by Victoria Jofery | Jul 17, 2023 | General
As the global wood product marketplace has begun to digest the implication of the new EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), the folks responsible for its implementation are clearly getting a lot of direct questions. They decided to release some initial guidance in the...
by Victoria Jofery | Jul 6, 2023 | General
We are returning to the topic of our last article. A subject we would like to forget about, but it is just too important to ignore. We are referring to the Advice Notes that were recently published by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) – extending their Core Labor...
by Victoria Jofery | Jun 30, 2023 | General
A quick glance at the commentary on this site will reveal that our most common topic, by far, has been calling attention to dumb things that the FSC does. We take no pleasure in pointing this out. The Forest Stewardship Council is a fine organization dedicated to a...
by Victoria Jofery | Jun 2, 2023 | General
Our thanks to colleagues who provided feedback and reaction to our recent article on the pending EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). For those following this subject and (like us) trying to understand it better, here are a couple of useful links for additional...
by Victoria Jofery | May 26, 2023 | General
When we wrote our article last summer about Due Diligence Systems (DDS), it seemed as if the situation for wood product DDS had begun to settle down. That was less than a year ago, but it is already clear that we were wrong. In the past, it has typically been program...
by Victoria Jofery | Dec 28, 2022 | General
We need to call your attention, once again, to the important FSC Controlled Wood program. This is FSC’s approach to the ubiquitous problem of Due Diligence. For many of us, it lurks behind the scenes and out of sight. We need to remember, however, that it is...
