by Victoria Jofery | Dec 29, 2018 | General
This post is to provide a quick update for the many folks who are following the ongoing drama of the FSC Controlled Wood program, and specifically the many companies who have implemented the latest version of FSC-STD-40-005 and are facing the end-of-year deadline for...
by Victoria Jofery | Jul 6, 2018 | General
The US affiliate of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC-US) released the latest version of its Controlled Wood National Risk Assessment (NRA) for the United States just before the Christmas holidays, we wasted no time in calling attention to it with our brief posting...
by Victoria Jofery | Apr 22, 2018 | General
When FSC Canada released the discussion draft of their National Risk Assessment early last month, we were eager to look at the details and begin considering the impact it may have on the business of certified wood products here in North America. While the MixedWood...
by Victoria Jofery | Mar 5, 2018 | General
The writing in this space continues to be dominated by the long, painful process of re-inventing the FSC’s Controlled Wood program. The long, painful story continues and remains critical to the success of the entire certified wood marketplace. So we continue...
by Victoria Jofery | Feb 4, 2018 | General
The US affiliate of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC-US) recently released a discussion draft of a very important National Risk Assessment (US-NRA). We consider this a very important document – the result of over 5 years of work – and likely to have a significant...
