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FSC® Certified Latex, Latexco’s commitment towards sustainability

FSC® Certified Latex

Latexco is proud to have obtained the FSC certification with NEPCon by the Forest Stewardship Council®. The FSC certification is a major step forward in Latexco’s continual efforts to work sustainably. Everything that Latexco does testifies to its environmental concern. More than minimizing the impact of its operations on the environment, Latexco wants to ensure the sustainability of its products too. This certificate guarantees that products with the FSC certificate are produced with materials from responsibly managed forests, and provides transparency and traceability throughout the whole process, from natural resource to finished product.

Latexco US license number FSC^® C142266.

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What is FSC?

FSC works to take care of our forests and those who rely on them: by protecting plant and animal species, respecting the rights of indigenous people, workers and communities, guaranteeing forest workers’ safety, creating equitable access to benefits and much more. Their mission is to promote environmentally friendly, socially beneficial and economically prosperous management of the world’s forests.

What does FSC certification mean?

This certificate guarantees that products with the FSC certificate are produced with materials from responsibly managed forests and provides transparency and traceability throughout the whole process.

FSC Chain of Custody

Traceability throughout the entire commercial chain is guaranteed; from the extraction of the natural latex sap to the finished mattress. Each partner in the process has obtained its own FSC certification.

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Forest Stewardship Council® & Rainforest Alliance

Latexco and the Rainforest Alliance have worked together over the past five years to help natural latex producers in Central America, Southeast Asia and Central Africa improve the yields and quality of their products by growing it in an ecologically, socially and economically responsible way to protect lands, ecosystems and workers

What is the Rainforest Alliance?

Latexco’s FSC® certification with NEPCon is recognized by the Rainforest Alliance, an international non-profit organization working on the development and promotion of sustainable standards in farming, forestry and tourism.

Please go to the website of the Rainforest Alliance for more information: https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/

What does Rainforest Alliance Certification mean?

The green frog certification seal indicates that a farm, forest, or tourism enterprise has been audited to meet standards that require environmental, social, and economic sustainability.

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Three pillars of Sustainability

Economics: healthy long-term business management with added value for the local economy.
Ecological: maintain and strengthen the forest ecosystem.
Social: respect for the rights of local people, workers and communities.

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History

Latexco has since 2014 a license agreement in place with the Rainforest Alliance as part of its efforts to boost the sustainable production of natural latex products. In the meanwhile, a number of plantations have been audited and received the FSC label. Latexco created partnerships with these plantations to gradually grow the volumes of FSC certified latex and agreed to source a certain amount in order to secure sales volume of FSC certified mattresses. Therefore, in February 2018, Latexco HQ applied for and obtained the FSC certificate. In 2019, Latexco US followed its footsteps by receiving its own certification. This certificate guarantees that products made with 100% FSC certified latex are produced with materials from responsibly managed forests and provides transparency and traceability throughout the whole process. This certification is an important sequel to Latexco’s efforts.

Can you copy and use Latexco’s FSC certification for your own commercial purposes?

As the FSC certification applies to the traceability and transparency throughout the entire supply chain process, from plantation to finished product, every member of the chain needs to possess its own FSC certification license code. If you would like to obtain more information on our FSC products, then please contact your Latexco Sales Account Manager.

Latexco is proud to have obtained certification by the Forest Stewardship Council®. The FSC certification is a major step forward in Latexco’s continual efforts to work sustainably. Everything that Latexco does testifies to its environmental concern.

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