14 December 2016
Volga has successfully passed four audits for compliance with requirements of international FSC standards
A regular audit for adherence to international FSC standards ended in September this year.
FSC standard (Forest Stewardship Сouncil) is one of the most popular and well-known standards in the market for forest and paper products. Since January 2013, JSC Volga has been an FSC Chain of Custody Controlled Wood certificate holder issued by FSC’s certification body Bureau Veritas Certification Rus (Moscow). The FSC certificate confirms that a check-out system of the supply chain in accordance with requirements of the international FSC standards is implemented at the Mill. During the certificate validity period (5 years) its holder must confirm such compliance, due to this FSC’s certification body annually conducts planned surveillance audits.
In 2016 at JSC Volga a regular audit was conducted. The purpose of it was an audit of the documentation management for wood supply chain control. During the audit, the auditors also visited the paper departments and workshops of the Mill and were convinced with their work meeting the requirements of FSC standards and the worked-out internal documentation implemented at the Mill.
The conducted audit confirmed the FSC certificate validity.
Volga’s General Director Dmitry Donchenko commented on the event. “In the course of the audit we got confirmation for the fourth time that all the manufacturing and business processes at the Mill are organized in such a way as to ensure the consistent high-quality output. I am sure that such an assessment is very important for us as a manufacturer as well as for premium quality newsprint customers who share our values,” Volga’s General Director pointed out. “JSC Volga’s FSC certificate is a guarantee of the responsible approach to forest utilization and forest ecosystem preservation at a global scale”.
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