Project Title

Incorporating the FSC Core Labour Requirements into the CoC standards

Code

FSC-STD-40-004

Start date

August 2018

End date

04 February 2021

Project Objective(s)

Develop consistent and feasible accreditation and certification requirements for the incorporation of the FSC Core Labour Requirements into Chain of Custody standards according to the approved generic criteria and indicators based on ILO fundamental Conventions.

Technical working Group
  • Apolinar Z. Tolentino, BWI;
  • Jeanette Clarke, Forest & People;
  • Joana dos Guimarães Sá, APCER Portuguese Association for Certification;
  • Renato Pasqual, NEOCERT;
  • Patrick Spencer, Cork Forest Conservation Alliance;
  • Stefan Marculewicz, American Forest and Paper Association (AF&PA)
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Timeline

03 February 2021
Revised CoC Standards Published
14 January 2021
FSC International BoD Approves Incorporation of FSC Core Labour Requirements
19 October 2020
Technical working group meeting
20 August 2020
Technical working group meeting
15 June - 16 July 2020
26 May 2020
Technical working group meeting
30 January 2020
September 2018
General announcement about the process
10 & 11 December 2019
Third in-person Technical Working Group meeting
28 & 29 March 2019
Second in-person Technical Working Group meeting
11 & 12 December 2018
First in-person Technical Working Group Meeting (initially planned to be held in Bonn)
October 2018
Call for applications for the Technical Working Group and the Consultative Forum