MEXICO - Proteak, a leading Mexican company in the forestry sector, has earned the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification for Forest Management and Chain of Custody from SCS Global Services (SCS), for its teak plantations in Mexico and Costa Rica.

FSC provides third-party certification confirming that materials sold as FSC certified are harvested from well-managed forest operations. To accomplish the latter, Proteak has implemented sustainable practices and procedures in all its forestry activities in accordance with the FSC Principles and Criteria. Furthermore, it has integrated social and environmental considerations to achieve a sustainable operation within the forestry sector. SCS Global Services is the leader in environmental and sustainability certification. One of the first certification bodies accredited by the FSC in 1996, SCS has since certified more than 30 million acres of well-managed forests and 3000 companies in the FSC supply chain worldwide.