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Forest Stewardship Council

NGO · Germany · EU Transparency Register 03556915643-37

5
positions filed
in the 326 files tracked
4
legislative files
of 326 tracked
4
with a full position paper
attached to a submission

Counts here are a floor, never a total: they cover the 326 consultation files tracked so far (29,503 submissions, mostly 2025–26), so an organization's real filing history is larger, not smaller.

Who they are

Among the 784 non-governmental organisations on this site, they rank #143 by legislative files engaged — a count of participation, not a measure of influence.

2
declared lobbying FTE
self-declared
—
declared costs / yr (floor)
0
EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2011
in the register since

Declares membership of

  • ISEAL: the global association for social and environmental standards
  • IUCN
  • ASI: Accreditation Services International
  • ATIBT
  • The Tropical Forest Alliance (TFA)
  • The Global Partnership for Forest and Landscape Restoration
  • Global Landscape Forum
  • Nature4Climate
  • World Climate Foundation
  • International Capital Market Association (ICMA)
  • Principles for Responsible Investing (PRI)
  • International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)
  • and 4 more

Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 30 Aug 2026).

Register category
Non-governmental organisations
Registered as
FSC International Center GmbH (IC) (FSC IC)
Head office
Bonn, Germany
EU office
Brussel

Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 30 Aug 2026); cost bands are floors, not audited totals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.

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Their record over time

Forest Stewardship Council filed 5 positions between 26 Apr 2022 and 21 Jan 2026, across 4 of the 326 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 4 times.

2022 · 1 filed2025 · 3 filed2026 · 1 filed

What they argued

Circular Economy Actfiled 5 Nov 2025PDFsource

Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®) welcomes the European Commissions Circular Economy Act (CEA) as an opportunity to reform the EUs resource use, including those forest-based. To ensure long-term resource resilience and ecosystem health, the CEA must recognize and acknowledge the true value of forests and forest fibers, go beyond recycling to induce verified circular flows, and embed robust compliance structures and…

Revision of EU rules on public procurementfiled 21 Jan 2026PDFsource

The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) welcomes the revision of the EU public procurement rules as an important opportunity to make procurement simpler and more effective, while bridging competitiveness with sustainability goals.

EU taxonomy - Review of the environmental delegated actfiled 5 Dec 2025PDFsource

The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) recommends the integration of sustainable forest management (SFM) certification as rigorous criteria (i.e., such as the credibility criteria by ISEAL) and robust third-party verified impact on natural ecosystems, as a tool to help demonstrate compliance with substantial contribution, do no significant harm (DNSH) and minimum social safeguards.

EU taxonomy - Review of the environmental delegated actfiled 5 Dec 2025PDFsource

The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) recommends the integration of sustainable forest management (SFM) certification as rigorous criteria (i.e., such as the credibility criteria by ISEAL) and robust third-party verified impact on natural ecosystems, as a tool to help demonstrate compliance with substantial contribution, do no significant harm (DNSH) and minimum social safeguards.

Monitoring framework for resilient European forestsfiled 26 Apr 2022source

The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) welcomes the initiative and would like to share two ideas for consideration: 1. A standardized geospatial dataset of all EU forests should be made available. The EU INSPIRE Directive should be taken into account to achieve this goal: https://inspire.ec.europa.eu/about-inspire/563 2.

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Turns up on the same files

Organizations that also filed on at least two of the same consultations. A shared interest in the same dossiers — not evidence of coordination, and we do not suggest any.

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