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...
by Victoria Jofery | Jun 25, 2020 | General
One of our little consulting business’ best features is the opportunity, over more than 12 years, to interact with the remarkable and diverse collection of colleagues, clients, and friends who share our interests. Forest land management – where our roots run...
by Victoria Jofery | Jun 15, 2020 | General
A wise person once said that “the world is run by those who show up.” We agree and always encourage anyone with a stake in the forest product certification standards to make themselves heard when updates and revisions are on the table. Most of the new...
by Victoria Jofery | Mar 10, 2020 | General
We are watching an important new initiative by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) that promises to disrupt and complicate the Chain of Custody (CoC). The proposal is to revise the CoC certification program, inserting a novel set of new requirements – the “FSC Core...
by Victoria Jofery | Jan 7, 2020 | General
In our busy day-to-day world of work and business, it is natural to take certain things for granted. Things like honesty, fairness, professionalism, and business ethics. Here at MixedWood – in our strange little world of certification consulting and auditing services...
by Victoria Jofery | Nov 20, 2019 | General
Among the wood product practitioners who gathered at the recent FSC-IC membership meeting in Chicago recently, the most pressing issue – by far – was the ongoing implementation challenge presented by the new National Risk Assessments in the USA and Canada....
