by Victoria Jofery | Jun 5, 2014 | General
In an earlier post, part of our CoC SHOULD BE EASY! series, we explored Due Diligence standards in a general way for all three of the CoC programs. A key part of this process – one that deserves and is getting a lot of attention right now – is the Risk...
by Victoria Jofery | May 2, 2014 | General
A couple weeks ago, I introduced this short series of articles on Chain of Custody certification for FSC, SFI, and PEFC – all based on two ideas: First, that CoC is too complicated, and second, that it doesn’t have to be that way. The first installment...
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 | Nov 19, 2012 | General
I have seen several examples of large US companies deciding to accept Major Non-conformance findings rather than sign the required FSC self-declaration on the subject of compliance to the ILO Core Conventions. This effectively puts them on notice that their...
by Victoria Jofery | Nov 19, 2012 | General
Today I read an interview of the new staff director at FSC-IC. It appears on the WWF Global site and, as you might expect, isn’t particularly hard-hitting. I found it interesting, nonetheless. Kim Carstensen is a Dane who appears to have a strong background in...
