What is FSC certified paper?
Our mints are always wrapped in luxurious paper. Not only to protect the mints, but also more communication space. The paper we use is FSC certified. But why do we use FSC-certified paper and not normal paper?
Did you know…
Deforestation accounts for 15% of global CO2 emissions annually and therefore plays a major role in climate change. Did you know that 36 football fields of forest disappear every minute?!? In addition to trees purifying the air for us, people (1 billion) and animals (80% of animals live in a forest) depend on the forest because they live there. The disappearance of forests means that these people and animals lose their habitat. Time to change this, right? Read below how FSC does this.
This is how FSC works
Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is an international organization committed to forest conservation and management. Their method is as follows:
- The loggers take the forest inhabitants into account (not only animals but also people) and work in safe working conditions
- An FSC forest is divided into different sections and every year new trees are harvested in a section. That section is then left alone for 30 years so that it can fully recover and then be harvested again.
- The wood is monitored throughout all processes and ultimately assessed by an independent certifier.
What have they already achieved?
The FSC quality mark has been in existence for 25 years. In the meantime, they have already certified 200 million hectares of forest (50 times the area of the Netherlands). This is not only very good for the climate but also for the people and animals that depend on the forest.