The FSC Pesticides Policy lays out FSC's position for managing the use of chemical pesticides in FSC-certified management units in consistency with Criterion 10.7 of FSC-STD-01-001 V5-2 FSC Principles and Criteria, which requires, inter alia, the use of integrated pest management.
Depending on when the unacceptable activity occurs/occurred, FSC will determine which policy version is used as the point of reference. If the unacceptable activity occurred prior to 2023, version 2-0 of the policy will be applied, whereas if the unacceptable activity occurs in 2023 or beyond, version 3-0 of the Policy for Association will be applied. To access Policy for Association, version 2-0, click here . The Policy for Association is an expression of the values shared by individuals and organizations associated with FSC. It defines six unacceptable activities that associated individuals and organizations and their corporate group commit to avoid in both certified and non-certified operations. The Policy for Association serves as a risk management tool for FSC, protecting the credibility and reputation of the FSC brand and organizations associated with it.
The FSC Board of Directors approved the following as FSC policy in relation to 'stepwise', 'modular' or 'phased' approaches (referred to collectively as 'modular approaches') to forest certification, at its 37th meeting in June 2005: FSC believes that credible modular approaches to forest certification have the potential to make a major contribution to the promotion of environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial and economically viable management of the world's forests; It is critically important to ensure that modular approaches do not undermine the promotion of sustainable forest management by creating new labels and brands aimed at consumers seeking responsibly managed forest products.
The FSC Network Policy describes the framework and organization of the FSC Network. This document addresses challenges around some aspects of the Network that have evolved over time, and improves transparency and accountability between the Network, the FSC International Board, the FSC International Secretariat, and the members of the organization.
Since the FSC Principles and Criteria were adopted in 1995, FSC members have pointed out the weakness of the definition of GMOs. Certification bodies have pointed out the difficulties in ensuring a uniform interpretation of this definition in practice. Forestry enterprises have informed FSC that uncertainties about this policy are one reason why they do not seek certification. This paper is an attempt at clarification.
This document describes the process to be adopted by FSC to ensure a timely, independent and effective resolution of complaints submitted by FSC stakeholders. These can be complaints regarding the FSC normative framework or the performance of FSC International, the FSC Network as well as complaints regarding the performance of ASI.
The objective of this document is to provide the procedures for the calculation of the financial penalty/compensation fee and the process for blocked organizations to contest their blocked status in response to false claims.
This procedure is not subject to the rules and regulations outlined in FSC-PRO-01-001."
The objective of this document is to provide the procedures to be followed by the NOs for the definition of national eligibility criteria for Group COC certification.
This document describes the process used by FSC to screen individuals and organizations applying for association with FSC for conformance with the Policy for Association. The intention of the procedure is to reduce the risk of establishing or maintaining association with an organization in violation of the Policy for Association and its corporate group. This document describes the process used by FSC to screen individuals and organizations applying for association with FSC for conformance with the Policy for Association. The intention of the procedure is to reduce the risk of establishing or maintaining association with an organization in violation of the Policy for Association and its corporate group.
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FSC normative documents
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Greenpeace Report - Stolen Future
FSC-STD-01-003 SLIMF Review Report
Focus Forests Landscape Dialogue – Info Sheet_EN
First Draft - FSC-STD-50-002 V2-0 EN
2018.07 New Members EN- FSC Internacional
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FSC core labour requirements self-assessment_USA V1-0
FSC-POL-30-401
FSC Certification and ILO Conventions
Policy (POL)
V(1-0)
The following policy elements were approved by the FSC Board of Directors at its 24th meeting, March 2002.
Ver.
1-0
Type
Policy (POL)
Status
approved
Code
FSC-POL-30-401
Version1-0 Date
2002-03-01
Effective date
2002-03-01
FSC-POL-30-401 EN FSC Certification and the ILO Conventions.pdf