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RESPONSIBLE CLIMATE LIFE LIFE
CONSUMPTION ACTION BELOW WATER ON LAND
AND PRODUCTION
CASE:
Successful
FSC CoC
audit 2017
PDAid had a successful first audit, since the Norwegian business
assurance provider, DNV GL, found us to conform to the inter-
national FSC Standard for Chain of Custody Certification.
As one of the first communications agencies, PDAid holds a
certificate for the production of printed material following
the international FSC Standard for CoC Certification with the
trademark license FSC-C130488.
About FSC
Through the FSC CoC management systems, PDAid effectively
FSC stands for Forest and Stewardship Council®. It is a global, controls its processing system, while demonstrating to clients
not-for-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of the origin of the material used in paper products. Suppliers and
responsible forest management worldwide. FSC enables partners who contribute to the production of FSC printed matters
businesses and consumers to make informed choices about must equally hold a FSC certification to apply the FSC label.
the forest products they buy, and create positive change by
engaging the power of market dynamics. The enrollment in the CoC for FSC Certified Products is an
important step forward for PDAid as it ensures our partners
FSC Chain of Custody is an information trail about the path and clients that paper products, purchased from us, originate
taken by products from the forest or, in the case of recycled from environmentally responsible, socially equitable, and
materials, from the reclamation site to the consumer, economically viable forests. In other words, the FSC certification
including each stage of processing, transformation, manu- provides a credible guarantee to clients that products, sold with
facturing, and distribution where progress to the next stage our FSC certificate code, originate from well-managed forests,
of the supply chain involves a change of ownership. controlled sources, reclaimed materials, or a mixture of these.
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