Your Compliance Journey

Identify who you are...

Sourcing from

low-risk country

Sourcing from standard risk / high risk country

If you are sourcing from low risk country...

Information Collection

Product Description
- Trade name and type of the product
- For wood products:
  - Common name of all species included
  - Full scientific names of all species
Quantity of the Product
Country of production
Geolocation of Production Plots
The method for providing geolocation depends on the size of the land:
- For land ≤ 4 hectares:
  - Use either a polygon or a single point
  - Specify latitude and longitude coordinates to six decimal places
- For land > 4 hectares:
  - Use polygons
  - Provide an adequate number of latitude and longitude points to accurately outline the perimeter of each plot
Date or time range of harvesting
Name of the business, postal address, and email address of the operator or trader
A copy of the FSC public summary report demonstrating that:
- The relevant products are deforestation-free
- The relevant commodities have been produced in accordance with the relevant legislation of the country of production.

FSC Trace

FSC Trace provides infrastructure that allows critical data about the origin of forest-based products to flow from forest managers to downstream customers who need it for EUDR reporting.

Draft Due Diligence Statements & Reports automatically, so that they are generated on demand for your submission to competent authorities.

Integrates information from risk assessments that are created under a tailored risk framework and then verified by an FSC audit.

Data needed for due diligence is automatically pulled and consistently structured for you, all in one place. This makes it easy to use, especially when you’re dealing with complex or dynamic supply chains that produce a lot of data.

Sourcing from low-risk countries entails simplified due diligence obligations for operators and traders. This means that they need to collect information for due diligence purposes, but not assess and mitigate risks.

If you are sourcing from standard risk / high risk country...

Information Collection

Product Description
- Trade name and type of the product
- For wood products:
  - Common name of all species included
  - Full scientific names of all species
Quantity of the Product
Country of production
Geolocation of Production Plots
The method for providing geolocation depends on the size of the land:
- For land ≤ 4 hectares:
  - Use either a polygon or a single point
  - Specify latitude and longitude coordinates to six decimal places
- For land > 4 hectares:
  - Use polygons
  - Provide an adequate number of latitude and longitude points to accurately outline the perimeter of each plot
Date or time range of harvesting
Name of the business, postal address, and email address of the operator or trader
A copy of the FSC public summary report demonstrating that:
- The relevant products are deforestation-free
- The relevant commodities have been produced in accordance with the relevant legislation of the country of production.

FSC Trace

FSC Trace provides infrastructure that allows critical data about the origin of forest-based products to flow from forest managers to downstream customers who need it for EUDR reporting.

Draft Due Diligence Statements & Reports automatically, so that they are generated on demand for your submission to competent authorities.

Integrates information from risk assessments that are created under a tailored risk framework and then verified by an FSC audit.

Risk Mitigation

When a risk assessment indicates a non-negligible risk that the product is not deforestation-free or produced in accordance with relevant legislation, the organization must apply risk mitigation procedures before selling the products.

Policies, controls, and procedures to effectively mitigate and manage the risks of non-conformity with the product must be maintained.

Some examples include:

Best practice risk management practices
Reporting and record keeping
Internal control and compliance management (not applicable for SMEs)

Show and document how decisions on risk mitigation procedures and measures were taken. These decisions must be documented, reviewed annually, revised if necessary, and made available to competent authorities upon request.

The organization can demonstrate conformity through FSC Forest Management Certification.

FSC Risk Assessment

The information collected must be analyzed and verified. A risk assessment should be conducted based on the verified information to determine if there's a risk that the products intended for sale are not deforestation-free or produced in accordance with relevant legislation.

Use the existing FSC Risk Assessment to identify the risk level related to relevant indicators.

If no FSC Risk Assessment is available, the organization may use the simplified risk assessment template provided by FSC.

Products should only be sold as FSC certified if the risk assessment reveals no or negligible risk that the products are not deforestation-free or not produced in accordance with relevant legislation. Otherwise they can be sold at a later stage if risk mitigation measures have been implemented.

The risk assessment must be reviewed at least annually to ensure continued correctness and relevance. Revise if necessary.

Collected information must be made available to competent authorities upon request.

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Your Compliance Journey

If you are sourcing from low risk country...

Information Collection

Product Description

Trade name and type of the product

For wood products:

Common name of all species included

Full scientific names of all species

Quantity of the Product

Country of production

Geolocation of Production Plots The method for providing geolocation depends on the size of the land:

For land ≤ 4 hectares:

Use either a polygon or a single point

Specify latitude and longitude coordinates to six decimal places

For land > 4 hectares:

Use polygons

Provide an adequate number of latitude and longitude points to accurately outline the perimeter of each plot

Date or time range of harvesting

Name of the business, postal address, and email address of the operator or trader

A copy of the FSC public summary report demonstrating that:

The relevant products are deforestation-free

The relevant commodities have been produced in accordance with the relevant legislation of the country of production.

FSC Trace

If you are sourcing from standard risk / high risk country...

Information Collection

Product Description

Trade name and type of the product

For wood products:

Common name of all species included

Full scientific names of all species

Quantity of the Product

Country of production

Geolocation of Production Plots The method for providing geolocation depends on the size of the land:

For land ≤ 4 hectares:

Use either a polygon or a single point

Specify latitude and longitude coordinates to six decimal places

For land > 4 hectares:

Use polygons

Provide an adequate number of latitude and longitude points to accurately outline the perimeter of each plot

Date or time range of harvesting

Name of the business, postal address, and email address of the operator or trader

A copy of the FSC public summary report demonstrating that:

The relevant products are deforestation-free

The relevant commodities have been produced in accordance with the relevant legislation of the country of production.

FSC Trace

Geolocation of Production Plots
The method for providing geolocation depends on the size of the land:

Geolocation of Production Plots
The method for providing geolocation depends on the size of the land: