The FSCC was launched on 22 May 2008 and was legally constituted as a Section 21 Company. Its main responsibility is to oversee, monitor and encourage implementation of the Charter. The Council comprises people from the forestry industry, Government, labour, communities, the Forest Industries Education and Training Authority (FIETA) and the Independent Development Corporation (IDC). Its main objective was to extend economic opportunities and benefits of the forestry sector to the previously disadvantaged communities.