by Victoria Jofery | Oct 30, 2015 | General
Among those who are following the pending update of the FSC Chain of Custody standard (FSC-STD-40-004 v.3-0 D2), one item has risen to the top of everyone’s list. That item is called Transaction Verification. Transaction Verification exists – officially...
by Victoria Jofery | Feb 17, 2015 | General
With just 2 weeks remaining in the public comment period for the Forest Stewardship Council’s (FSC) important update to it’s Chain of Custody (CoC) standard, many stakeholders are trying to squeeze time into their busy schedules to consider the proposed...
by Victoria Jofery | Sep 2, 2014 | General
FSC International released a statement yesterday in the Newsroom section of their website. It is entitled “Towards a stronger FSC Chain of Custody system”. It is fairly short, and includes several important details, so we reproduced it here in...
by Victoria Jofery | Feb 18, 2014 | General
Readers of the MixedWood blog will be familiar with my skeptical view of the FSC’s recent efforts to build and deploy a massive new central transaction database called the Online Claims Platform. Newcomers can pick up the thread here, and follow it back as far...
by Victoria Jofery | Dec 9, 2013 | General
The FSC business community in the United Kingdom continue to take a strong interest (and exception) to the proposed FSC Online Claims Platform (OCP). I was sent a copy of recent edition of the Timber Trades Journal (TTJ) online edition late last week that seems to...
