The FSC label identifies all those products wood containing, coming from forests that are managed according to rigid environmental, social and economic standards in a responsible and correct way. The forest of origin has been controlled in an independent way according to these standards (rules and criterions of a good forest management), that are established and approved by the Forest Stewardship Council through the participation and the agreement of the involved parties.
The FSC is an independent, non-governmental, not for profit organization consisting of diverse groups of representatives from environmental and social groups, the timber trade and the forestry profession, indigenous people’s organizations, responsible corporations, community forestry groups that work together to improve the forest management all around the world.