The two global forest certification organisations are both represented through their respective national organisations, thus providing a choice to the forest owner. The PEFC Irish Forest Certification ...

This commentary represents the views of the author, not necessarily those of Mongabay.com. On July 23, 2013, the FSC issued a response. On August 8. 2013 Poynton responded The FSC and PEFC released a ...

The FSC and PEFC released a joint statement urging ISO members to vote against a new proposal for an ISO Chain of Custody certification. I expected the statement to explain that the proposed standard ...

FSC and PEFC, the two organisations together accounting for some 98% of the world's certified forests and chain of custody certificates, called upon members of the International Organization for ...

Certifying timber gives some level of certainty that forest products are sustainable. CIFOR/Flickr The two international forestry certifications - Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and Program for the ...

As the countdown to this summer's iconic sporting event continues, the entire London 2012 Olympic Park development has achieved dual project certification from the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and ...

SP Newsprint Co. LLC, based in Atlanta, has announced that its Dublin, Ga. and Newberg, Ore., newsprint mills have achieved Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), Program for the Endorsement of Forest ...

In a second response to a recent article published in the Ecologist, "Are the UK 'biomass sustainability standards' legitimising forest destruction?", SBP Chief Executive Officer Carstem Huljus ...

Guyana is to develop its own national forest certification scheme, a break from a decades-long relationship with the top-ranked Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). A release from the Guyana Forestry ...

Most wooden furniture, books or paper cups carry a label that guarantees that the product comes from "responsibly" managed forests. In theory at least, because these brands sometimes fail to live up ...