If necessary, the company clarifies the missing information
   – The company accepts the commercial proposal of the certification body

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3. FULFILLMENT OF REQUIREMENTS

   The company's compliance with FSC chain of custody requirements, for example:
   – Implementation of necessary procedures and processes
   – Appointment of responsible persons
   – Development of FSC Chain of Custody Guidelines
   - Training
   – Development of sample documentation

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4. BASIC AUDIT

   GFA auditor assesses system compliance with FSC requirements
   — Checking documented procedures
   — Face-to-face assessment of objects and processes
   — Meeting with company management
   — Meetings with senior company employees
   — Drawing up an audit report
   — Correction by the company of identified inconsistencies
   — GFA makes the decision on certification

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5. CERTIFICATE

   – Issuance of a certificate
   – Certificate registration

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6. ANNUAL SUPERVISION AUDIT

   – Annual audit
   – The company provides evidence of compliance with requirements
   – The certification body makes a certification decision based on the results of the surveillance audit

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7. RECERTIFICATION

   – The recertification audit must take place a few weeks before the certificate expires (5 years)
   – Is concluded new agreement about certification
   – GFA conducts recertification audit

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PRICEFSC CHAIN ​​OF CUSTOMIZATION CERTIFICATION

Certification of companies for compliance with FSC chain of custody requirements is flexible system, where there are no fixed prices. The cost of such a service depends on the duration of the audit, which, in turn, depends on the desired scope of the certificate, as well as on the complexity of the enterprise’s work processes.

Follow the link “ ”, and you will receive a free commercial proposal for supply chain certification, compiled specifically for your company. On average, a GFA Certification client will take 4-8 weeks to prepare for certification.

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