by Victoria Jofery | Dec 2, 2016 | General
Next week, the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) will be hosting a “Regional Membership Meeting” at the Stern School of Business in downtown Manhattan. This meeting is the last of a series of regional meetings held over the last few months at selected locations around...
by Victoria Jofery | Nov 23, 2016 | General
It has been nearly a year since the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) published the latest version of its Controlled Wood (CW) standard (FSC-STD-40-005 v.3-0). MixedWood introduced the new version, in an article written last January, this way: This update has...
by Victoria Jofery | Nov 16, 2016 | General
By far the most consistent theme explored in this space has been the persistent and frustrating insistence on the part of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) to complicate and confuse the subject of supply chain traceability. Our principal tool for supply chain...
by Victoria Jofery | Nov 16, 2016 | General
The MixedWood blog has been idle for several months. This note is a simple apology to our readers. And a promise to provide some important, new content very soon. Thank you for your patience. And stay tuned.
by Victoria Jofery | Aug 15, 2016 | General
The comment period for the latest round of public discussions by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) on their proposed update to the new Chain of Custody (CoC) stand ends soon. The 3rd draft was published on 15 June, and the official public consultation period ends...
by Victoria Jofery | Aug 4, 2016 | General
In a perfect world, the challenges of certified Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) would focus on large, consequential matters like the role of commercial forestry in climate change, or the rights of vulnerable, rural economies. Chain of Custody (CoC) standards ...
by Victoria Jofery | Aug 1, 2016 | General
Two email communications were circulated this week by the Forest Stewardship Council – International (FSC-IC) staff. They seem, at first, to address different topics. But on further examination, we can see that they are closely related and very interesting....
by Victoria Jofery | Jul 15, 2016 | General
In our last post (23 June 2016), we included a mention of a “Stakeholder Dialogue & Reception” that had been recently announced by the US affiliate of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC-US) for 19 July 2016 in Charleston, South Carolina, USA. We were unclear at...
by Victoria Jofery | Jun 23, 2016 | General
We last wrote about The Forest Stewardship Council’s (FSC) seemingly endless attempt to update its central Chain of Custody (CoC) standard last October. At that time, we mistakenly called attention to the “last round” in a long and tiresome process...
by Victoria Jofery | Apr 10, 2016 | General
It is a real pleasure to be able to share some promising news from the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI). After many years of hard work, SFI staff – with support from key players in the building materials industry – have succeeded in persuading the...
