Nominations are now open for two Board positions on the FSC Australia Board, with vacancies in the Environmental Chamber and the Social Chamber both available for the term commencing after the May Annual General Meeting. That is according to FSC Australia — the body that administers Forest Stewardship Council certification standards across Australia and New Zealand.
Wood Central understands that incoming directors will join a board carrying an unusually heavy standard-setting workload heading into the second half of the year. Australia’s Controlled Wood National Risk Assessment — the framework governing how certified operators evaluate timber sourced from non-certified forests — is mid-revision under a six-stage schedule running to December 2026, driven by the need to align with European Union Deforestation Regulation compliance deadlines, as Wood Central reported when the process formally commenced in February.
Running in parallel, the National Forest Stewardship Standard rewrite is now approaching its second draft consultation phase, with a public comment round scheduled for later in 2026. The Environmental Chamber director elected at the May AGM will sit on the board overseeing both.
The Environmental and Social chambers each form one leg of FSC’s tripartite governance structure — a model that distributes board authority across ecological, community, and industry interests to guard against any single constituency dominating decisions on standard-setting and organisational priorities. Directors are expected to represent their chamber’s members whilst contributing to FSC Australia’s broader work across environmental, social, and economic outcomes.
Eligibility is restricted to FSC Australia members, with nominees required to be either a fully paid Individual Member, a nominee of a paid Organisation Member, or to become a member prior to the Annual General Meeting. Candidates must complete the Director Nomination Form and checklist — available through the FSC ANZ website — and submit all required supporting documents to Company Secretary Anshu Raghuvanshi at [email protected] by 28 April 2026.
Elected directors will be confirmed at FSC Australia’s Annual General Meeting on Thursday, 28 May 2026. More than 2.4 million hectares of Australian and New Zealand forest hold FSC certification — and the board seated at that meeting will govern the standards underpinning every chain-of-custody claim across them.
