SCA recently announced that it is considering leaving the environmental certification body FSC. Now Holmen is making a similar announcement. Holmen is considering leaving the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification scheme, citing increasingly restrictive criteria in Sweden that it says threaten the forest sector’s ability to contribute to climate goals. Writing in a Dagens Nyheter opinion piece on Monday, Holmen CEO Henrik Sjölund said the FSC’s Swedish standards are more stringent than international norms and risk undermining the climate benefits of forest-based products. “Holmen has for a long time tried to engage ...
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