FSC-International opened up comments on the Second Public Consultation for the Controlled Wood Standards and Procedures. FSC-US will host two webinars to discuss the consultation May 21 and June 18.
The Controlled Wood system revision includes changes to a number of documents. According to the FSC website, the changes include:• The phase-out of company-developed risk assessments for sourcing CW, and their replacement by National Risk Assessments (NRAs) that determine the risk for all controlled wood categories in a particular area.• New categories of risk ('low risk' and 'specified risk'), along with flexible and robust risk mitigation measures ('Control Measures' (CMs)), which are to be developed by Organizations if not provided as mandatory in the NRA.• Assessment of these CMs for their effectiveness in mitigating risk, to be carried out by Certification Bodies, according to the appropriate accreditation standard.• Strengthened transparency, including requirements for the public reporting of CMs and a complaints mechanism to allow stakeholders to challenge the efficiency and other aspects of the Organization's performance.
The webinars on May 21 (an introduction to the Second Controlled Wood Consultation) and June 18 (FSC-US perspective) begin at 3 p.m. EDT each day. Comments are due to Darren Brown June 30.
For more information about the consultation, see the FSC Controlled Wood website.
