by Victoria Jofery | Dec 8, 2020 | General
This brief post is to update – one last time, we hope – the story we shared in September and October about FSC’s ill-considered policy decision about species documentation for Chain of Custody (CoC) companies. Click here to read our original post on the subject. ...
by Victoria Jofery | Oct 20, 2020 | General
This post is an update to our last article, calling attention to a new and unwelcome policy decision from FSC. In our usual style, we described the new document – “ADVICE-40-004-19” – in general terms and provided links to the original. Ulf Sonntag is a leading...
by Victoria Jofery | Sep 25, 2020 | General
For the past several years, the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) has invested considerable effort and energy into communicating directly and forthrightly with their community of stakeholders. At the core of this well-intentioned strategy has been its Global Strategic...
by Victoria Jofery | Jul 12, 2020 | General
We hope you found the time and attention to take a look at the latest proposal from FSC concerning the addition of labor rights criteria to their Chain of Custody standard. If this subject is new to you, please take a look here at our last article on the subject. ...
by Victoria Jofery | Jul 7, 2020 | General
We need to begin with an apology to our regular readers. The article below was posted here in early March. This was just before COVID19 turned our world upside down, so we suspect that many of you did not have much attention to spare. Because the subject is...
by Victoria Jofery | Jun 29, 2020 | General
Two weeks ago, we offered some general observations on the major revision that the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) is conducting of its family of standard documents. This is an important process for a number of reasons. If you are certified to any of the SFI...
