Forest StewaRdship Council (FSC)

FSC certification sends a strong signal to the marketplace about responsible sourcing and production of wood products. FSC is a highly successful, international forestry certifiaction scheme that is globally recognized by major environmental and social organizations.

                                                                                                                                                    The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is an international non-profit organization founded to support environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests through independent forest management certification and marketplace labelling of certified forest products. 
 

More than 100 million hectares of forest land have been certified and more than 13,000 FSC certificates have been issued in over 80 countries wordwide. 
 

Getting FSC certified

Certification according to the rigorous standards of the Forest Stewardship Council provides your business with a well-known global quality brand that demonstrates corporate responsibility and care fore the world's forests.

NEPCon offers independent FSC assessments leading to to FSC certification of forest enterprises, wood industries, paper and printing companies and related trade organizations. You are welcome to contact us for further information. Or you can start the certification process now by filling in an application form.

We offer FSC services as a separate service or in combination with FSC or relevant forms of ISO certification.  Please use the left-hand menu to learn more about our range of services.
 

The Rainforest Alliance - our partner in FSC Certification

Our partner in FSC certification is the US-based organization the Rainforest Alliance, which maintains FSC accreditation. he Rainforest Alliance has established the world's oldest and largest FSC certification program, SmartWood, which also includes an extensive range of supplementary certification and verification schemes related to the forest supply, processing and sales chain.

By agreement, NEPCon is managing the SmartWood program in Europe, Russia, Turkey and Israel. All of our FSC-related certification services take place as part of the SmartWood Program.