MRc7 Documentation

GBCI actually does want to review dozens of invoices, based on my experience. You will have to work with your suppliers so they can send you invoices that list the COC number and FSC Pure/Mixed Credit/Mixed N% beneath the itemized products, even if they all have the same COC number and are all Mixed Credit- do not allow the supplier to put one COC number at the bottom of the page, as GBCI will not accept this. You will also need to provide invoices for all non-FSC products. I typically zip all my invoices with their respective COC's together in one file for submittal. Good luck!

Almost. Because the certificate states the supplier can sell anythign from Pure to Mixed products you will need the supplier to identify behind each item's COC number whether the product was FSC Pure, FSC Mixed Credit, or FSC Mixed (and then what % is the claim). This will clarify the value at which you count each FSC item (is it 100% for Pure or Mixed Credit items or is it 70% on a Mixed product). With the certificate (check to make sure it is still valid on the the http://info.fsc.org/ website), the invoice listing COC number and FSC content you will be able to complete your template and provide adequate documentation.

FSC procedures require the product claim be listed by each product item on invoices and shipping documents. The documents should state the FSC claim such as; FSC Mixed xx% (SW-COC-000000) or FSC Pure (SW-COC-000000), not just the FSC COC number.

FSC - Mixed Credit should be valued as 100% of the cost.

Great! You actually don't need to go back to the supplier. Per an April 7, 2008 USGBC Memorandum FSC Pure and FSC Mixed Credit are both considered 100% FSC content. Only the FSC Mixed is a product with variable content (anything from 1% to 99% FSC content). This Memorandum gives directicon on COC certificates and invoices that the GBCI will reference when reviewing your submittal. One tip for remembering the difference between Mixed Credit and Mixed is that the shorter of the two words (Mixed) is typically the one "short" on information, meaning you have to usually go ask for the specific %. Good luck!

Here is the addenda instructions. If you follow the advice about developing a spreadsheet and reference the invoices (by #), that will take the guess work out of the auditor's hands and will make for a smoother review.

List all new wood products (not reclaimed, salvaged, or recycled) on the project and identify which components are FSC certified. The cost of all new wood products, both FSC certified and not, must be tallied. Develop a spreadsheet to calculate the amount of new wood and the amount of FSC certified wood permanently installed on the project. Wood products that are not FSC certified and those that are identified on invoices as FSC Pure and FSC Mixed Credit should be valued at 100% of the product cost unless the product is an assembly in which case only the new wood portion of the product counts for credit, see the guidance for assemblies in this credit. Wood products identified as FSC Mixed (NN)% should be valued at the indicated percentage of their cost, for example, a product identified as FSC Mixed 75% should be valued at 75% of the cost. FSC does not allow partial claims of certified products, wood products with non-controlled wood components will not earn FSC certification. The entire product must be FSC-certified, Pure, Mixed (NN)%, or Mixed Credit to contribute towards the credit threshold for MR Credit 7.

For example, a product that includes multiple wood components, like a door, the entire product must be FSC certified. The door cannot be labeled, or claim, that only the door core is FSC certified

Technical answer: You will need to get the supplier to revise the invoice to state Pure, Mixed Credit or Mixed N% with the COC number beneath each line item.

Judgement call: Now if this is going to be difficult to get from your supplier, I sometimes make a judgement call and list this product as non-FSC on my template. It would be in a situation where $152 dollars worth of product just has the COC number, I know the supplier is going to be difficult and hold up the timing of my submittal, I have over a million dollars in FSC wood product already documented, and my FSC% is about 95%...then adding this $152 as non-FSC is not going to hurt your submittal. To save you and the client time and money, I would enter it as non-FSC.