… date, and FSC chose the year 1994. After that point, certification of plantations converted from natural forest is excluded. But FSC certification was invented as a market-based tool for …

FSC permits more flexible trademark use … From now on, FSC certificate holders will have more graphic freedom when they wish to use the FSC logo or …

… Delivery Authority (ODA) has achieved dual FSC and PEFC certification for the Olympic Park construction project. …

… update on key changes … The FSC and PEFC forest certification systems are constantly evolving based on …

… details on the GLOBALG.A.P. Integrated Farm Assurance (IFA) certification programme based on the V6 Standard. …

Benchmarking support includes coordinating, conducting and supervising benchmarking process for specific benchmarks. Gabriela benchmarks the Sustainability Framework against other relevant standards and documents with sustainability criteria, the …

… a report exploring the assurance offered by the PEFC certification scheme in relation to FSC's Controlled Wood …

… Standard specifies the requirements for LegalSource certification. The Standard is aligned with the EUTR and …

… businesses transferred from the Rainforest Alliance Certification Unit to Preferred by Nature in 2018. …

… efforts de préservation de ces services. C’est la première certification de ce genre dans un pays andin. Le processus de certification a été mené par NEPCon en étroite collaboration …

… … In June 2020, the Rainforest Alliance published its 2020 Certification Programme that includes the release of their … will replace the existing Rainforest Alliance and UTZ certification programmes from July next year. …

18 Denmark printing houses … Prinfo Denmark, a consolidation of 35 Danish graphic companies, has obtained the largest FSC multi-site certificate issued to date in …

… of Expertise on Timber (CPET) recently reassessed five certification schemes for compliance with the UK criteria …

… Panama … A broader inclusion of tropical forests in certification schemes seems more realistic as indigenous and …

… peoples are important for the development of forest certification - especially in the tropical zones. …

Social issues move into the FSC Chain of Custody standard … FSC has launched a revised version of its Chain of Custody standard, implying several changes to the system that certificate holders should be aware …

… Ecolabels are not perfect. Let’s tell it as it is … Certification is no silver bullet and cannot … they have been created to fight. Brands, schemes and certification bodies should be more vocal about what …

… in 1999 he moved into the field of sustainable tourism certification and since then, has worked for different … Travel Specialist managing the sustainable tourism certification services, which are now owned and operated by … the implementation of Preferred by Nature sustainable certification for hotels and tour operators, developing …

Plant nurseries Advice Note … FSC has sent out a new draft advice note clarifying when tree nurseries are to be included in the scope of the FSC certificate held by an …

LPS Guidance section … FSC has developed a couple of useful webpages supporting users of the FSC certificate and trademark databases available at …