Environmental devotion propels success for greeting cards … Perhaps more than other forestry products, greeting cards have a unique ability to connect with consumers on an emotional …
FSC and PEFC requirements: update on key changes … The FSC and PEFC forest certification systems are constantly evolving based on stakeholder feedback and new developments in the political and legislative …
Outlook 2012: sustainability trends in the timber market … Will the global financial crisis kill efforts to foster sustainability in the timber sector? This would seem likely, but the opposite seems to be the …
NGOs: PEFC fails to deliver key values … Despite recent revisions and improvements of a number of core PEFC standards, Greenpeace and eight other NGOs find that the PEFC system does not provide sufficient assurance of responsible forest …
FSC remains the sole choice of Tetra Pak … Despite improvements in the PEFC system, it has not attained an assurance level that satisfies the standards set by Tetra Pak, global leader in beverage …
Positive outlook for certified sales in Eastern Europe … The largest printing house in Central Europe, QuadWinkowski, sees clear business benefits of its dual FSC and PEFC certification. Demands for certified products are growing across all of the …
Timothy Synnott: "The controversies have calmed down" … He was a constructive voice in the sustainable forestry debate, while the concept of FSC was still bubbling in its primordial soup. Twenty years later, he remains strongly engaged in sustainable …
Forestry issues: interim standards and large operations … Members decided to move ahead with efforts to solve a long-standing issue on the consistent interpretation of the global Principles & Criteria at country level, when national standards are absent. …
To stay or not to stay: FSC members take stock … As FSC responds to changes in the political, environmental and economic landscape, new challenges and opportunities emerge that are transforming the system. These changes can be highly contentious for its …
Climate mitigation schemes may cause deforestation … A new study published in the Science Journal on 29 May shows that one-eyed focus on industrial carbon in greenhouse gas protocols may result in massive deforestation as well as inefficient carbon …
FSC and PEFC certificates: Getting the figures right … Forest and wood industry certification is growing around the world, and so is the interest in the market for certified wood products and its …
New reports: green buying still on the rise … Responsible business pays off: Two recent reports confirm that green consumerism is still growing across the Northern Hemisphere, even in the face of the global economic …
DK public bodies ask for FSC and PEFC … A Danish public partnership for green procurement, including the Danish Ministry of Environment and five municipalities, has announced its commitment to demand legal and sustainable timber, starting this …
First stakeholder feedback on the Global Risk Assessment … The launch of the Global Risk Assessment website last month has generated encouraging response from the FSC community. The majority of comments welcome the initiative, and many provide important …
Pilot project to enhance smallholder certification in Denmark … A new project focusing on innovative ways of providing access to certification for small forest operations in Denmark will soon be …
FSC members call for improvement of Chain of Custody … Renewed criticism of Chain of Custody as Kingfisher and World Forest ID back motion to improve volume traceability …
NEPCon Agriculture Service Delivery in Central America … NEPCon is taking over the direct management of our Rainforest Alliance certification services in Guatemala and Honduras. This is in addition to the clients and audits we already manage across …
NEPCon is now POIG registered Certification Body … NEPCon recently became the Palm Oil Innovation Group (POIG) registered Certification Body (CB) — qualified to verify POIG producer members' compliance with the POIG …
… NEPCon OÜ is now Preferred by Nature OÜ … Following the organisational rebranding in 2020, … legal entity that manages assurance activities of Preferred by Nature group was changed from NEPCon OÜ to Preferred by …
… NEPCon takes on a new name – Preferred by Nature … With twenty-five years being known as NEPCon in the … a new brand name for the organisation – Preferred by Nature. …