FSC disassociated from Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) in October 2007 because of substantial, publicly available information that APP was involved in destructive forestry practices and was thus in violation of the Policy for Association.
APP expressed its interest in re-entering the FSC system, and as a result a Roadmap for ending disassociation has been drafted after extensive stakeholder engagement. FSC has since decided to suspend the process to finalize a roadmap for ending disassociation with APP. For further information please refer to the following
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APP and FSC are engaged in a dialogue to plan APP’s remedy process, which will be implemented after July 2023, when the
FSC Remedy Framework
(FSC-PRO-01-007 V1-0) becomes effective. This dialogue is supported by a Memorandum of Understanding between the two organizations.
APP’s company specific remedy plan will be developed and implemented according to the provisions of the FSC Remedy Framework.
APP will become eligible to end its disassociation with FSC once the relevant thresholds as described in the remedy plan have been met, which are verified by a qualified third-party verifier, and a decision to end disassociation is taken by the FSC Board of Directors.
APP fulfills initial pre-requisite before entering into an FSC Roadmap process
APP has submitted to FSC an independently verified report sharing the corporate structure of the APP Group.
This data disclosure fulfills one of the various initial pre-requisites FSC stipulated prior to entering into a roadmap process – to end APP’s disassociation.
By fulfilling this pre-requisite, APP shows an effort of transparency and openness. However, the company must still meet several other FSC requirements to start a roadmap process.
FSC and its stakeholders are also currently engaged in a process to revise and develop an updated set of policies to guide the disassociation ending procedure.
As a result, FSC will only initiate a formal dialogue with APP Group related to a roadmap process once all pre-requisites are met, and the various FSC policies and procedures related to the
FSC Policy for Association
and the
FSC Remediation Framework
are refined and finalized.
FSC releases Stakeholder Engagement Plan (SEP) draft for public consultation for 30 days. This document addresses the
Board request in March
and replaces Annex 1 in the APP roadmap draft.
SEP for public consultation
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(Consultation closed)
The FSC Board of Directors took a complementary decision requiring certain amendments to and clarifications in the Roadmap document.
The Board also requested that the further process is guided by a protocol and plan which ensure a common understanding of stakeholder roles, their balanced representation and any rules of engagement.
FSC organized a workshop with APP and stakeholders in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, which aimed to resolve the outstanding issues in the roadmap.
The Board conditionally approved the Roadmap to end the disassociation with APP in the 74th Board meeting in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Roadmap (V6)
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A stakeholder workshop is held in Jakarta where a group of international, national and local civil and environmental organizations discussed their key concerns of the revised draft roadmap (V2) with FSC.
FSC clarified that the roadmap was a high-level framework, which is served as the basis to develop detailed action plans with performance and verification measures, and also timelines.
Given the relationship between the roadmap and the action plans, it was agreed that the roadmap, when ready, would first be “conditionally approved” by the FSC Board of Directors. The final approval could only be considered when the action plans were also submitted to and approved by the FSC Board.
The roadmap was then revised accordingly (V3)
The FSC Board mandates the Secretariat to enter into a dialogue with APP about the development of an action and monitoring plan (a roadmap) for phasing out, correcting, compensating for, and preventing the recurrence of any previously identified, or ongoing, non-compliance with the FSC Policy for Association.
