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14 Apr 2011, 11:05 am by Jonathan Brun
We love the Forst Stewardship Council’s standards for forest management. [read post]
21 Dec 2008, 7:56 pm
Donnelly, Precise Continental was selected over rival printers because it is a union company, it uses recycled paper and it is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council, which promotes responsible forest management. [read post]
16 Sep 2011, 2:08 pm by Jonathan Zasloff
  Forest Stewardship Council: Accept No Substitutes After my post concerning paper and plastic bags appeared, LegalPlanet was the recipient of a robo-comment from the Sustainable Forestry Initiative, an industry-backed group that I suggested was greenwashing bad forest practices. [read post]
14 Jan 2010, 6:56 am by Chris Cheatham
A coalition of forest product companies ("the Coalition") has filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regarding, in part, the United States Green Building Council’s preference for Federal Stewardship Council-certified (FSC) wood products. [read post]
2 Mar 2015, 7:42 am by Stuart Kaplow
” For wood products, the credit requires products “certified by the Forest Stewardship Council or USGBC-approved equivalent” (.. and, apparently, there are no such approved equivalents). [read post]
30 Oct 2009, 5:14 am
The New York times reported this week that the "Coalition for Fair Forest Certification" has filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission claiming that the Forest Stewardship Council has engaged in unfair and deceptive trade practices. [read post]
3 Oct 2011, 5:11 pm by Jonathan Zasloff
Of course, all of this is yet one more reason to make sure that all the wood products you buy are either post-consumer content or certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (and accept no substitute certifications!). [read post]
18 Aug 2008, 6:44 pm
” This diverse group includes representatives from World Wildlife Federation, BP, Bunge, the Dutch Ministry of Housing and the Environment, the Forest Stewardship Council, the University of California at Berkeley and the World Economic Forum. [read post]
17 Apr 2016, 10:43 am by Stuart Kaplow
But make no mistake that this new alternative compliance path credit does not alter the existing LEED credit, NC v4 MRc3 that mandates, Wood products must be certified by the Forest Stewardship Council or USGBC-approved equivalent. [read post]
16 Nov 2022, 5:30 am by Robert Brammer
She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Council on Library and Information Resources. [read post]
18 Apr 2021, 9:16 am
Kotzé, Planetary boundaries at the intersection of Earth system law, science and governance: A state‐of‐the‐art review Patrick Toussaint, Loss and damage and climate litigation: The case for greater interlinkage Delphine Misonne, The emergence of a right to clean air: Transforming European Union law through litigation and citizen science Carlos Soria‐Rodríguez, The international regulation for the protection of the environment in the development of marine… [read post]
12 Jan 2010, 12:35 pm by Chris Cheatham
On October 20, 2009, the Coalition for Fair Forest Certification ("the Coalition") filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (pdf), alleging anti-competitive behavior by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and the United States Green Building Council (USGBC): "[T]he Coalition asks that the FTC investigate through the Bureau of Consumer Protection the deceptive and unfair trade practices arising out of FSC’s… [read post]
7 Nov 2011, 4:36 pm by Jonathan Zasloff
Accept No Substitutes A few weeks ago, I argued that only wood and paper certified by the Forest Stewardship Council really should be called a sustainable product. [read post]
30 Mar 2015, 8:51 am by WIMS
National Policy for the Stewardship of the Ocean, Our Coasts, and the Great Lakes Rep. [read post]
15 Apr 2011, 6:45 am by Gibbons P.C.
Although there are some third party independent verification systems, such as Energy Star, Forest Stewardship Council, and LEED, much of the green marketplace operates on a caveat emptor basis. [read post]
12 Oct 2011, 9:27 am by Andrew Ramonas
Gibson has said the wood met the standards of the Forest Stewardship Council, a non-profit organization that advocates for responsible forest management. [read post]
5 Apr 2010, 9:39 am
NewPage has used biomass sustainably since the early 1980s, and is the only company in the world to achieve all three forest management certifications; Canadian Standards Association, Sustainable Forestry Initiative and Forest Stewardship Council. [read post]
27 Jul 2015, 4:00 am
LEED only gives credit for wood products certified by the Forest Stewardship Council, while Green Globes gives equal credit to the timber industry’s Sustainable Forest Initiative, which permits larger clear cuts, as well as the use of herbicides. [read post]