Cases / Tanker / shipping · Global · 2018
Greenpeace leaves the Forest Stewardship Council in 2018
Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.
Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
- The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
Greenpeace International ended its membership of the Forest Stewardship Council, a forest certifier, in March 2018. The sources reviewed do not describe the terms of the exit or its effect on certified forests.
What?
Greenpeace International ended its membership of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), a forest certifier. Mongabay
Where?
Global; the exit concerned Greenpeace International's membership of FSC. Mongabay
When?
March 2018. Mongabay
Who?
Gained
None on recordLost
None on recordHarmed
None on recordWhy?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
The organisation ended its FSC membership. Mongabay
5 of 6 questions answered from the record · open: who
What happened
The record, in order.
Greenpeace International ended its membership of the Forest Stewardship Council in March 2018, according to Mongabay.
In court and with insurers
Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.
Lawsuits and rulings
No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.
Insurers
No insurer decision on record.
What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: Greenpeace left FSC because the scheme did not guarantee certification.
- None on record Not stated in the sources reviewed: who gained or lost from the exit.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
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Press and investigations
- Greenpeace International ends its Forest Stewardship Council membershipMongabay · 2018-03
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