The Forest Stewardship Council GmbH (FSC) is an international non-profit, multistakeholder organization established in 1993 that promotes responsible management of the world's forests via timber certification. This organization uses a market-based approach to transnational environmental policy. [1] [2]

FSC certification has been growing for 30 years. More than: 150 million hectares of forest are certified to FSC standards; 50,000 companies hold FSC chain of custody certification; 1000 companies hold a promotional licence; 1000 organisations are FSC members.

FSC® is trusted by NGOs, businesses, and consumers worldwide to protect healthy, resilient forests for all, forever. FSC is a non-profit organization, providing trusted solutions to help protect the world’s forests and tackle today’s deforestation, climate, and biodiversity challenges.

Our facts and figures map provides a new way to see the growth in global forest area certified to FSC Principles and Criteria, as well as the global supply chain certification growth.

General Forest Facts. Learn more about the history of forestry and the changes in forested acres in the United States.

FSC is a non-profit organisation, providing trusted solutions to help protect the world’s forests and tackle today’s deforestation, climate, and biodiversity challenges. Our mission is to promote environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of …

That was the seed of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), founded in 1994 as a voluntary certification for sustainable forestry, promoting environmentally sound, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world’s forests.

The Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®) is the leading catalyst and defining force for improved forest management and market transformation, shifting the global forest trend toward sustainable use, conservation, restoration, and respect for all.

Because FSC is the gold standard in forest certification, it is the only system supported by groups such as WWF, Sierra Club, Greenpeace, Natural Resources Defense Council and National Wildlife Federation. Today, more than 550 million acres of forest are certified under FSC’s system, including nearly 155 million acres in the US and Canada.

Over the past 20 years, FSC has earned a reputation as the most rigorous, credible forest certification system. As a result, there are significant advantages to choosing FSC-certified products: Credibility - FSC is an independent, member-led group organized into social, environmental, and economic chambers that have equal authority.