Monday, 28 November 2016
Open for Consultation: An FSC Carbon Footprint Procedure
All FSC stakeholders are invited to join a consultation on the possible introduction of a voluntary FSC Carbon Footprint Procedure. This procedure would assist FSC certificate holders in quantifying the greenhouse gas emissions and climate benefits related to FSC certified materials and products. The consultation period runs from 29 November 2016 to 10 January 2017. read more …
Wednesday, 23 November 2016
Why the forestry industry must strive for gender equality
© FSC GD/Vlad SokhinIn this guest special, Chairperson of the FSC International Board of Directors, Rulita Wijayaningdyah describes her first-hand experience of gender equality, and inequality, in the forestry industry. read more …
Monday, 21 November 2016
$24 million dollars to restore forests in Ghana using FSC certified plantations.
© iStockThe African Development Bank (AfDB) recently announced that it had granted approval for $24 million to be channelled towards restoring degraded forest reserves and doubling a Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified forest plantation in Ghana. The project approval came a day after Ghana ratified the Paris Agreement on climate change and is backed by a $10 million concessional loan from the Climate Investment Funds' Forest Investment Program (CIF FIP). read more …
Thursday, 17 November 2016
What’s the impact? Do sustainability standards make a difference?
© FSC A.C.ISEAL Alliance, the global membership association for sustainability standards, including FSC, has created a new website for businesses to easily find credible evidence of the impacts of sustainability standards. read more …
Wednesday, 16 November 2016
Controlled Wood Standard Amendments
Three changes – related to company-conducted and national risk assessments - were made to the revised controlled wood system at the July 2016 meeting of the organisation’s international Board of Directors. read more …
Tuesday, 15 November 2016
Two Thirds of UK Furniture Retailers Could be Failing Forests
© FSC FranceFor 68% of furniture retailers assessed, are failing to put in place robust policies or communications in place for the responsible sourcing of timber. read more …