FSC certification (FSC-C164884)

Festool counts on FSC™

Festool is awarded FSC certification for paper, cardboard and wood

Taking responsibility as a defined company goal

As a medium-sized family company, Festool is aware of its impact on the environment. The company's passion for high-quality power tools has continued for almost 100 years. The standard is perfection – no more and no less. The premium brand also applies this high quality standard to everything that it does. Festool therefore sees it as its corporate responsibility to use resources and energy efficiently across the world. The issue of sustainability has many dimensions, such as emissions, energy demand, resource consumption and social aspects. For many years, Festool has been deliberately focusing on the factors of sustainability and quality, as the more long-lasting a product, the more positive its overall ecological balance. Festool has always been known for the high quality and durability of its products. As a result of this, tools come in for repair that have been in professional use for 20 years or more. Even a fault does not have to mean the end of a product's service life straight away. Through the full repair service and the ten-year spare part guarantee that Festool offers for all tools, the service life is significantly extended. Festool is now going one step further and is making the procurement of raw materials from responsible forest management in accordance with high ecological and social standards a defined company goal.
FSC certification system as another contribution towards sustainability
FSC™ stands for Forest Stewardship Council™.
FSC-certified Festool products
The Forest Stewardship CouncilTM is an international non-governmental organisation that promotes environmentally friendly, socially acceptable and economically sustainable forest management worldwide. Only products that have actually been made from the corresponding raw materials are certified with the FSC label. Festool brings around 4300 tonnes of cellulose material to the market worldwide each year. In order to ensure that these materials originate from controlled sources, in 2021 we introduced the FSC certification system. The product chain certificate that we use ("chain of custody certificate") is intended for those wood and paper products where all stages along the supply chain are FSC-certified. This ensures that these Festool products can be traced right back to the forest owner. This not only applies to the product themselves, but also to their packaging and the associated print media. In 2022, we achieved our target to make at least 80% of cellulose material used in our products and packaging FSC-certified. As a result, since 2023, over 3400 tonnes of cellulose material used each year by Festool originates from controlled sources .
FSC-certified Festool products (FSC-C164884)
The FSC certification relates to the following product groups:
FSC-certified Festool products
DOMINO wooden connectors, filter bags, air filters, abrasive paper and multifunction tables. It is a well-known fact that the successful DOMINO dowels are made from wood. They originate from sustainable forest management and other controlled sources. Filter bags, air filters, abrasive paper and multifunction tables will be gradually converted. The FSC-certified products will then be labelled as such both in the catalogue and on the Festool website. As part of this process, the associated packaging and operating instructions will also be converted to ensure a uniform approach.

FSC™ certification

makes Festool one of the first power tool manufacturers in the sector with FSC certification.

 

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