Resolute Forest Products is taking legal action against Rainforest Alliance over the company’s audit of its forestry operations in northern Ontario, according to Pulp & Paper Canada.
Rainforest Alliance is an auditor for the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) standard. Rainforest Alliance’s recent audit of some Resolute operations showed that the company was not complying with FSC’s standards.
According to Resolute, the audit contains biased interpretations.
“Considering the draft audit report contains such an alarming number of biased interpretations, errors and omissions, serious process and fairness issues and a very clear conflict of interest, we felt we had no choice,” Resolute spokesperson Seth Kursman told the news channel CBC.
