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Gemma Boetekees FSC Europe Director
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Forest Stewardship Council Why was FSC created?

• Identify well managed forests and their products
• Provide the consumer with independent assurance
  of the sources of forest products

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Forest Stewardship Council

• FSC is
• Association of Voting Members, founded in 1993
• 561 members
• from 59 countries
• organized in 3 chambers
• economic,
• environmental and
• social
• (February 2003)

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Forest Stewardship Council Mission Statement

• FSC shall promote
• ENVIRONMENTALLY APPROPRIATE,
• SOCIALLY BENEFICIAL
• AND ECONOMICALLY VIABLE
• MANAGEMENT OF THE WORLDS FORESTS.

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Forest Stewardship Council Principles and
Criteria

• Compliance with laws and FSC Principles
• Tenure and use rights and responsibilities
• Indigenous peoples rights
• Community relations and workers rights
• Benefits from the forest

• 6. Environmental impact
• 7. Management plan
• 8. Monitoring and assessment
• 9. Maintenance of High Conservation Value forests
• 10. Plantations

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Forest Stewardship Council

• How does FSC work?
• Accreditation and monitoring of certification
  bodies, standards, National Initiatives
• World wide standard of recognized and respected
  Principles and Criteria of good forest
  management and policies to accompany them
• Communication and Marketing (incl. Trademark)
• Capacity building

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Forest Stewardship Council
FSC Europe Regional Office, Netherlands
FSC International Centre, Bonn, Germany
FSC Asia RO, SE Asia
FSC America RO, Oaxaca, Mexico
FSC Africa RO, Central Africa
A global, flexible and decentralised network
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FSC accredited certifiers

• South African Bureau for Standards (SABS)
• ICILA (Italy)
• GFA Terra Systems Germany)
• Silva Forest Foundation (Canada)
• BM TRADA Certification United Kingdom)
• Eurocertifor (France)
• SQS (Switzerland)

• Rainforest Alliance Smart Wood ProgramUnited
  States
• Scientific Certification Systems Forest
  Conservation Program (SCS)United States
• SGS Forestry QUALIFOR ProgrammeUnited Kingdom
• Soil Association Woodmark schemeUnited Kingdom
• Institut für Marktölogie (IMO)Switzerland
• SkalThe Netherlands

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FSC in the world
31 National Initiatives (February 2003)
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Forest Management Chain of Custody
certificates February 2003
2,871 CoC Certificates in 67 countries
10,000 FSC labelled products
Total certified area 34,623,026 ha
486 FM certificates in 55 countries
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Forest Stewardship Council
San Francisco Intl Airport, USA 1950 m2
certified cherry veneer on the International
Terminal Great Wall
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Forest Stewardship Council
In 204 houses in Arnhem, The Netherlands, Window
frames made from FSC labelled sapupira from
Brazil
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Forest Stewardship Council FSC Benefits

• Social Benefits
• Empowerment of all stakeholders through
  access, knowledge voice
• Preservation of indigenous peoples rights
• Worker safety welfare
• Contribution to alleviation of poverty
• Sustainable communities

• Environmental Benefits
• Conserves biodiversity
• Protects threatened species habitats
• Maintains ecological integrity functionality
  of the forest

• Economic Benefits
• Market differentiation
• Market access
• Increased market share reach
• Enhanced profitability through elimination of
  wasteful practices
• Access to new sources of capital, such as
  socially responsible investment

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Forest Stewardship CouncilUK research on impacts
of certification (Nov 2002)

• Commercial enterprises the market has been the
  main driver.
• Earlier certifications seeking to get ahead of
  the market.
• More recent certifications requests and
  preferences from buyers for certified timber.
• Enterprises without a commercial imperative
  driver is principle and demonstration (of good
  management)
• Whilst most commercial enterprises would not
  certify without market pressure, wider benefits
  of being certified are recognised better
  relationships, avoidance of conflict, better
  public and governmental profile, ease of grant
  applications.

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Forest Stewardship CouncilConsumer research

• UK (approx. 5 FSC timber in 2001)
• Gardening which? April 2001
• 76 gardeners only offer timber from good forest
  management
• 13 recognises FSC logo 75 of them knows what
  it stands for
• Netherlands (approx 7 FSC timber in 2001)
• WWF May 2002
• 12 recognises FSC logo and can explain what it
  means
• 44 recognises logo if FSC is mentioned
• 13 looks for logo when buying timber

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Forest Stewardship CouncilWhy retailers demand
certification

• BQs Timber Buying Policy
• To continue to build our customers trust that
  all our wood and paper products come either from
  proven, well managed forests or recycled
  material, thereby continuing to grow sales and
  build pride for our entire supply chain
• Intergamma
• Intergamma is looking for a long lasting
  relationship with our customers. Independent and
  credible certification of timber fits in this
  policy. Intergamma has introduced a long-term
  policy to supply only FSC labelled timber to our
  customers

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Forest Stewardship Council Adopted by Leader
retailers
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Forest Stewardship Council Adopted by forest
product companies
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Products
Doors window frames
Paper
floors
furniture
boards
pencils
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Forest Stewardship CouncilConclusion

• Socially-responsible business or sustainable
  business practice serves the interest of a
  company. It is hardly seen as a luxury rather,
  it pays for itself.
• The Forest Stewardship Council provides a
  marketing instrument for companies that wish to
  assure their clients of their long-term
  commitment to socially beneficial,
  environmentally appropriate and economically
  viable forest management.