Controlled Wood Standards

FSC Controlled Wood (CW) verification provides an assurance that 100% of the virgin fibre mixed with FSC-certified and recycled fibre comes from a verified and approved source.

FSC’s Controlled Wood standards define the minimum requirements that non-certified forests and fibre must meet in order to be mixed, under strict circumstances, with FSC-certified and/or recycled fibre. Although FSC is the fastest growing forest certification system in the world, many forests still do not meet FSC’s standards for healthy forests and strong communities, which is why Controlled Wood exists.

To qualify as FSC Controlled Wood, FSC Chain of Custody certified companies conduct a risk assessment, verified by third-party Certifiers, that non-certified forest fiber meets FSC's Controlled Wood requirements (as per FSC-STD-60-006). Forests may also be verified by third-party Certifiers through on-site audits to meet the FSC Controlled Wood standard (FSC-STD-30-010).

FSC Controlled Wood has been verified to NOT come from:

• Illegally harvested forests;
• Forests harvested in violation of traditional and civil rights;
• Forests in which high conservation values are threatened;
• Forests that are being converted to plantations or non-forest use; or
• Forests in which genetically modified trees are planted.

Documents

Controlled Wood Standards +/-

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	FSC-STD-30-010 CW Standard for Forest Management Enterprises (2006)	42.96 Kb
	FSC-STD-40-005 Company Evaluation of FSC CW (2006)	225.37 Kb

Controlled Wood Guidance Documents +/-

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	District of Origin Guidance on Controlled Wood District of Origin in North America (2010)	28.98 Kb
	CW: Factsheet	548.21 Kb
	Information Matrix Information matrix for conducting Controlled Wood risk assessments in Canada (2007)	237.83 Kb
	FSC-ADV-20-008 CW and Windthrow (2005)	39.56 Kb
	FSC-DIR-40-005 CW Directive (2011)	212.76 Kb
	FSC-PRO-60-002 Procedure for developing national Controlled Wood Risk assessments (2009)	189.04 Kb
	FSC-PRO-60-002a List of Approved national Controlled Wood Risk Assessments (2010)	387.33 Kb