WHAT DOES THE CLUBS FOREST CERTIFICATION COMMITTEE DO?
Club volunteers who serve on the Forest Certification Committee perform a number of important functions: With both Canadian and U.S. members, we track developments and coordinate the Club’s participation in key policy debates related to forest certification. These include: • voting in FSC board elections and influencing FSC policy through a variety of FSC committees, assemblies and other channels; • voting and influencing policy as members of the US Green Building Council (USGBC), whose LEED green building rating system is one of the main drivers of the market for FSC products in North America. • working with individual Club chapters and activists to address certification issues, including problematic certifications in specific areas; • coordinating certification-related communications and activities with other Club committees and staff, and thus ensuring consistency in our positions and actions; • working with other NGOs on forest certification-related initiatives; • educating Club me
