FSC

FSC means ‘Forest Stewardship Council’. The Forest Stewardship Council is an independent, non-profit organization which promotes the responsible management of forests around the globe. They are non-governmental, and their list of requirements is decided by group consensus. They were established in 1993 to address exploitation and mismanagement of forests, and to emphasize their social and ecological value. Certification ensures
that companies that work in forested areas share and maintain FSC's core values.

Over the years, FSC has become an important international standard. However, for bamboo it has always been questionable if FSC certification is really necessary: bamboo is not a wood, it is a grass. And to produce bamboo products no deforestation is necessary or even possible: only the 5-6 years old plants are harvested.

The practical problem was that a lot of building contracts simply required FSC only materials. This would exclude bamboo automatically. In 2004 FSC has allowed bamboo into their system. In 2009 MOSO was FSC certified and so was the bamboo veneer (joint venture) factory DMVP. Although the FSC certified bamboo raw material is still rare, MOSO and DMVP can now offer FSC certified bamboo.

MOSO Bamboo and The Environment PDF

For more information, look at the FSC website

MOSO is registered under the following number: FSC C002063