by Victoria Jofery | Feb 26, 2013 | General
An email was circulated today from FSC Policy and Standards Unit (PSU). It further extends the deadline in for signing of the troublesome self-declaration document included in the FSC Chain of Custody standard (Annex B of PRO-20-001). As of today, the deadline is...
by Victoria Jofery | Feb 21, 2013 | General
Today I happened to stumble on a rather nice piece of writing about FSC and SFI certification from the perspective of a commercial printer. I have no connection to these folks, but was impressed with their site. Please take a look:...
by Victoria Jofery | Feb 21, 2013 | General
Last August I wrote a blogpost entitled FSC and the ILO. It attempted to summarize and call some attention to a very strange, but important conflict that has arisen between FSC-IC and a group of (mostly) US companies over some apparently minor details of language in...
by Victoria Jofery | Feb 20, 2013 | General
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...
by Victoria Jofery | Jan 29, 2013 | General
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...
by Victoria Jofery | Jan 22, 2013 | General
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...
