I-FSC certificate ifakwe nguForest Stewardship Council ukuze kwenzeke ukuthi i-certification ethunyelwe yingxenye yomphakathi noma umqondisi wezindawo ezithuthukile zezihlahla kanye nemisebenzi yezihlahla. Imininingwane ekhishwe i-FSC kumele iqinisekise izimo nezimiso zika-FSC, okuyinto ukulondoloza izitshalo zezihlahla, ukuthokoza izivumelwano zabantu abakhona kanye nabasemakhaya, futhi ukwenza ukuthuthukiswa kwemisebenzi yezomnotho okuthuthukile. Ukubonakala kwemvume ye-FSC kungathunyelwa ukuthi umqashi wemisebenzi uqinisekise ukuthi uyazi ukuthi kuyinto enhle kwezolimo kanye nezomnotho kubantu abathengisa, ekuvumelwaneni ukuthuthukisa imvelo kanye nezwe kwezwe, ekusiza ukuthuthukisa imishini yomnotho.