Forest Stewardship Council: Green Product Certifications
Source: https://businessofhome.com/articles/a-designer-s-guide-to-green-product-certifications
Author: Caroline Bourque & Haley Chouinard
The FSC sets standards to ensure the forests used to source wood and lumber products are responsibly managed by providing two main types of certifications: FSC forest management certification, related to the forest of origin, and FSC chain of custody certification, which focuses on the supply chain. At the consumer level, products bearing any of the three available FSC labels give more insight into the manufacturer’s practices: FSC 100% means all the materials used in a product have been sourced from certified forests; FSC Recycled indicates the product contains 100-percent recycled content; and FSC Mix means the product contains a combination of recycled materials, FSC-certified wood and FSC-controlled wood (which does not come from an FSC-certified forest, but also does not originate from sources the organization deems unacceptable, such as through deforestation).