Serious problem with new FSC Multi-site CoC

The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) published the latest update to its standard for Multi-site Chain of Custody certification (FSC-STD-40-003 v.2-0)  earlier this fall.  It became public during the busy time just before the General Assembly, when FSC was also making...

Because Forests Matter

The MixedWood Blog has been quiet for several weeks.  This is not because things have been quiet and there has been nothing to write about. On the contrary, there’s been  lot going on:  The FSC General Assembly; The SFI Annual Conference; interesting and ongoing...

FSC and the Myth of the Gap

In my last post, I called attention to an important and interesting statement published late last week in the Newsroom section of the FSC-IC website.  It is entitled “Towards a stronger FSC Chain of Custody.”  In it,  they provide us with several important...

Is FSC trying to imitate Walmart?

I have received quite a bit of feedback and correspondence from my 10 Jan blogpost.  Please keep the conversation going. Probably the most interesting comments were received from two unrelated colleagues who both compared the new FSC OCP platform to the supply chain...