Technical Updates


Wednesday, 01 December 2010
Revised Trademark Standard for Certificate Holders: FSC-STD-50-001 V1-2

FSC received considerable feedback from stakeholders on the first version of the FSC Trademark Standard for Certificate Holders (FSC-STD-50-001) launched in March 2010. This feedback identified the need for several immediate revisions to make use of the FSC trademarks simpler, more coherent, and relevant to changing market demands. read more …


Wednesday, 01 December 2010
Transitory Requirement Advice Notes

On November 23, 2010 FSC-International issued three advice notes: two related to FSC-STD-40-004 v2-0 and one related to FSC-STD-40-005 V2-1. read more …


Monday, 01 November 2010
Proposed Revisions to LEED: Vote "Negative, with reason"

On October 25, the US Green Building Council (USGBC) opened voting on revisions to the certified wood credit in LEED. read more …


Wednesday, 01 September 2010
New Group CoC Eligibility for US

At the 2008 General Assembly, Policy Motion 12 was approved requiring FSC to research and develop a process that allows Group CoC eligibility criteria to be adapted to regional socio-economic conditions. During 2009, FSC-US conducted a pilot study in which research and stakeholder consultation was carried out in order to define ‘small’ businesses in the context of the US economy that should be eligible for group CoC certification. read more …


Wednesday, 01 September 2010
New LEED addenda for MRc7 credit

The USGBC has recently released their new addenda. read more …


Saturday, 31 July 2010
US National Standards Launch

On July 8, 2010, FSC-US announced the launch of the revised Forest Management Standard for forest operations in the contiguous U.S. The revised standard, which was approved by FSC International, requires all accredited forest management standards based on its 10 Principles and 56 Criteria to undergo a review and consider necessary revision every five years. read more …