… Preferred by Nature announces consultation on a new version of the standard on ecosystem restoration … Preferred by Nature is welcoming interested stakeholders to participate …
Certified Asturian forests preserve watershed and the native brown bear habitat … NEPCon has issued a certificate on FSC™ (Forest Stewardship Council™) Ecosystem Services Procedure to Biesca Agroforestal y Medioambiente S.L for demonstrated positive …
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 … building located in Freiburg, has become the first FSC-certified (FSC-P001833) building in Germany. With this certification, …
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 …
New guide for companies selling wood-based products into the European Union … Preferred by Nature has published a new guide to provide an explanation why EU buyers might be asking questions about the legality of wood and wood-based products and give some …
New FSC Trademark Standard enables a faster trademark approval process … FSC announced a new version of the FSC Trademark Standard (FSC-STD-50-001 V2-0) which will come into force on 1 March 2018. As well as introducing the trademark use management …
Sauna complex gains Finland’s first-ever FSC project certificate … Hernesaaren Löyly has become Finland’s first building project that obtains FSC Project Certification. The story behind this successful public sauna gives project owners and contractors a …
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 …
… can now show compliance with EU RED II … Preferred by Nature has completed its first SBP verification that is in …
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 …
… Sustainable travel practices get a boost with Preferred by Nature's updated standard … For a decade now, Preferred by Nature’s tourism standard has been helping tourism …
… Preferred by Nature: your trusted partner for GLOBALG.A.P. IFA V6 certification … Preferred by Nature has achieved official recognition as a certification …
Company risk assessments for Controlled Wood remain valid post-2015 … Until now, companies have used their own risk assessments in countries without an FSC-endorsed national or central risk assessment. Company assessments were to be eliminated from the …
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 requirements. …