Reports and updates from APRIL’s independent advisory groups and responses to stakeholder questions and concerns
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) has advised APRIL Group of the suspension of our Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the application of the FSC Remedy Framework for past harms, effective 26 September 2025. This decision
By: Stakeholder Advisory Committee Chairman, Joseph C. Lawson
Summary of the First Three Years and Priorities Moving Forward The Stakeholder Advisory Committee (SAC) held its eighth meeting on 7 to 9 December 2016 in Jakarta to take stock of the last three years
APRIL Group discussed the details of its Grievance Resolution procedure with stakeholders in Riau to answer questions as well as to take inputs on how to better execute the verification and resolution process.
Members of the Independent Peat Expert Working Group (IPEWG) conducted their third meeting on August 19 -23, 2016 in Singapore. The IPEWG was established to help APRIL fulfill the commitments in its Sustainable Forest Management Policy (SFMP
Members of the Stakeholder Advisory Committee (SAC) met for the seventh time on 21 to 24 June 2016 to review implementation of APRIL’s Sustainable Forest Management Policy (SFMP) 2.0.
By: Joseph C. Lawson, Chairman of the Stakeholder Advisory Committee