by Victoria Jofery | Oct 28, 2013 | General
This post is simply to offer an apology to the community for a rather long (3 months!) gap in posts. The reasons boil down to a combination of summertime vacation travel (Paris in July!); a couple of demanding consulting projects; and a stretch of lovely, late-summer...
by Victoria Jofery | Jul 29, 2013 | General
The Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) Program is in the first stages of a major revision of their standards. You can read about the process here. The first public consultation period will be ending on August 6, so it is important that anyone with suggestions...
by Victoria Jofery | Jul 14, 2013 | General
Almost a year ago, the FSC Policy and Standards unit (PSU) released a new procedures document (FSC-PRO-20-001 v.1-0) which was intended to guide the implementation of one of the new requirements inserted into the latest version of its principal Chain of Custody (CoC)...
by Victoria Jofery | Jul 8, 2013 | General
I was surprised and interested to discover press announcment from PEFC this morning. What caught my eye immediately was the fact that the announcement is issued jointly by PEFC and FSC. Both sites provide links to a one-page statement. Both organization’s...
by Victoria Jofery | Jun 6, 2013 | General
I have been conscious lately that my comments in this blog have tended to be critical of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) but have not had to say about our other prominent program “green” certification program, the Sustainable Forestry Initiative...
