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The FSC's stated mission is to "promote environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests". [12] It claims that forests managed to its standards offer benefits to both local and wider communities, and these are said to include cleaner air and water, and a contribution to mitigating the effects of climate change.
The PEFC is the largest certification framework in terms of forest area, with approximately two-thirds of the total certified area. The FSC program is the fastest growing. [9] In 2021, PEFC issued a position statement [10] defending their use of private standards in response to the Destruction: Certified report from Greenpeace. [11]
Shield of the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes (PEFC) at Marburg-Schröck, Germany. PEFC International is the only international forest certification scheme that bases its criteria on internationally accepted intergovernmental conventions and guidelines, [5] thereby linking its sustainability benchmark criteria with existing governmental processes.
The certification standard is subject to multi-stakeholder involvement in the development and revision of the standard, third-party audits, and a publicly available certification of audit summaries. [6] The minimum acreage to qualify for a tree farm refers to "woodland" i.e., forested land.
Collins is a family-owned American forest products company that began in operations July 28, 1855. Headquartered in Portland, Oregon, Collins was the first privately owned forest products company in the United States to have all of its hardwood and softwood forests certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).
Nov. 3—ALBANY — F&W Forestry Services is a recipient of the Forest Stewardship Council's 2022 Leadership Award. The annual award was established by FSC in 2010 to recognize uncommon excellence ...
An example of a B2B standard that has grown tremendously in the last few years is the Forest Stewardship Council’s standard (FSC) for forest products made from sustainably harvested trees. The line between consumer and B2B sustainability standards is becoming blurred, with leading trade buyers increasingly demanding Fairtrade certification ...
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