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FSC Risk Assessments
FSC Risk Assessments assess the risk of sourcing material from supply areas and establish mitigation measures to address those identified risks. Companies can find mitigation measures from the assessment based on the framework. The risk assessment is a document that contains indicators covering several key requirements for FSC such as High Conservation Values, human and labour rights, environmental protection, among others.
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FSC Risk Assessment Framework
FSC-PRO-60-006b FSC Risk Assessment Framework provides a comprehensive tool for companies to assess and mitigate risks of sourcing forest materials.
With 64 indicators for assessing risks connected to relevant social and environmental aspects, FSC’s Risk Assessment Framework is aligned with EUDR regulatory requirements to ensure responsible sourcing. The next generation of FSC’s existing risk assessments for controlled wood sourcing will be based on this updated framework and valid for both Regulatory Module users and Controlled Wood users.
Learn more about how these requirements were developed in the process page here.
Understand the background and how risk assessments work in the FSC system by reading the Demystifying Risk Assessments document.
Risk Assessment Template
FSC's Risk Assessment Template sets the foundation to assess and mitigate risk of sourcing from uncertified area.
To ensure all features of the template are enabled right click on the file before opening, selecting Properties, and then check the “unblock” button at the bottom of the popup. Learn more here about unblocking the macros here.
If you have issues downloading the document or enabling the features contact country_requirements@fsc.org.
Risk Assessment Template Guide
Learn about how to use the Risk Assessment Template following this guidance. In addition, we have an available playlist for a video tutorial series which can be found on YouTube here.
Find Controlled Wood Risk Assessments
This interactive map provides a simplified, easy-to-use overview of the contents of all 60 FSC risk assessments for use when applying FSC-STD-40-005 Requirements for Sourcing FSC Controlled Wood based on FSC-PRO-60-002a. On this table you can find summaries of the risk descriptions and the precise control measures that are contained in the original risk assessments. This information is provided with the intent of making it more accessible to certificate holders and certification bodies. The definitive information is found in the FSC risk assessments on the FSC Document Centre. Note these Risk Assessments are not applicable for users of FSC's Regulatory Module or looking to use FSC to support compliance with EUDR.