FSC and the ILO

by | Oct 11, 2012 | General

A strange and increasingly frustrating conflict is emerging within the FSC community in the US.  It concerns the implementation of some new “social elements” in the latest version of the Chain of Custody standard (FSC-STD-40-004 v.2-1).  This latest...

About MX Wood

by | Sep 21, 2023

MixedWood LLC About Us Headquartered in the village of Rangeley, in the scenic mountains of western Maine, MixedWood serves a growing clientele of companies who produce, manufacture, consume, and distribute wood and paper-based products around the world.  Consultants...

Due Diligence Systems for CoC

by | Jul 12, 2022 | General

With the latest updates to the SFI, FSC, and PEFC Chain of Custody standards, the subject of Due Diligence has become more universally applicable for certified companies.  This – of course – means more questions about practical application and how the standards...

Living in the Real World

by | Jun 18, 2021 | General

When our third-party certification programs for forestry and forest-based products were invented about 25 years ago, they tested a promising and new idea.  The idea was to employ and leverage the powerful influence of markets and commerce for promoting and encouraging...

Revisiting: FSC CoC Social Indicators

by | 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...