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Verified Impact – Access and disclose high-quality forest impact data
Invest in measurable forest impacts
Verified Impact (formerly Ecosystem Services) is a solution to capture high-quality nature and climate data from FSC-certified forests. It aims to help businesses access and disclose high-integrity forest data which allows them to showcase their business impact on forest health.
The challenge
Climate change, biodiversity loss, and other environmental crises increasingly threaten the sustainability of daily business operations. Companies must take bold and effective measures to combat these challenges and seamlessly integrate them into their core business practices.
Developing a clear, long-term sustainability roadmap has become essential for companies to remain competitive and gain market share. Yet, many still struggle to find credible solutions that enable them to communicate their sustainability efforts confidently and with solid evidence.
Growing regulations and frameworks such as CSRD (Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive), GRI (Global Reporting Initiative), and CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project) are placing greater demands on companies to comply with rigorous sustainability reporting and disclosure frameworks.
The solution
FSC’s Verified Impact – high-integrity data, empowering companies to showcase their sustainability achievements with confidence and credibility.
By delivering transparent, evidence-based data, Verified Impact helps businesses meet reporting standards, communicate their commitments effectively, and reinforce their long-term sustainability strategies.
Benefits of Verified Impact for sponsors
Quantifiable data
With clear, scalable, standardized metrics, the data enables sponsors to take action within or beyond your value chain; and report progress on your sustainability commitments including CSRD, CDP, TNFD, and GRI.
Well-structured, evidence-based claims for communication
Communicate confidently with well-structured, evidence-based claims and impact statements built with the trust and trademark of FSC.
Three layers of verification by FSC system to minimize reporting and communication risks
• quantification of forest management impact data via Ecosystem Services Procedure;
• data comes from FSC-certified forests;
• the claims that sponsors are able to make.
Transparent audit records and public information
Publicly available dashboard with high-integrity, independently audited forest data attributes claims to forests, forest managers and their sponsors whilst anonymizing commercially sensitive information.
Optimize your sustainability strategy
By investing in the forests of your value chain, you take responsibility for and mitigate the negative impacts of your forest operations.
Flexible for local needs
Tailored FSC standards meet positive ecosystem services impacts across the world and directly support climate or biodiversity strategies with specifically mapped projects.
7 ecosystem services of the forests for sponsorship
There are 7 types of ecosystem services for sponsorship in FSC-certified forests.
Verified Impact in action
Learn how the Huong Son State Forest Company is actively protecting and restoring the forest within Vietnam's Ha Tinh province, leveraging the benefits of FSC Verified Impact.
Spanning 20,000 hectares of forest land, this region hosts a rich biodiversity of more than 2,300 plant and animal species. Thanks to its commitment, 727,425 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) were successfully sequestered from the atmosphere during the period spanning from 2015 to 2020.
Case study about Huong Son project: Carbon sequestration
This document highlights how strategic forest management not only bolsters carbon sequestration but also enhances biodiversity, offering a blueprint for businesses seeking to contribute to environmental preservation while achieving your sustainability goals.
How do sponsors communicate the claims
Companies worldwide are making a measurable impact with FSC
Levico Acque has been an FSC promotional licence holder since 2019.
Roller has been an FSC promotional licence holder since 2010.
VolkerWessels has been an FSC chain of custody certificate holder since 2019.
“Ecosystem services claims highlights our company’s efforts to make the public more aware of the need to protect biodiversity.”Vincent Perrotin, Corporate Social Responsibility Manager, Groupe FDJ