Chain of Custody Standards

Chain of Custody (CoC) certification connects consumers to healthy forests by tracking products from forest to shelf.

Any company involved in the transformation, processing, manufacturing or distribution of a forest based product must meet the requirements of the FSC Chain of Custody standard and be certified in order to sell a product with an FSC Claim and/or FSC logo.

The FSC Chain of Custody standard focuses on the tracking of forest fibre through the supply chain. The standard provides requirements for how to verify, track, and mix forest fibre of different types and sources so that only products that meet FSC's requirement are able to carry an FSC Claim and/or FSC logo.

Documents

 

Chain of Custody Standards +/-

Icon	Resource Name Description	Size
	FSC-STD-40-004 Chain of Custody Certification (2007)	535.7 Kb
	FSC-STD-40-004 V2.1 FSC Chain of Custody Certification (2011)	439.1 Kb
	FSC-STD-40-004 V2.1 Track Changes (2011)	251.83 Kb
	FSC-STD-40-004a Product Classification (2007)	440.88 Kb
	FSC-STD-40-004a V2 FSC Product Classification (2011)	392.19 Kb
	FSC Product Classification Cross Reference Table	28.72 Kb
	FSC-STD-40-004b Species Terminology (2007)	760.2 Kb
	FSC-STD-40-003 Multi Site Chain of Custody Certification (2007)	427.48 Kb
	FSC-STD-40-007 Sourcing Reclaimed Materials (2007)	374.06 Kb

   

Chain of Custody Guidance Documents +/-

Icon	Resource Name Description	Size
	CoC: Factsheet	179.41 Kb
	FSC-ADV-40-018 Scope and Applicability of FSC-STD-40-003 (2010)	33.76 Kb
	FSC-DIR-40-004 Advice on Chain of Custody Certification Standard (2011)	218 Kb
	FSC-POL-40-002 Group CoC Certificate Guidelines for Certification Bodies (2004)	176.26 Kb
	FSC-PRO-20-003 Certificate License Transfer (2010)	136.65 Kb
	FSC-PRO-40-002 Development of national Chain of Custody group eligibility criteria (v1)	351.35 Kb
	FSC-PRO-40-002a List of approved National CoC Group Eligibility Criteria (2010)	141.19 Kb
	FSC-PRO-40-004 Minor Component Derogation Applications and Evaluations (2010)	162.98 Kb
	FSC-PRO-40-004a List of Approved Minor Component Derogations (2009)	50.97 Kb
	FSC-PRO-40-004b Form for Minor Component Derogation Applications	40.97 Kb