Tuesday, September 8, 2015
The OCP (Online Claim Platform) is a digital tool that provides timely information about FSC-certified products and the organizations that produce them. The OCP supports administration of FSC chain of custody as well as providing information to validate FSC product claims.
FSC has listened to stakeholder feedback and incorporated much of what has been heard. This means that FSC certificate holders can now sign up and use the platform for monitoring the certificate status of their suppliers, recording claims and creating volume summaries.
FSC certificate holders have the flexibility to use any or all the OCP features. By using the feature to monitor certification status, FSC certificate holders can choose to be notified through the platform or via email when there are changes to the scope or status of their suppliers. This means that businesses now can get real-time notifications if a supplier is suspended or have species or product types added or deleted to their scope.
The usage of OCP remains completely voluntary as per the wish of FSC stakeholders. The platform is one tool to meet foreseen requirements in the FSC system to perform transaction verification through a risk-based approach. Other tools will be accepted as well.
New Terms and Conditions:
The Terms and Conditions of Use for the OCP have been updated based upon stakeholder feedback and are released along with the beta live platform. The FSC legal team has revised the OCP Terms and Conditions to ensure that the OCP complies with data privacy laws as well as respond to stakeholder comment
Tags: digital tool, FSC, Online claim platform
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