What is FSC?

The FSC label, like the PEFC label, stands for responsible forest management. In an FSC forest, the ecological, social and economic aspects associated with forest management are taken into account in a balanced way.

FSC-certified wood can be mixed with non-certified wood. Here too, however, it must first be demonstrated that the wood did not originate from an illegal harvest. FSC calls this Controlled Wood. This means it has been established that the wood does not originate from the following undesirable sources:

• Illegal logging.

• Logging in which traditional and/or civil rights have been violated.

• Logging from forest areas with high conservation value threatened by management activities.

• Logging from forest areas that are converted into plantations or other non-forest uses (conversion).

• Wood from forests in which genetically modified trees have been planted.

• The FSC label works with a so-called ‘credit’ system. This system is also called ‘mass balance’ and is comparable to the green energy principle. It then looks at the total balance of input for all the different products at companies.

 

There are two types of FSC labels:

1. 100% FSC: wood sourced 100% from sustainably managed forests according to FSC guidelines

2. FSC mix 70%: wood that originates from a mass balance of at least 70% from sustainably managed forests in accordance with FSC guidelines. Up to 30% of the mass balance consists of Controlled Wood.