… Alliance (RA) have recently launched a revised agriculture certification standard. The Standard raises the bar on …
Cameroonian SMEs determined to enter the EU timber market … Where there’s a will, there’s a way. Despite tough challenges, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Cameroon are working hard to deliver the assurance of timber legality required by their …
Risk profiles: New free tools for legal timber sourcing … NEPCon has published the first four in a series of free, user-friendly Forestry Risk Profiles. Each covering one country, the profiles include information helping companies to assess and address …
Russian Roundwood Act: implications for legality risk assessments … An analysis published by Forest Trends explores the ramifications of the recent Russian Roundwood Act with regard to legal timber …
New project to boost legal timber trade in Vietnam … On 1 March 2014, NEPCon and our Vietnamese partner Sustainable Forest Management Institute (SFMI) launched a new project. The aim is to equip Vietnamese small and medium sized enterprises with the …
Controlled Wood reinvented … The FSC Controlled Wood (CW) system is facing a major makeover that will align the FSC system further with legal frameworks such as the EUTR. It will also benefit companies sourcing CW through smarter and more streamlined …
Final guidance on the PEFC Chain of Custody requirements … PEFC has released the final version of its guidance on the PEFC Chain of Custody Standard PEFC ST 2002:2013. It includes several important amendments and …
Time to include the timber trade in FLEGT … After more than 10 years of implementation, the EU Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Action Plan has achieved tremendous results. In particular, it has raised the global focus on illegal …
Tackling FSC fraud: will the Online Claims Platform fail or fly? … As the FSC system grows, so does the potential for false claims and labels. FSC’s answer is the Online Claims Platform (OCP), a system enabling users to record and confirm their FSC …
How to orchestrate the world’s largest FSC print run … Two years ago, sustainability specialist of Inter IKEA Systems Matthieu Leroy faced the daunting task of achieving FSC certification of all IKEA catalogues worldwide. Following a successful process, …
… the trees for the labels. Carsten Huljus, Director of GFA Certification, speaks his mind in an interview with NEPCon on the FSC trademark rules from a certification body perspective. …
Rebooting FSC: a fresh perspective … After 20 years of reconciling interests, FSC is showing signs of fatigue. But surely the system will receive a vitalising injection of innovative thinking from its members this week. Before we leap into the future, …
Sourcing legal wood? New corruption index released … Transparency International has released the 2014 figures for the perceived corruption level in most of the world's countries. Gain an overview of the changes and their implications for legal and FSC …
First energy company in Denmark receives FSC certification … NEPCon has issued an FSC chain of custody certificate to the trade arm of the Danish energy company Verdo A/S. The company is now able to deliver wood chips, pellets and briquettes from …
… The report that was produced is very good, but when you look at the raw data backing that report up, it is really a …
… The report that was produced is very good, but when you look at the raw data backing that report up, it is really a …
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Did you know that 85% of natural rubber is produced by 6 million smallholders? …
¿Sabía que el 85% del caucho natural lo producen 6 millones de pequeños agricultores? …