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 …

… QuadWinkowski, sees clear business benefits of its dual FSC and PEFC certification. Demands for certified products …

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, the legal entity that manages assurance activities of Preferred by Nature group was changed from NEPCon OÜ to Preferred by Nature OÜ as of 28 June …

NEPCon takes on a new name – Preferred by Nature … With twenty-five years being known as NEPCon in the sustainability sector, today we are announcing a new brand name for the organisation – Preferred by …