by Victoria Jofery | Jun 6, 2013 | General
I have been conscious lately that my comments in this blog have tended to be critical of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) but have not had to say about our other prominent program “green” certification program, the Sustainable Forestry Initiative...
by Victoria Jofery | Apr 24, 2013 | General
There is an interesting and (to me) surprising news story circulating through the business press this week. It concerns the merger of two, very large paper merchants: Unisource and XpedX. Here are a few examples of what’s being written (Bizjournals,...
by Victoria Jofery | Apr 12, 2013 | General
The regular FSC International News & Views newsletter for April includes an interesting and unusual article. It’s found down at the bottom under the sub-heading Stakeholder News: ASI suspends SGS Hong Kong. There is a link to the full article. ASI (or...
by Victoria Jofery | Apr 11, 2013 | General
A colleague sent me this link by email this morning. It really made my morning and I couldn’t wait to share it. It’s a short video (only 3:15) so worth looking at before reading further. Pretty good, huh? I talk with friends, clients, and colleagues...
by Victoria Jofery | Mar 27, 2013 | General
Following their surprising announcement from earlier this winter, Greenpeace is continuing its active role in driving the conversation about Indonesian wood sourcing. An article by Mark Rushton in today’s online edition of Pulp and Paper International features...
by Victoria Jofery | Mar 19, 2013 | General
The home page today of the SFI Program website includes this headline: SFI Applauds EU’s New Illegal Logging Rules, with a link to a new press release. Embedded in the press statement is another link to a new fact sheet on the subject: Addressing EUTR...
by Victoria Jofery | Mar 7, 2013 | General
A number of leaders in the forest certification field are attending and participating in the World Forests Summit this week in Stockholm, Sweden. I’ve been noticing a number of posts coming over my twitter feed calling attention to various comments and...
by Victoria Jofery | Feb 28, 2013 | General
It’s been well understood and acknowledged for many years that the chief weakness of the FSC certification system has been the major variances in application around the world. Although a single set of Principles and Criteria (P&C) apply worldwide, the...
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:...
