Forestry: FSC^® and PEFC certificates

Dessain printers were the first Belgian web printers to obtain the FSC^® and PEFC certification. These marks are pre-eminently the guarantees for responsible forestry.
Dessain acquired the official license to use the FSC^® as well as the PEFC logo since 2007. FSC^® stands for “Forest Stewardship Council” and PEFC for “Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification”.

Any product made of pulp or paper has the potential to be certified as long as the wood used in the product originates from certified sources. Wood is an important material for all paper manufacturers. The FSC^® and PEFC certification system allows these professionals to know they are doing the right thing, and taking business away from other companies that may still be supporting illegal, unsustainable, unverified logging activities. Just like other forest products, in order to use the FSC^® or PEFC logo as an "environmental claim" on paper, the product must have flowed through the "chain-of-custody" from the certified forest, to a paper manufacturer, merchant, and finally printer who have chain-of-custody certification.

Both certificates offer the answers to many questions concerning the environmental policy of Dessain Printing and its customers. It is an occasion to grant both the printing and the paper industry a positive image.

www.fsc.org | View the certificat
www.pefc.be | View the certificat