"Yesterday, ForestEthics and Greenpeace filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission(FTC) asking the agency to investigate the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI)’s claim to be a ‘green’ certifier of forest products. The complaint argues that SFI’s claim that it is an independent, non-profit public charity is deceptive and misleading because SFI is substantially governed and financed by the timber industry and because its vague and ambiguous forestry standards are developed and approved by timber industry personnel in a closed process."
A great discussion of this issue is on this blog http://ncfp.wordpress.com/2013/05/30/sfi-complaint-filed-with-federal-trade-commission/
This blog also includes input from one of our locals Steve Wilent. Best
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