New certifications

Notifications to the stakeholders about new FSC Chain of Custody and Controlled wood certifications (re-certifications) are posted in this section. In accordance with the requirements of the certification system, the certification body shall hold stakeholder consultations at least 6 weeks prior to the audit to determine their opinion about the forest industry company and obtaining information about it from different sources. Thus, the auditor can obtain some important information about the company as early as before the audit.

Forest Certification LLC is an independent certification body and interested in getting objective stakeholder opinion regarding forestry performance of the audited enterprises.

We kindly ask the stakeholders to timely fill out the following questionnaire Stakeholder interview form Eng. Additional information can be sent in any convenient format.

If you want to meet with the auditors during the main audits, please notify the Lead Auditor of Forest Certification LLC not less than 5 days before the start of the audit.

The schedule of the main (re-certification) audits is to be posted in this section.

After the main (re-certification) audits, the auditors draft their reports. Their short versions (Public Summaries) are available in the FSC database, where they are to be posted in case of a certificate issued.

All arising disputes or complaints against the certificate holders are examined by the Head of the Certification Body and an independent Dispute Settlement Committee. The Procedure of Consideration of Complaints and Appeals of Forest Certification LLC can be found here.

Please send all your addresses to one of the following:

• Postal address of the certification body: Russia, 121096, Moscow, ul.Osennyaya, 17, korpus 1, office I, room. 146;
• Director of Certification Programs, Alexey Savulidi: tel./fax+7-812-384-69-88 or by e-mail to alexey.savulidi@fcert.ru