by Victoria Jofery | May 1, 2015 | General
We have promised several times recently to write more about the FSC Controlled Wood revision process. Despite keen interest (and a lot of good intentions), this project kept getting postponed. One very good reason is the sheer complexity of the topic. But that...
by Victoria Jofery | Feb 26, 2015 | General
Readers will, by now, be very aware of the important update and revision that FSC has begun for its central Chain of Custody (CoC) standard – FSC-STD-40-004. If you have not yet contributed to the discuss and provided FSC with your own feedback, we urge you to...
by Victoria Jofery | Feb 24, 2015 | General
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is currently engaged in an important update to its central Chain of Custody (CoC) standard. The discussion draft of version 3 of FSC-STD-40-004 is the result of over 2 years of work by a small working committee and was published...
by Victoria Jofery | Feb 17, 2015 | General
With just 2 weeks remaining in the public comment period for the Forest Stewardship Council’s (FSC) important update to it’s Chain of Custody (CoC) standard, many stakeholders are trying to squeeze time into their busy schedules to consider the proposed...
by Victoria Jofery | Jan 26, 2015 | General
Here in the US, news outlets are very busy today, anticipating the arrival of a major winter storm which threatens to bury Boston and New York under 2-3 feet (60-90 cm) of fresh snow. Combined with high winds, frigid temperatures, and coastal flooding, the storm...
by Victoria Jofery | Dec 24, 2014 | General
At long last, we have an official discussion draft for the proposed update to the very important Chain of Custody (CoC) standard of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). This is the first, substantial update to this standard since 2007. Since that time, Chain of...
