What is the Forest Stewardship Council FSC

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What is the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)?

• Non-profit organization devoted to encouraging
  the responsible management of the worlds
  forests.
• Landowners and companies that sell timber or
  forest products seek certification as a way to
  verify to consumers that they have practiced
  forestry consistent with FSC standards.
• Consolidated Graphics has attained this
  certification through SmartWood and CDS is now an
  important part of that chain.

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FSC and environmental organizations

• Trusted environmental organizations that support
  and encourage FSC certification include
• Greenpeace
• National Wildlife Federation
• The Nature Conservancy
• Sierra Club and
• World Wildlife Fund

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FSC Vision Statement

• FSC seeks a world where buyers of wood and
  paper are empowered to make responsible choices
  through the use of FSC certification. We strive
  to build trust in our brand every day and thereby
  rebuild trust in the practice of responsible
  forestry. By creating value in working forests,
  we will create a marketplace that rejects
  unsustainable and irresponsible forest products.

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Principles and Criteria

• FSC has developed a set of Principles and
  Criteria for forest management that are
  applicable to all FSC-certified forests and
  throughout the world.
• There are 10 Principles and 57 Criteria that
  address legal issues, indigenous rights, labor
  rights, multiple benefits, and environmental
  impacts surround forest management.
• See the principals and criteria at www.fsc.org

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Becoming Certified

• Forest Stewardship Council forest certification
  is a voluntary market mechanism through which
  forests are certified against a strict set of
  environmental and social standards.
• All producers and manufacturers along the supply
  chain are certified to ensure that the final
  product bearing the FSC logo actually originated
  from a certified forest.

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Chain of Custody

• There are two types of certifications
• Forest Management
• Chain of Custody
• Primary Manufacturing of materials
• Pulp to paper
• Secondary Manufacturing of materials
• Paper to finished goods
• Final delivery to end-user

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Proper FSC Label Use

• Two different uses of the label
• On-Product Labeling
• When using On-Product label you must print on
  FSC-certified paper bought from an FSC-certified
  merchant
• Off-Product Labeling
• Used for promotional use

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Labels

• On-Product Labeling
• Off-Product Labeling