Upala Agrícola: How a pineapple farm thrives towards sustainable production … Agriculture company Upala Agrícola has thrived in the food production business for almost 13 years now. By adhering to four key pillars, the company has implemented farm …
Buggi 52 marks the first building in Germany to receive FSC™ certification … Buggi 52, an eight-storey wooden residential and commercial building located in Freiburg, has become the first FSC-certified (FSC-P001833) building in Germany. With this …
SBP certified rubber wood to generate new jobs in Ivory Coast … As the global appetite for wood chips and pellets receives a boost from green transitioning, critics of the biomass industry are casting doubt on its sustainability. In Ivory Coast, a small …
State-owned forest in Taiwan receives FSC™ forest management certification … Taiwan is home to an incredible range of biological diversity due to its range of climatic zones and varied topography. As a way of ensuring their business practices respect the …
Fake documents: how to spot them and what to do about them … Your supplier has given you some documents that appear to show that the timber they’re selling to you was legally harvested. But how do you know if the documents are genuine or …
Launched: Short training videos on key elements of the EU Timber Regulation … Are you a company importing wood or wooden products and placing it for sale on the European market? If yes, then you have most likely heard of or are already working with the …
Natural rubber now included in landmark EU law to halt deforestation … The EU enacted the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) to prevent the import of products associated with deforestation and forest degradation. The original draft did not include natural …
Putting ‘social’ into ecosystem restoration – community engagement paying way to success … “It takes a whole village to raise a child” - the same could be true for ecosystem restoration. Indigenous knowledge and practices of local people play a vital role …
Ecosystem restoration: New site verified in Chile against restoration standard … An area of only 1,518 hectares intended for restoration, may seem insignificant in a country that totals more than 756,102 square kilometres. Nonetheless, a patch of Chile's …
Lithuanian State Forest Enterprise: From carbon footprinting to carbon neutrality … You cannot improve if you do not measure. Starting with its carbon footprint, Lithuanian State Forest Enterprise has been able to reduce the emissions from its operation …
Aligning with the EUDR: Preferred by Nature's Sustainability Framework now open for consultation … Share your thoughts to help shape the future of sustainability practices! Preferred by Nature is inviting interested stakeholders to provide feedback on the …
Illegal overseas, now illegal here: levelling the field for the timber industry … 3 March 2013, London: As of today, it is illegal for companies to place illegal timber on the EU market as the EU Timber Regulation comes into force. Non-profit organisation …
Survey to gauge industry readiness for EU Timber Regulation in UK & Ireland … Businesses in the UK and Ireland have less than eight months to prepare for the new EU Timber Regulation (EUTR), which will prohibit the placing of illegal timber products onto …
New timber risk assessments help companies source legal wood … Today, we're releasing the NEPCon Sourcing Hub, the biggest and most detailed collection of forest-related risk assessments that have ever been …
Updated report on alternatives to facilitate FSC certification for Community Forest Operations … NEPCon and Forests of the World are excited to announce the release of an updated report examining Alternatives to Facilitate FSC certification for Community …
Guidance provides clarifications and reveals potential loophole in the EU Timber Regulation … On 9 November 2012, the long-awaited guidance document clarifying important details of the EU Timber Regulation was presented by EU. It provides clarification on …
Report: PEFC material does not automatically qualify as FSC Controlled Wood … FSC has today released a report exploring the assurance offered by the PEFC certification scheme in relation to FSC's Controlled Wood …
PepsiCo and Tetra Pak launch FSC-labelled juice cartons in Russia … Over 200 million FSC-labelled cartons of the J7 juice brand will reach the Russian marketplace this …
Guidance provides clarifications and reveals potential loophole in the EU Timber Regulation … On 9 November 2012, the long-awaited guidance document clarifying important details of the EU Timber Regulation was presented by EU. It provides clarification on …
New tool helps importers transition to new EU timber law … NEPCon and the Rainforest Alliance are launching a new tool today that will aid companies importing timber into the EU to identify and manage weakness in their supply chains. Importers urgently …