FSC and PEFC Ban Russian Wood Use for Certified Paper

By Bob Neubauer

Both the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) have barred wood and timber from Russia and Belarus from their certified products.

According to an article in PrintWeek, PEFC said all timber originating from those countries was now considered to be “conflict timber.” FSC’s international board of directors also agreed to suspend all trading certificates in Russia and Belarus and to “block all controlled wood sourcing from the two countries.”

Read the full story in PrintWeek.

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Bob has served as editor of In-plant Impressions since October of 1994. Prior to that he served for three years as managing editor of Printing Impressions, a commercial printing publication. Mr. Neubauer is very active in the U.S. in-plant industry. He attends all the major in-plant conferences and has visited more than 170 in-plant operations around the world. He has given presentations to numerous in-plant groups in the U.S., Canada and Australia, including the Association of College and University Printers and the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association. He also coordinates the annual In-Print contest, co-sponsored by IPMA and In-plant Impressions.