FSC has launched the second public consultation of the revised FSC-STD-20-007 Forest Management Evaluations Standard open from 18 May to 16 July 2022.
What are the main changes that are being proposed in the draft standard?
This draft aims to increase the transparency and efficiency of outcome-oriented and risk-based forest management evaluations. Some changes include:
- Remote auditing: The draft introduces the conditions in which certification bodies can conduct full or partial remote audits in forest management evaluations.
- Risk based approaches: The standard also introduces requirements for risk-based evaluations and provides linkages with FSC-PRO-60-010 Incorporating a risk-based approach in National Forest Stewardship Standards to allow the risk-based approach concept to be implemented in forest management evaluations.
- Alignment with digital report template: The revised standard also provides revised evaluation reporting requirements to ensure alignment with the Forest Management Digital Audit Report Template; to be implemented in phases across all FSC Forest Management audits. The digital audit template is based on existing requirements in FSC-STD-20-007a Forest Management Evaluations Addendum-Forest Certification Reports. Once the revision of FSC-STD-20-007 is concluded, the template will be updated accordingly to reflect any changes agreed through the revision process.
Webinars
These webinars are an opportunity to understand development process and the proposals in FSC-STD-20-007 FSC Forest Management Evaluations Standard, and to ask questions to help you fill in the online consultation. The registration information for the two webinars is as below:
- 28 June 2022 15:00 – 16:15 BST - Register here
- 29 June 2022 08:00 – 09:15 BST - Register here
In addition to this consultation process, FSC also invites certification bodies to participate in a field test of the draft standard. For more information about the field tests, please click here.
The public consultation and field tests are happening simultaneously between 18 May to 16 July 2022.
FSC are looking forward to your opinions and suggestions!
To participate in the public consultation, please click here.
Please contact Lucia Mayer Massaroth at l.massaroth@fsc.org for comments or questions.
Thank you in advance for your participation!