Public Summary Reports of Certification
Every FSC-certification is reported.
For every forest management certification a summary of the results is publicly available in a public certification report.
The summary has to be published on the CB’s website.
 Content
The public certification report shall contain specified information, such as a general description of consulted stakeholders, but also a general presentation of the observations on which the certification decision is based including a list of main strengths and main weaknesses and clear information to enable the reader to make an easy correlation between the requirements of each of the FSC Principles.
In cases where stakeholders have alleged a non-compliance, but the auditors have concluded that a certificate should be issued, the public summary shall explain why the auditors concluded there was no non-compliance. An explanation is also required when the alleged non-compliance was considered minor, or if action was taken prior to the issue of a certificate. A description of any preconditions that had been issued and the actions taken by the certificate holder to close out those preconditions should be included.10
Every public summary report must contain a list of all non-compliances that the FMU is required to correct in order to maintain their certification, including the time course within which corrective actions shall be taken.11
Surveillance Audits and Updates
A description of the actions taken by the FMU to correct any non-compliance identified at the previous audit must be included. Also information about the CB’s conclusion as to whether the actions taken constitute full compliance with the requirements of the concerned applicable FSC-Standard and if not, whether the remaining non-compliance is considered minor or major non-compliance. Any further identified non-compliances should be described.12
In cases where one or more stakeholders have alleged a non-compliance but the auditors have concluded that the certificate should be maintained, the updated summary shall explain why the auditors concluded there was no non-compliance, or why the alleged non-compliance was considered minor, and/or show how the allegation is explicitly linked to a new corrective action requirement.13 |
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