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Regardless of whether it is a factory audit or certification, the customer's focus will always focus on these two issues, can you pass? How is the cost, is it expensive? Then, let's have a look how the cost of FSC certification is generated.
There are two types of FSC forest certification fees: direct and indirect. The direct cost is the cost of the certification itself; the indirect cost is the fee paid by the forest management unit in terms of improving management level, adjusting business plan, and training employees. In most cases, the latter is higher than the former.
1. Indirect fees
Indirect costs, also known as variable expenses, are related to the quality of the forest management system implemented by the certification unit.
A good forest management system does not have to make major adjustments to the existing forest management long-term planning and forest operation procedures, nor does it have to invest more in training and forest management, thereby reducing the payment for these aspects through certification. cost of.
2. Direct cost
Direct costs, also known as fixed costs, include: forest assessment and audit fees, annual audit fees.
The influencing factors are:
1) The difficulty level and scale of certification implementation.
2) The effect and transparency of the forest management unit management system.
3) Feasibility of certification body evaluation.
4) The size of the forest management unit, the complexity of the management structure, the richness of biodiversity, the diversity of the social environment, and the clarity of the relevant activity records.
In general, the certification cost of tropical rain forests is higher than that of temperate forests, and the certification cost of natural forests is higher than that of plantations.
FSC certification fees are related to the size of the certified forest. At the same level of operation, small-scale forests have higher certification costs than larger-scale forests.
