fold faq How does FSC control its certification bodies?
Accreditation Services International (ASI), manages the FSC accreditation program. It conducts an office audit and the witnessing of one trial audit in the field. If the certification body is compliant to FSC standards, it will gain FSC accreditation. One such requirement is that all FSC accredited certification bodies have to be in compliance with relevant international ISO standard (ISO/IEC Guide 65: 1996 (E)). Every year ASI controls the continued implementation of FSC rules and procedures through at least one office and one field audit for each FSC accredited certification body. The exact number and distribution of ASI surveillance audits is calculated based on ASIs sampling procedure taking into account complex settings (geographic areas, policies or products that carry increased risk) and the number of FSC certificates handled by a FSC accredited certification body. Summaries of ASI surveillance audits are publicly available on the ASI website. If an FSC accredited certification
