Mateo is our top expert within forest management certification and climate services, and leads our service development for those areas. He also helps to keep our staff and clients up to speed on important developments within related certification systems. …
Kamonchanok’s responsibilities range from preparing tax filings and payroll to reconciling transactions, reviewing expense reports and handling cross-border payments. She also assists with group-level processes, including monitoring pass-through fees and …
FAO and Preferred by Nature spearhead standardised geolocation data protocol for transparent supply chains … In an effort to combat deforestation and enhance global monitoring and supply chain tracking, Preferred by Nature and the Food and Agriculture …
Naomi serves as the global resource for policies, systems, quality monitoring and training for forestry supply chain services across all Preferred by Nature regions. Oversight of these services includes maintaining the related accreditations, audit …
How Maersk is working towards net-zero emissions by 2040 … International shipping supports the majority of global trade. While it needs to keep up with the increasing demand for global goods, there is a dire call for the sector to cut down its emissions. …
Deforestation obsevations from space … An international partnership of governments and organizations is building the first global monitoring system for producing annual assessments of forest carbon …
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 …
Biochar: New weapon to fight deforestation and climate change? … Among the numerous new approaches to mitigate global warming, some may open up new business opportunities for forest …
Based in the United States, Andreanne’s overall responsibility is to uphold Preferred by Nature’s mission to support better land management and business practices that benefit people, nature, and the climate and contribute to identifying, pursuing and …
Extreme growth and bottlenecks … The fast growth of the FSC scheme continues, according to a prognosis presented during the FSC Global Paper Forum held on 9-10 June in …
Rays of hope for the forests … Ironically, the snow started falling during the last days of the Copenhagen summit where world leaders were gathering to combat global …
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 …
Improving Livelihoods and Fighting Climate Change in Kenya … The cornerstones of this project were to raise the livelihoods of marginalised communities and, at the same time, contribute to the stabilisation of greenhouse gas emissions on a global …
First-cycle oil palm plantations sustain high biodiversity, but second generation supports less diversity of invertebrates … In our previous issue of Sourcing Hub newsletter, we looked at the “ IPBES Global Assessment Summary for Policy Makers ” that …
EU timber legislation … On the 17th of October, the EU revealed a package including two initiatives that aim to curb global deforestation and reduce the EU's import of illegal …
Crash course on climate financing and REDD+ … The Global Canopy Programme - an alliance of 37 scientific institutions in 19 countries - has produced two excellent and user-friendly books on climate change …
RA-Cert and Preferred by Nature Announce Intent to Join, Forming the World's Largest Mission-Driven Certification Body … The combined organisation will provide credible sustainability certification services at a global scale, engage with wide and diverse …
“Rice consumption patterns are shifting”: An interview with Catur Utami Dewi … An expert, with two decades of working in sustainable agriculture, inclusive markets and food systems, talks about the challenges and the way forward for the global rice …
Indonesia is the third-largest rice producer worldwide. At the same time, rice producers are among the most vulnerable to climate change. They struggle with drought, floods, high temperatures and rising sea levels, which are direct threats to their …
Pandora launches FSC certified jewellery … The globally successful jewellery company Pandora is now introducing Wood Beads, beautiful FSC-certified wooden beads made from lesser known timber …