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Trademark Quick Guide for Certificate Holders

October 2021

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About FSC® trademarks and this quick guide

Labelling and promoting with FSC trademarks highlights your achievements in responsible sourcing of forest-derived materials and informs consumers and clients that their purchasing choices contribute to taking care of the world’s forests. The FSC trademarks are the primary communication tools for FSC certificate holders to demonstrate that their products meet the standards set by FSC.

This trademark quick guide was developed based on the FSC Trademark Standard 50-001(V2-1).

Compliance with this standard is mandatory for all FSC certificate holders making use of the FSC trademark. This guide provides the core information extracted from the trademark standard 50-001 with visual examples to help trademark users communicate their commitment and

achievements in a simple way. It does not, however, cover all aspects of trademark use. Therefore, should queries arise, please refer to FSC trademark standard 50-001 (V2-1) for detailed information and trademark rules in conjunction with this quick guide.

CONTENTS

About FSC® trademarks and this quick guide 3

What are the FSC® trademarks? 4

How to choose which symbol to use? 5

Know the FSC® on-product labels 6

FSC® label colors 7

Promotional use of the FSC® trademarks 8 Color of the logo and ‘Forests For All Forever’ marks 9 DOs and DON’Ts of FSC® trademarks 10

Placement of the FSC® trademarks 11

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What are the FSC® trademarks?

1. The FSC® logo 3. The name:

Forest Stewardship Council®

2. The initials:

FSC®

5. ‘Forests For All Forever’ - logo with text mark

4. ‘Forests For All Forever’ - full mark

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How to choose which symbol to use?

Add to upper right corner for:

How to use the trademark symbol?

for a registered trademark

for an unregistered trademark

Why is the use of the trademark symbol important?

To protect the FSC® trademarks!

®

-Use when products are to be distributed in several countries, some with ® and some with TM.

-Use when distribution of products is not known at the time of labelling or if they are to

be distributed globally.

Check the Trademark Registration List to see the registration status of the country/

countries where the products are to be

distributed

Every occurrence of the logo and

‘Forests For All Forever’ marks

For the first or the most prominent use

of the initials FSC® and the name Forest Stewardship Council®

in any text.

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Know the FSC® on-product labels

FSC label artwork is available on the Trademark Portal. Access to the portal is arranged by the certification bodies.

*Compulsory element

6mm 12mm The inclusion of an appropriate product

type is required in the following instances:

-Final product includes non FSC-certified material -FSC-certified printed publications and stationery

Elements of a label Types of labels

Minimum sizes

Portrait label Landscape label

17mm 9mm

Moebius loop

Label title*

Product type*

Label text

FSC license code*

FSC logo*

FSC website address There are 2

label formats:

portrait and landscape.

All elements are required to

be legible.

!

There are 3 types of labels

according to label title.

!

!

Minimum recommended size

Minimum recommended size

Minimum accepted size

Minimum accepted

size

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Green, black, and white are the FSC standard label colors. The green colour is Pantone 626C.

If none of the standard label colours are to be used in a printed item, the label may be produced using an available colour providing legible contrast. The label may also be used on a coloured background that gives sufficient contrast.

FSC® label colors

Examples

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Promotional use of the FSC® trademarks

You can use the FSC trademarks to promote FSC-certified products, and your status as an FSC certificate holder on brochures, websites, point of sale materials and other promotional materials or promotional items.

Example 1: Logo in

promotional panel Example 2: ‘Forests For All Forever’

> 6mm

>10mm

FSC logo* FSC mark*

Promotional text*

FSC license code*

FSC license code*

FSC website address

Promotional text

FSC website

*Compulsory element

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Color of the logo and

‘Forests For All Forever’

marks

Logo A)

B)

C)

D)

E)

F)

Label ‘Forests For All Forever’ marks

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DOs and DON’Ts of FSC® trademarks

DOs

DON’Ts

Use of the promotional panel or only the logo and license code, if preferred, on promotional items, such as t-shirts, mugs, pens, vehicles, etc.

Do not include FSC marks on a promotional item made fully or partially of wood unless it qualifies for labeling.

Use text line with license code to promote your certification on business cards e.g. ‘We are FSC® certified (FSC® C######)’

Always identify clearly which products are FSC certified and which are not, when promoting with FSC trademarks. See 6.1 and 6.2 in FSC-STD-50-001 for trademark use in invoices and catalogues.

Do not use the FSC logo or

‘Forests For All Forever’ marks for promotion on business cards.

Do not use the FSC trademarks together with the marks of other forest certification schemes implying equivalence or in a way which is disadvantageous to the FSC trademarks in terms of size or placement.

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Looking for more inspiration to create promotional

materials? Visit

marketingtoolkit.fsc.org

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Wood not FSC certified

*Disclaimer: ‘Happy Forest Certification’ and ‘Our Wood Company’ are fake examples created for this publication.

Any resemblance with reality is purely by coincidence.

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Placement of the FSC® trademarks

They may not be placed on photographic or strongly patterned background which interferes with or goes through the design, or could be misleading as to what is certified.

Please respect the exclusion zone around the label, logo and panel.

Use of the logo in a circle.

Logo is independent of other branding.

Misleading – logo used in combination with other branding.

Use of the logo on a regular patterned background.

Use of the logo on a patterned background that interferes with the design

FSC

FSC

FSC FSC

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