||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Great for Telling Companies (And People Who Support Them) How to Re-Think Certification|By Kindle Customer|"Beyond Certification" is a great, concise discussion on something that happens when modern man tries to fix something, definition/label creep. In trying to combat the problems of deforestation and harmful environmental practices, we have created a bewildering array of la|About the Author|Scott Poynton founded The Forest Trust (TFT) in 1999 and has led the organization since. In addition to his experience in Australia, Poynton has worked in Africa, Europe, across Asia and the Americas and has a wealth of experience bringing chan
Is certification the solution? Can it deliver urgently needed improvements to complex problems like deforestation and the exploitation of people? In this controversial new book, Scott Poynton, founder of The Forest Trust, makes a compelling case for a new approach to social and environmental problems that goes 'beyond certification'. Certification emerged from the 1992 Rio Earth Summit amidst great hope. Since then, despite a proliferation of certification schemes in tw...
