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 …
The Baltic paper sector is moving towards FSC … Certification of the paper and printing sector in the Baltic area is taking off: Baltic printing houses may now offer FSC certified publications, which are printed on paper delivered by local certified paper …
FSC permits more flexible trademark use … From now on, FSC certificate holders will have more graphic freedom when they wish to use the FSC logo or …
First forest management standard for Kyrgyz Republic … FSC and NEPCon released the Interim National Standard of Kyrgyz Republic. This standard is the first of its kind not only for Kyrgyzstan but also for the whole region covering Caucasus, Central Asia, …
Laboratory techniques to determine species and origin of timber … Today, we publish the first in our new series of thematic articles on the EU Timber Regulation as part of our project ‘Support Legal Timber Trade’. …
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 …
New anti-deforestation regulation to replace EUTR … With a new anti-deforestation regulation in the pipeline, the EU is turning up pressure on timber and other commodity operators. How will it affect your …
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 …
Madam Nisa and her fourteen hectares of land … Palm Oil is one of the World’s most popular ingredients. Used in many everyday products, from chocolate to cosmetics, global demand for this fast growing crop has increased explosively since the nineteen …
Preferred by Nature is now an ISEAL Community Member … Joining as an ISEAL Community Member, Preferred by Nature is integrating our comprehensive sustainability efforts into a wide-reaching network fostered by ISEAL, the global membership organisation for …
Has the EUDR Guidance sacrificed Labour Rights? … The recently published European Commission (EC) Guidance on the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) raises questions about how Labour Rights are included within the definition of relevant …
Sostenibilidad, eso es lo que hacemos. … El año que terminó presentó desafíos y avances muy emocionantes. Sin bien el 2021 no fue un año fácil, tomando en cuenta que el COVID continúa poniendo nuestro trabajo y vidas de arriba a abajo, hemos conseguido …