Who’s Choosing FSC

Please join these and other business leaders in purchasing FSC certified wood and paper products, and/or adopting a preference for FSC certified products:

Over 5,000 companies are chain-of-custody certified for the sale of FSC wood and paper products, including over 700 companies in North America.  FSC chain-of-custody database.  www.fsc-info.org

Wood Products & Home Improvement

  • Armstrong Ceiling Tiles
  • B&Q, PLC  
  • Certified Forest Products
  • Colonial Craft, Inc.
  • Columbia Forest Products  
  • Ecotimber  
  • Golden State Lumber, Inc.  
  • Hayward Lumber
  • The Home Depot  
  • Koenig Cedar Company
  • Lowe's Home Improvement Center
  • Waddell Manufacturing/Phoenix Millwork
  • Wood Flooring International

Homebuilders & Developers

  • Abacus GC, Oregon
  • Aedi Development LLC, Massachusetts
  • Birdseye Building Company
  • City of Aspen, Burlingame Ranch development
  • Casey Rolof, Olivia Beach development
  • Duke Condominiums, Scottsdale
  • Green Haven Builders, Inc.
  • S.C. Huang, Orchard Garden Hotel, San Francisco.
  • SCI-Arc LivingHomes
  • Steve & Paddy Graves, McCormick Woods development

Home & Office Furnishings

  • Beeken Parsons
  • Charles Shackelton Furniture
  • Ikea  
  • The Joinery
  • Knoll, Inc.
  • Mebel Furniture
  • South Cone Trading Co.
  • Taraca Pacific Furniture
  • Williams-Sonoma

Paper, Office Products, Printers, & Graphic Design

  • Anderson Lithograph
  • FedEx Kinko's
  • Hammond Greetings and Promotions
  • National Envelope
  • Neenah Paper
  • New Leaf Paper  
  • Quad/Graphics
  • RR Donnelly  
  • Society of Graphic Designers of Canada
  • Staples
  • West Linn Paper

Apparel & Recreational Equipment

  • Comet Skateboards  
  • Mountain Equipment Co-op  
  • The Limited/Victoria's Secret
  • Nike, Inc.  
  • Nordstrom
  • Norm Thompson Outfitters, Inc.  
  • Patagonia
  • REI
  • Timberland
  • Venture Snowboards

Health & Beauty

  • Aveda
  • The Body Shop  
  • The Body Shop Canada  
  • Herbalife
  • Tiffany & Co.

Musical Instruments

  • Dave Maize Guitars
  • Gibson Guitars
  • Martin Guitars
  • Modulus Guitars

Other Manufacturers & Retailers

  • Advanced Micro Devices
  • Alcan, Inc.
  • Bombardier Recreational Products
  • Caterpillar, Inc.
  • Chiquita Brands, International
  • Coca Cola Company
  • Costco
  • Dell Computer Corporation  
  • F.A.O. Schwartz
  • Montgomery Schoolhouse
  • Sony
  • Starbucks Coffee Co.  
  • Summit Brewing Co.

Financial Institutions

  • Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
  • Goldman-Saachs
  • Investeco Capital  
  • JPMorgan Chase & Co.  
  • National Bank of Canada  
  • Scotia-bank
  • Wells Fargo

Telecommunications & Entertainment

  • BBC  
  • Disney  
  • ESPN’s X-Games  
  • The Eagles, Doors, & Joni Mitchell  
  • Google
  • Warner Music Group Corp.

Publishing

  • Blitz Magazine
  • Buffalo News  
  • Canadian Living  
  • Penguin Group
  • Random House
  • Scholastic, Inc.
  • Toronto Star

Universities & Local Government

  • City of Portland, Oregon
  • Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
  • City of Toronto  
  • Royal Roads University  
  • Stanford University
  • University of Minnesota
  • University of Toronto

Architects & Designers

  • AB Architects
  • Circle West Architects
  • William McDonough + Partners
  • Haworth, Inc.

Travel

  • Butterfield & Robinson  
  • Highland Springs Resort

Other Businesses

  • Bullfrog Power

Non–Profits

  • Canadian Parks & Wilderness Society
  • Ivey Foundation  
  • J. Paul Getty Museum
  • The Nature Conservancy  
  • National Wildlife Foundation
  • Natural Resources Defense Council
  • World Wildlife Fund Canada
Fully independent and not overly influenced by timber industry. FSC:YES SFI:NO
Strong forest and environmental protection standards. FSC:YES SFI:NO
Strong community protection standards. FSC:YES SFI:NO
Product content monitoring (chain of custody) consistently required. FSC:YES SFI:NO
Consistent link between product labels/claims and certified forests. FSC:YES SFI:NO
Strong certification and accreditation process. FSC:YES SFI:NO
Transparency and public participation consistently required. FSC:YES SFI:NO
Certifies some of the most environmentally destructive timber companies in North America. FSC:NO SFI:YES

Certification System Characteristics

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