by Dan Simonds | Oct 16, 2024 | General
A simple case study: ‘Suburban Printing Company’ About a month ago, MixedWood was contacted by one of our clients – a small, commercial printer, located in the northeastern US. We had assisted this company with a new Chain of Custody (CoC) certification only...
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...
by Victoria Jofery | Jul 12, 2022 | General
With the latest updates to the SFI, FSC, and PEFC Chain of Custody standards, the subject of Due Diligence has become more universally applicable for certified companies. This – of course – means more questions about practical application and how the standards...
by Victoria Jofery | Jun 28, 2022 | General
It’s hard to believe that it was only two years ago that we wrote this blog post about the effect that COVID 19 was having on the wood product certification business. It feels like just yesterday. It also feels like a lifetime ago. I suppose it may be both. Reading...
by Victoria Jofery | Jun 24, 2022 | General
Eight years ago, in the spring and summer of 2014, we published a 5-part series of articles entitled “CoC SHOULD BE EASY!”. The series made the case that Chain of Custody certification for FSC, PEFC, & SFI didn’t have to be complicated. Applying a short list of...
