FSC-PRO-60-006b FSC Risk Assessment Framework provides a comprehensive tool for companies to assess and mitigate risks of sourcing forest materials. Once adopted, this new Risk Assessment will replace the existing FSC National Risk Assessment for the UK (FSC-NRA-GB V1-0) for controlled wood and will also act as a key document within the suite of FSC EUDR support tools including the Regulatory Module.
This next generation FSC Risk Assessment includes 64 indicators for assessing risks connected to relevant legal, social and environmental aspects of sourcing timber. The Risk Assessment will therefore be used by companies sourcing from, and within, the UK to create their due diligence systems for FSC Controlled Wood, and in support of their EUDR declarations when exporting into the EU. It will also be integral to meeting the requirements of the FSC new Regulatory Module.
Understand the background and how risk assessments work in the FSC system by reading the Demystifying Risk Assessments document.
UK Risk Assessment consultation
FSC have engaged the consultants Preferred by Nature (PbN) to complete the Risk Assessment for the UK. PbN are presently preparing a public consultation draft, with the aim of a 30-day public consultation period in March/April 2025. The intention is the UK Risk Assessment will be completed by August 2025.
Stakeholders wishing to engage with the public consultation on the UK Risk Assessment can sign up to be informed about the consultation here. The consultation will also be publicised further on the FSC UK website and in future Forest Matters.