Thursday, 09 March 2017
FSC-STD-40-005 V3-1 Requirements for Sourcing FSC Controlled Wood Approved
The new version of the standard replaces V3-0 published in December 2015. The majority of the new standard and procedure remains the same, but there are notable changes made to deadlines and terminology. read more …
Tuesday, 07 March 2017
WWF: Furniture and Forest Sustainability
© WWFDr Mark Wright of WWF UK Global Forests and Trade Network looks at the practical implications of the WWF ‘Are you sitting comfortably?’ report for the furniture sector. read more …
Monday, 06 March 2017
The European Commission strengthens Ecolabel criteria for wooden floors
The European Commission's recently published new criteria on EU Ecolabels for wood, cork and bamboo based floor coverings, require chain of custody certificates issued by an independent third party certification scheme such as the Forest Stewardship Council. read more …
Wednesday, 01 March 2017
Open for second consultation: Revised draft of the FSC Trademark Standard
© FSC I.C.All stakeholders are invited to comment on the second draft of the Trademark Standard FSC-STD-50-001 – Requirements for Use of the FSC Trademarks by Certificate Holders – through our new FSC Consultation Platform. The deadline for commenting is 30 April 2017. read more …
Wednesday, 01 March 2017
New Controlled Wood Risk Assessments for Stakeholder Consultation
© FSC I.C.All stakeholders are invited to provide feedback on risk assessments for Denmark, Ireland, Latvia, Spain, and Vietnam. The consultation is open until 31 March 2017. read more …
Tuesday, 28 February 2017
Webinar: Controlled Wood Standard revision
FSC will host a webinar on 8 March 2017 at 10:00 and again at 17:00 (CET), to provide information on the changes introduced by version 3-1 of FSC-STD-40-005 Requirement for Sourcing Controlled Wood. All stakeholders are invited to attend. read more …