Your scope of certification defines which FSC standards and policies that apply to your company. We are happy to help if you are unsure of whether you are covered by a specific document.
Note: In this section, you will find a link to the FSC International Document Center website where all applicable FSC standards, policies, procedures and other relevant normative documents are kept up to date. . Scroll down to find a link to documents that apply to all FSC certificates. These are equally important for your certification.
Further documents
There are some official documents apply to all FSC certificate holders, including FM and CoC certificates. View these documents.
FSC Principles & Criteria (P&C) & International Generic Indicators (IGI)
The global FSC Principles and Criteria (P&C) are generally seen as "the fundamental law" of FSC certification, since they lay down the fundamental definition of responsible forest management. The IGI are a set of indicators that are used as the starting point to adapt the FSC forest management requirements to national or regional context to operationalize the FSC P&C. The adaptation process can result in two types of FSC FM standards. A FSC National Forest Stewardship Standard, which is developed by a registered FSC chamber balanced standard develop group. The second type is an Interim National Forest Stewardship Standard which is developed by one or more accredited FSC certification body(s) in countries that do not have a registered standard development group.
Quick links:
- Principles and Criteria for Forest Stewardship
- International Generic Indicators
- Glossary of Terms
- Forest Management Groups
- SLIMF and community forest eligibility criteria
- Pesticides policy
- Lists of Highly Hazardous Pesticides
- Policy to Address Conversion
- Remedy Framework
- Interpretation on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)
- Policy on the excision of areas from the scope of certification
- FSC Certification and the ILO conventions
