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- Chain of Custody Evaluations Code: FSC-STD-20-011 (2021-02-02) Type Standard (STD)
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The objective of this standard is to provide the requirements to be followed by FSC accredited certification bodies (CBs) when auditing CoC organizations against applicable requirements of the FSC normative framework and integrating the findings to come to a reliable certification decision. This standard thereby aims to reduce the level of subjectivity and increase the consistency between sampling levels implemented by different CBs across different situations.
- Forest Management Evaluations Code: FSC-STD-20-007 Type Standard (STD)
The objective of this standard is to provide the requirements for FSC-accredited certification bodies to assess conformity of The Organization against applicable requirements of the FSC normative framework with regards to forest management certification, as well as reporting and decision making.
- Forest Management Evaluations Addendum – Forest Certification Public Summary Reports Code: FSC-STD-20-007b Type Standard (STD)Please note that the content of this normative document has been streamlined into FSC-STD-20-007 Forest Management Evaluations Standard (V4-0)
Publication date: 1 February 2023
Effective date: 1 July 2023
End of transition period: 31 December 2024
The social impacts of forest management mean that forest management is a social as a well as a technical activity. It is not possible to involve all stakeholders in every forest evaluation. It is therefore essential that forest certification and its results should be open to public scrutiny. This is the only way to demonstrate to all interested or affected parties that the certification decisions are justified and acceptable. It is a basic requirement of the FSC scheme that certification bodies make a summary report of each certified forest operation publicly available.
- Forest Management Evaluations Addendum – Forest Certification Reports Code: FSC-STD-20-007a Type Standard (STD)Please note that the content of this normative document has been streamlined into FSC-STD-20-007 Forest Management Evaluations Standard (V4-0)
Publication date: 1 February 2023
Effective date: 1 July 2023
End of transition period: 31 December 2024
The following requirements aim to ensure that the certification body decision making entity has sufficient information on which to base its decisions with respect to conformity with FSC forest stewardship standards, and to help FSC ensure that there is consistency in decision making between different certification bodies.
- FSC Directive on Forest Management Evaluations Code: FSC-DIR-20-007 (2023-08-01) Type Directive (DIR)
This document provides FSC’s formal interpretation of requirements included in FSC-STD-20-007.
- General requirements for FSC accredited certification bodies Code: FSC-STD-20-001 Type Standard (STD)
This standard specifies the accreditation requirements for all certification bodies operating FSC accredited certification programs. The objective of this standard is to ensure that these programs are managed in a competent, consistent, impartial, transparent, rigorous, reliable and credible manner, thereby facilitating their acceptance on a national and international basis and so furthering international trade and promoting sustainable development.
- Stakeholder Consultation for Forest Evaluations Code: FSC-STD-20-006 Type Standard (STD)
This standard is designed to give certification bodies and stakeholders more clarity as to the nature and extent of stakeholder consultation required for evaluation of FSC Forest Stewardship Standards.
- Standard for evaluation of FSC Controlled Wood in Forest Management Enterprises Code: FSC-STD-20-012 Type Standard (STD)
This standard is designed to provide a credible guarantee that all forest management units (FMUs) included in the scope of a FSC Controlled Wood certificate comply with the requirements of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Controlled Wood standards for forest management enterprises FSC-STD-30-010 (Version 2-0).
- Structure, Content and Local Adaptation of Generic Forest Stewardship Standards Code: FSC-STD-20-002 Type Standard (STD)
This standard defines a hierarchical framework which ensures that all FSC Forest Stewardship Standards can be audited in a consistent manner, providing replicable results. This standard also specifies the requirements for certification bodies to adapt their generic standards to local conditions in countries where there is not yet an FSC approved regional, national or sub-national Forest Stewardship Standard. This standard shall apply to certification body generic certification standards used as the basis for FSC certification.