Chasing False Claims

Two email communications were circulated this week by the Forest Stewardship Council – International (FSC-IC) staff.  They seem, at first, to address different topics.  But on further examination, we can see that they are closely related and very interesting....

Important Decision for FSC-IC BoD

In our last post (23 June 2016), we included a mention of a “Stakeholder Dialogue & Reception” that had been recently announced by the US affiliate of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC-US) for 19 July 2016 in Charleston, South Carolina, USA. We were unclear at...

FSC CoC update: Round 3

We last wrote about The Forest Stewardship Council’s (FSC) seemingly endless attempt to update its central Chain of Custody (CoC) standard last October.  At that time, we mistakenly called attention to the “last round” in a long and tiresome process...

Promising News From SFI & LEED

It is a real pleasure to be able to share some promising news from the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI).  After many years of hard work, SFI staff – with support from key players in the building materials industry – have succeeded in persuading the...

FSC’s problem in Canada

The ugly and rather public dispute between FSC-Canada and one of its largest and most influential stakeholders continues to generate real concerns for SFM stakeholders around the world.  MixedWood wrote about this “drama” in December, and provided another...

New Standards & The FSC Elephant

Just after the turn of the new year, the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) posted this news release – calling attention to the publication of an updated version of a document entitled The Development and Revision of FSC Normative Documents (FSC-PRO-01-001 v.3-1)....