John Roberts’ FSC certification links you to environmental stewardship

The John Roberts Company is proud to announce that it has recently been certified as a Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Chain-of-Custody company through SmartWood, an FSC-accredited body.

FSC Chain-of-Custody certification is a verification process that assures a finished wood-based product in the marketplace has been handled only by companies that have also been certified to the FSC standards.

In other words, it certifies that your paper – likely the largest material factor and greatest expense of your print project – has been handled in an environmentally friendly manner in each manufacturing step, from raw forest material to the final printed piece.

The John Roberts Company sought the certification as part of a larger, long-standing initiative supporting environmental stewardship. “John Roberts has always been proud of its commitment to managing its operation in an environmentally sound manner,” says Connie O’Keefe, Manager. “That corporate philosophy, coupled with the desire of our customers to use environmentally responsible products, made the decision to pursue FSC-certification a natural step.”

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What FSC certification means to you

We respect that many of our customers wish to use natural resources efficiently, through well-managed processes that result in minimal waste. By using FSC-certified paper, you can be confident that your project’s materials were manufactured in an environmentally responsible, socially beneficial and economically viable manner.

Going forward

FSC certification agreements by SmartWood are written for a five-year period. To maintain certification, John Roberts must undergo an annual on-site audit to ensure that Chain-of-Custody procedures are being followed for the handling, processing and labeling of certified forest products.

“As an ISO 9001 company, the requirements for establishing procedures, training and reporting were already well-defined within our organization. The internal changes are simply an adjustment to identifying and reporting on products that are already being used at John Roberts,” O’Keefe says.

Certification allows us to use the FSC logo, which requires a strict standard of compliance. Watch for this logo on future JR communications, signage and labels.