Project certification

What is project certification?

As well as certifying forests, products and raw materials, it’s possible to certify projects. Doing so verifies the use of certified forest-based materials.

Whether the project is a building, boat or art installation, certification demonstrates your project’s environmental and social credentials. It means you can display recognisable trademarks and logos in your marketing.

We can offer Forest Stewardship Council^® (FSC^®) certification, PEFC certification and joint certification.

What counts as a project?

Project certification usually applies to one-off construction projects, but has been adapted to suit to a variety of situations. 

So far, it has been used to certify houses, office blocks, sports stadiums, housing association developments and a sailing boat.

It can also be applied to temporary structures and renovations.

Your project may be a:

• new building or renovation to an existing building

• concert stage, seating or stand at an event

• decorative object like a statue or sculpture

• piece of engineering, like a bridge or tunnel

• airport, harbour or railway station

• school, playground, skate park or sports arena

• ship or boat

How project certification works

You can certify all or part of your project. One advantage of project certification is that it can cover any number of contractors and subcontractors working on a project without the need, in most cases, for each to have their own chain of custody certification.

The certificate remains valid for the life of the project, and there may be ongoing audits.