Asia Pulp and Paper, Greenpeace, and FSC

For quite a few years, a large Indonesian pulp and paper conglomerate called Sinar Mas has been everyone’s favorite whipping boy in the ENGO community.  Sinar Mas does business under its more well-know subsidiary name of Asia Pulp and Paper (APP).  From my...

Some comments from an FSC insider (not me)

A colleague who follows this blog sent me the following short piece.  I found it to be a thoughtful and interesting observation.  I have the feeling that this line of thought is not welcomed within the FSC staff group lately.  It should be. The real challenge is...

Obama inauguration on an SFI platform

January 21 was a travel day for me – on my way to Toronto for three days of technical training with colleagues.  I saw and heard snippets of the media coverage of the festivities in Washington along the way. One point of interest to me, and perhaps a small...

Is FSC trying to imitate Walmart?

I have received quite a bit of feedback and correspondence from my 10 Jan blogpost.  Please keep the conversation going. Probably the most interesting comments were received from two unrelated colleagues who both compared the new FSC OCP platform to the supply chain...