FSC

Brand Watch 2: FSC slowness to drop Korindo shows need for brands to pull up their socks
Oliver Balch, (Jul 27, 2021)

In the second part of his monthly Brand Watch column, Oliver Balch looks at the need for credibility in voluntary sustainability initiatives, the oil and gas sector's smirched report card, and Timberland's community cotton in Haiti. He also reports on the row over Ben & Jerry's stance on Israel
Can we move away from plastics without dealing a mortal blow to forests?
Sarah LaBrecque, (May 30, 2021)

Packaging is one way that brands are seeking to tackle their environmental footprint, but bio-based alternatives risk fanning the flames of increased deforestation. Sarah LaBrecque reports on the search for more sustainable approaches
'Tackling palm and timber deforestation is a good start. Now brands must zero in on soy and cattle'
Ling Sin Fai Lam, (Nov 5, 2020)

Comment: Ling Sin Fai Lam of CDP says there is an urgent need to hold cattle and soy industries to the same high standards set for other forest risk commodities in supply chains
Standoff at Rainbow Ridge as northern California tree protesters take aim at FSC and Home Depot
Angeli Mehta, (Mar 7, 2020)

Angeli Mehta reports on a community that is trying to prevent logging and use of herbicides in high conservation value forest
EU urged to stop substituting biomass for coal as concerns over climate impact grow
Angeli Mehta, (Feb 3, 2020)

Conservationists warn the world’s forests may be under threat if EU continues to regard biomass as carbon-neutral while ramping up its renewable energy targets. Angeli Mehta reports
P&G slated for reluctance to switch from virgin pulp fibre
Angeli Mehta, (Feb 2, 2020)

Kimberly-Clark fares better than Charmin maker in NRDC report on which US tissue paper manufacturers are doing most to use recycled and alternative fibres
Move to set science-based targets for timber sector as threat to northern forests grows
Angeli Mehta, (Feb 2, 2020)

Environmentalists warn that clear-cut logging permitted by the FSC and poor forestry management practices are undermining the ability slow-growing boreal forests to store carbon. Angeli Mehta reports
‘World's largest viscose supplier ABG still in denial over rampant water pollution'
Urska Trunk, (Mar 20, 2018)

Urska Trunk of Changing Markets Foundation says pollution by India’s Aditya Birla Group is only getting worse after last year’s exposé on the fashion industry, despite its membership of numerous sustainability certification schemes
Report review: Climate A-lister Tetra Pak links reporting with SDGs
Claire Manuel, (Dec 1, 2017)

The packaging giant has adopted the GRI framework for its latest sustainability report, aligning performance to how it is addressing nine of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. But slow progress on its goal of doubling recycling rates by 2020 has prompted it to adopt new metrics
NGOWatch – October 2015
Nadine Hawa, (Oct 13, 2015)

Conflict-free mining, Indian child trafficking, FSC termination and marine population decline

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