Our vision and mission
FSC was established to promote the responsible management of the world’s forests.
How we do this
FSC brings people together to promote responsible forest management and to find solutions to the problems created by bad forestry practices.
FSC does so in providing standard setting, trademark assurance and accreditation services and market access for companies and organizations interested in responsible forestry.
Products carrying the FSC label are independently certified to assure consumers that they come from forests that are managed to meet the social, economic and ecological needs of present and future generations.
In 2007 we adopted the FSC Global Strategy. This strategy charts the course of FSC for the next five years.
Our mission
The Forest Stewardship Council A.C. (FSC) shall promote environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests.
- Environmentally appropriate forest management ensures that the harvest of timber and non-timber products maintains the forest's biodiversity, productivity, and ecological processes.
- Socially beneficial forest management helps both local people and society at large to enjoy long term benefits and also provides strong incentives to local people to sustain the forest resources and adhere to long-term management plans.
- Economically viable forest management means that forest operations are structured and managed so as to be sufficiently profitable, without generating financial profit at the expense of the forest resource, the ecosystem, or affected communities. The tension between the need to generate adequate financial returns and the principles of responsible forest operations can be reduced through efforts to market the full range of forest products and services for their best value.
Our value proposition
FSC’s unique role is to bring together people, organizations and businesses of the Global South and North to develop consensus-based solutions that promote responsible stewardship of the world’s forests. People, organizations and businesses in the Global South and Global North invest time, resources and credibility in FSC because forests are important to them. FSC’s solutions respond to challenges created by poor management of forest resources and are supported by social, environmental and economic stakeholders in the Global South and Global North alike. They are used by people, organizations and businesses engaging markets to encourage responsible stewardship of forest resources.
