In 2023 and 2024, SmartCert assisted 29 companies in achieving or maintaining their FSC chain-of-custody certification. These organizations ranged from large multisite multinationals to small businesses with just 2-3 employees. The activities of the companies we worked with were diverse, including paper mills, sawmills, printers,...
FSC IC has commissioned SmartCert to update the controlled wood risk assessments for Brazil, Canada, and Indonesia. These updates are necessary as the existing assessments are five years old and must align with the requirements of the FSC-PRO-60-006b procedure. Key changes include the following: there are...
To support the Anishinabek Nation in its forestry strategy, SmartCert was commissioned to identify the tools and training needs of the Anishinabek Nation's forestry working group....
The FSC Criterion 6.5 states that: “The Organization shall identify and protect representative sample areas of native ecosystems and/or restore them to more natural conditions. Where representative sample areas do not exist or are insufficient, The Organization shall restore a proportion of the Management Unit to...
SmartCert is part of a select group of experts trusted by FSC to verify the progress made by these companies in addressing the damage they have caused, with the ultimate goal of re-admitting them to FSC certification. We are currently serving as a Third-Party Verifier...
In 2024, SmartCert participated in the working group for updating the SBP risk assessment for the province of Quebec. One of SmartCert's experts was also commissioned by SBP to review the revised risk assessments for the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Nova Scotia, and New...
In 2022, SmartCert helped 6 companies to achieve or maintain their chain-of-custody certification and 3 companies maintain their FSC forest management certification....
In 2021, SmartCert staff supported 24 production sites (paper mills, brokers, printers) in implementing management systems that are compliant with FSC Chain of Custody certification or in performing maintenance activities such as procedure reviews, staff training and internal audits. All the companies we have supported have...
Within the framework of the Sustainable Wildlife Management program, financed by the European Union in Madagascar, the Wildlife Conservation Society called upon the Kinomé/SmartCert consortium to carry out the study: "Characterization of human-wildlife conflicts in the villages located around and within the Makira Natural Park...
In 2018-2019, and again from 2022 to 2025, SmartCert staff act as Independent Auditor of the Forest Legality System (AIS) for the Republic of Congo. In this role, SmartCert audits the Congolese forest governance system and identifies gaps in the application of the country's forest...