SIG chain of custody certified worldwide … SIG's plants in China, Thailand and Saudi Arabia have achieved FSC chain of custody certification. …
Regional outlook: Disparity in Latin America … Home to the world’s first FSC-certified forest and FSC’s Secretariat Office, Latin America holds a special place in FSC’s history. Certification in the region has been reasonably successful in the private …
Closing the gaps on illegal timber trade … Despite the introduction of the European Timber Regulation (EUTR) and increased monitoring and policing efforts, the EU remains one of the largest markets for the global trade in illegal …
New ‘Gold Standard’ for Ecosystem Restoration … As the UN declares a ‘Decade on Ecosystem Restoration’, international pledges are largely failing to halt deforestation and increase restoration by putting new trees in the ground. With the newly launched …
Webinar: The Role of Certification within the EUTR … ATIBT and Preferred by Nature are offering a joint webinar on the use of forest certification within a EUTR-compliant due diligence …
CPET reassessment endorses FSC and PEFC … The UK Central Point of Expertise on Timber (CPET) recently reassessed five certification schemes for compliance with the UK criteria for the legality and sustainability of …
EU countries committed to buying green … At least 50% of the public purchases in EU countries must fulfil green procurement criteria within the next year. The EU Green Public Procurement criteria are likely to include the FSC and PEFC labels for …
Richard Donovan - how it all began … Interview with Richard Donovan, Head of the Forestry Division of the Rainforest Alliance How did the idea of forming the Forest Stewardship Council emerge? “The idea of FSC started back in ’88-’89 leading to the first …
National Initiatives financing 6 November 2008 … Yesterday Alan Knight, founder of Single Planet Living, asked whether the NIs should be in front of the cameras driving the market, or rather in the engine room lobbying politically for the FSC …
CW make or break 5 November 2008 … Controlled Wood has been one of the key topics during the first days of the FSC General Assembly. …
Draft advice note helps publishers … FSC has just sent out a new draft advice note regarding the use of chain of custody certified contractors. This draft policy promises to help solving a current bottleneck in the CoC …
FSC-Denmark polices its trademarks … We have seen companies using the FSC logo without having the necessary paperwork in place and hence without the traceability assurance that is a crucial part of the …
FSC announced new risk assessments … On 3 April 2018, FSC approved new risk assessments for Austria, Georgia, Germany, Guatemala, Italy, South Africa, and …
No deforestation standard in the new RSPO P&C 2018 … NEPCon recently attended the 16th Annual Roundtable Conference on Sustainable Palm Oil (RT16) held in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, held on 15 November 2018. We are pleased to have casted our vote at …
NEPCon returns to “the Lost World" of Sabah … The Maliau Basin is one of the most pristine areas of tropical rainforest on Borneo, home to endangered species such as orangutans, leopards, pygmy elephants and hornbills. NEPCon has entered into a five-year …
Illegal timber is now illegal in the EU … As of today, it is illegal for companies to place illegal timber on the EU market, owing to the EU Timber Regulation coming into force. NEPCon's Executive Director Peter Feilberg welcomes the landmark legislation …
Is Indonesian V-Legal timber FLEGT licensed? … Indonesian timber accompanied by “V-Legal Documents” which carry the name of FLEGT recently started to appear in the marketplace. The reference to FLEGT has caused a widespread misconception that the V-Legal …
What are your plans for FSC Friday? … On 28 September, the annual celebration to raise awareness of the aims and impact of FSC certification will take place in a number of countries around the world, spearheaded by the FSC National Offices and supported …
Turning FSC thinking on its head … FSC’s success among larger forest operations is commendable, yet small forest owners who collectively manage substantial areas of forestland remain largely …
FSC “fundamental law” revised and approved … The FSC membership has approved the revised Principles and Criteria – the backbone for all national and regional FSC forest management standards across the globe – with unprecedented support by social …