by Victoria Jofery | Jun 15, 2020 | General
A wise person once said that “the world is run by those who show up.” We agree and always encourage anyone with a stake in the forest product certification standards to make themselves heard when updates and revisions are on the table. Most of the new...
by Victoria Jofery | Mar 10, 2020 | General
We are watching an important new initiative by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) that promises to disrupt and complicate the Chain of Custody (CoC). The proposal is to revise the CoC certification program, inserting a novel set of new requirements – the “FSC Core...
by Victoria Jofery | Jan 7, 2020 | General
In our busy day-to-day world of work and business, it is natural to take certain things for granted. Things like honesty, fairness, professionalism, and business ethics. Here at MixedWood – in our strange little world of certification consulting and auditing services...
by Victoria Jofery | Nov 20, 2019 | General
Among the wood product practitioners who gathered at the recent FSC-IC membership meeting in Chicago recently, the most pressing issue – by far – was the ongoing implementation challenge presented by the new National Risk Assessments in the USA and Canada....
by Victoria Jofery | Nov 8, 2019 | General
A diverse and highly engaged group of members and stakeholders of the Forest Stewardship Council gathered this week in Chicago for a productive, two-day meeting covering a range of important topics. MixedWood was pleased to play a small role and we’d like to share of...
