PhoenixSerenity#PaperExcellence has hired McMillan at least six times over the last six years to advise on more than $6 billion US in transactions, including its takeovers of #forestry companies #CatalystPaper, #Domtar & #ResoluteForestProducts. It also represented a Paper Excellence subsidiary in a dispute with CN Rail.
Multiple #legal #ethics experts said they felt the FSC's decision to hire McMillan was problematic.
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7207210
#ConflictOfInterest #Deforestation #BCpoli #Ecocide #CDNpoli
Critics slam review of Canadian forestry giant's sustainability credentials, asserting conflict of interest
Canadian forestry giant Paper Excellence won't have its sustainability certification revoked by the world's premier forestry credentialing body after a review — a process critics and experts say appears to have been rife with conflicts of interest and far from independent.