SGS-CSTC FSC COC forest certification

From wood to wood, furniture and wood pulp, to know exactly where your wood comes it is becoming increasingly important. Moreover, the mandatory requirements are becoming more stringent, focusing on environmental issues from consumers also requires well-managed forest timber, and require information disclosure to ensure that your business can continue to meet their current and future requirements . However, with the gradual globalization of wood supply and manufacture of wood origin traceability process is becoming increasingly complex. Forest Products Chain of Custody traceability information to ensure that wood sources provide your customers and consumers purchase products. Forest Products Chain of Custody certification to prove your commitment to the supply chain traceability, enhance the credibility of the timber supply chain, helping you meet customer requirements and continue to improve the image of the organization. About FSC * Statistics as of 15 November 2010 on PEFC * statistics as of November 2010 the Forest Stewardship Council FSC is an independent, non-governmental, non-profit organization established to promote responsible worldwide forest management. In response to global deforestation, FSC was established in 1993 and is recognized as the most important institution in the last two decades worldwide to promote responsible management of forests. In 1993, FSC forest management and chain of custody develop a globally harmonized FSC Principles and Criteria, contains 10 principles and 56 criteria. FSC certification system, the search for responsible forest management companies, organizations and associations provides internationally recognized standard-setting, trademark and accreditation services. FSC certification label responsible for the production and consumption of forest products to provide a credible link, prompting consumers and organizations make to the people, the environment and business value are profitable buying decisions. ? Some data needs to be concerned about the FSC's *: FSC set up in more than 50 countries worldwide branches; FSC-certified forests worldwide has more than 134 million hectares; 50% of forest product supply chain companies received a total of?? more than 19,000 FSC certificate;? 1,005 sheets have been issued worldwide FM / CoC certificate of Forest Certification schemes (PEFC) was established in 1999, is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental international organizations to protect the world's forests as the goal, to promote sustainable forest management through independent third party certification. PEFC applies to the entire forest supply chain to promote good forest management while ensuring that timber and non-timber forest products is in accordance with the highest standards of ecological, social and ethical produced. Customers and consumers can identify the product by eco-labeling is from sustainably managed forests. PEFC is an umbrella organization to meet the requirements of multiple interests and different regional priorities and Legal multiple forest certification system is based. Each national forest certification system must be carried out strictly in accordance with a third-party review of the PEFC standards for sustainable development, so as to ensure its continued compliance with international standards. So far, PEFC has been approved in more than 30 national forest certification systems, and become the world's largest forest certification system. It is worth mentioning that? *: PEFC certified by the world's forests have been more than 232 million hectares, accounting for two-thirds of the world's certified forest area of ??7,522 companies and organizations to obtain the PEFC CoC PEFC certification on behalf of more than 456,788 a Woodland owners?? interests chain of custody certification purposes chain of custody certification to prove your wood products from certified and well-managed forests, or from controlled wood and / or recycled materials; while these products are not verified and non- Controlled wood products mixed together. Percentage label or credit system should be used in strictly controlled to ensure that the mixing of products from well-managed forests and controlled wood recycled materials and / or post-consumer. Organizations need to CoC certification include: organize timber production, wood products have legitimate property rights or ownership of the organization, you need to independently FSC / PEFC trademark organizations. The first step in obtaining safe conduct CoC Chain of Custody certification is to identify all the critical control points. Recognition must be controlled every aspect to ensure that aliasing does not occur. By combining identify, isolate and documented, with adequate training in order to, you can avoid material mixed critical control points. More stringent control, the risk of mixing products lower, thereby ensuring CoC system more stable. Once the critical control points are confirmed, we can set up the framework of CoC certification under the system. Procedures and control is the key to the establishment of good documentation system. ? Essential part of the chain of custody certification system procurement and access to raw materials: concrete for the seller to assess, acquire and preserve records to ensure traceability of product sources. ? Certification of raw materials within the scope of the organization's business processes (for example, to distinguish between certified and non-certified material material). ? To provide certified material, for example, can be traced and validated to provide the necessary information and documents. CoC certification scope defines the scope of certification site, the product (depending on the product category and label type / raw material specifications), processing / management activities, namely in accordance with the certification standards for assessments and audits to ensure that the product origin, manufacturing processes comply with all the requirements of CoC certification application . CoC certification provides an initial part of the scope of certification (ie certification of purchasing raw materials and non-certified), raw material processing sectors (such as processing, production, labeling, storage and / or transportation) to the product output link (eg certified products from the certificate holder's control). Any product range in this certification should comply with the relevant certification standards, and in order to obtain certification.