It is very easy to find, where to buy Certified Products or Suppliers that are either Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) or Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) Certified.
Apart from searching for particular certification of species/timber information. You can also find out if
- an organisation is registered to sell or trade certain certified products
- an organisation is registered to sell certain species any hardwood or softwood
- an organisation is registered to sell particular product mix or claims e.g controlled wood, or mix credit etc
- an organisation has been suspended from the certification scheme or the certificate is still current
FSC and PEFC Certification bodies have created databases which have a search tool to find a certified product ( all timber or wood-based products) or supplier/organisation on their website. This database is updated regularly and covers all organisations globally the two links to access these databases are given below;-
PEFC Certified Suppliers or Products visit: PEFC Certified Products or Suppliers
FSC Certified Suppliers or Products visit: FSC Certified Suppliers or Products
When buying specify Certified Timber, Chain of Custody Certification (CoC) Body, e.g. FSC/PEFC percentage required as a minimum, e.g. 70% 100% and always verify the information, e.g. on quotations, delivery, purchase, sales order, invoices and product labelling. It is still important to offer alternative species if not available from the certification scheme. To understand the various FSC Certification Claims visit
There are a number of reasons why you would choose one certification body to another due to a number of differences. FSC tends to be a lot more stringent compared to most forest certification schemes and FSC tends to be the prefered certification scheme with some organisations that carry out environmental impact assessment such as BREEAM but the UK Government Timber Procurement Policy tends to award equivalent points to PEFC and FSC based on Category A evidence.
