In early April, Forest Stewardship Council™ (FSC™) decided to suspend certificates in armed conflict areas of Ukraine. To support certificate…

FSC™, PEFC and SBP have conducted risk assessments and provided clarifications on…

Two months after we shifted to remote audits, our auditors reflect on the challenges they have encountered, and steps taken to address these and help develop robust remote audits for a post-…

Never before has auditing been faced with such overwhelming challenges, but remote auditing, risk management and client goodwill are making it all possible.…

The Friis Thaagaard family recently unveiled Villa Grenaa, the world’s first Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) certified villa. Located in the southern part of Grenaa (…

NEPCon Mexico AC is now an independent Certification Body for Sustainable Forest Certification accredited by the national authority, the…

Questions and answers related to the NEPCon and RA-Cert union.

October 1 marks the official joining of RA-Cert with NEPCon to unify their credible sustainability certification services at a global scale, engage widely with a diverse range of stakeholders, and…

The acquisition of the Rainforest Alliance (RA) certification unit, RA-Cert, by NEPCon has taken a leap forward, following today’s signing of the formal agreement covering…

The combined organisation will provide credible sustainability certification services at a global scale, engage with wide and diverse stakeholders, and productively contribute to the development…

Getting certified costs money. It’s worth doing from an environmental point of view, but is it worth doing from a purely business point of view?

Transparency International releases its 2016 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) today. Find out which countries have changed as to whether they are considered high or low risk for timber…

Over the past year, Greenpeace has stepped up its public scrutiny of the FSC system. This might lead some industries, particularly in Europe, to see PEFC as the safer choice in terms of avoiding…

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 interpretations.

A revised version of the PEFC Chain of Custody Standard is now available for public comment.

A revised version of the PEFC Chain of Custody Standard is now available for public comment.

The decision by the Dutch Timber Procurement Assessment Committee (TPAC) to endorse the global PEFC scheme under the Dutch procurement criteria, with the exception of the Malaysian MTCS scheme, is…

The decision by the Dutch Timber Procurement Assessment Committee (TPAC) to endorse the global PEFC scheme under the Dutch procurement criteria, with the exception of the Malaysian MTCS scheme, is…

Companies facing new legal requirements as the EU Timber Regulation comes into force in March 2013 are looking for ways to reduce the risk of sourcing illegal material.

Companies facing new legal requirements as the EU Timber Regulation comes into force in March 2013 are looking for ways to reduce the risk of sourcing illegal material.

The London Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has achieved dual FSC and PEFC certification for the Olympic Park construction project.

FSC has today released a report exploring the assurance offered by the PEFC certification scheme in relation to FSC's Controlled Wood requirements.

The FSC and PEFC forest certification systems are constantly evolving based on stakeholder feedback and new developments in the political and legislative spheres.

PEFC has revised its logo usage toolkit.

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…

Reminder: PEFC certificate holders need to be aware that the transition period for phasing in the new PEFC Chain of Custody standard ends on 26 November 2011. After this date, all PEFC certified…

The largest printing house in Central Europe, QuadWinkowski, sees clear business benefits of its dual FSC and PEFC certification. Demands for certified products are growing across all of the…

Prompted by complaints filed by several NGOs, the Dutch Timber Procurement Assessment Committee (TPAC) has re-assessed the PEFC international scheme.

All PEFC Chain of Custody audits, assessments og reassessments shall be carried out according to the new CoC standard (PEFC ST 2002:2010) after the transition date of 26 November 2011.

The PEFC Council has endorsed the revision of six PEFC documents covering PEFC's requirements for sustainable forest management, group forest certification, chain of custody certifiation,…

In future, PEFC certified companies and forest operations will need to take heed of social issues in order to maintain their certificate.

PEFC has launched a process that aims to develop a system for including social issues into the PEFC chain of custody system.

A new set of PEFC logo usage rules was adopted by the PEFC Council.

A report published by FSC concludes that PEFC certification is insufficient evidence of compliance with the FSC Controlled Wood requirements, and that therefore PEFC certified material should be…

In a recent communication, three major associations representing the Spanish wood industry - pulp and paper manufacturers, wood processing companies and furniture makers - called for action to…

The Economist is pledging to use PEFC paper for all of its printed magazines.

As the first printing house in LIthuania, PRINT IT UAB has achieved PEFC and FSC chain of custody certification.

The Italian brewery Gino Perisutti now offers two types of speciality beer brewed on PEFC-certified ingredients.

The PEFC Chain of Custody and Labelling working group started a comprehensive revision of the PEFC chain of custody standard.

PEFC has endorsed the Malaysian MTCS certification scheme, operated by the Malaysian Timber Certification Council MTCC.

After a slow start, Africa is now the continent showing the fastest growth in FSC-certified forest area, according to updated maps and figures just released by FSC-Denmark.

Forest and wood industry certification is growing around the world, and so is the interest in the market for certified wood products and its development.

Almost symbolically headquartered in an old mansion located deep in the Norwegian forests, Grøset Trykk is the first and only printing house in Norway to offer FSC or PEFC labelling of printed…

On the 5th of March, PEFC announced its endorsement of the forest certification scheme "Russian National Forest Certification System" (PEFC-FCR). 

PEFC is engaging in a review of two of its core documents: PEFC's forest management criteria (Annex 3: Basis for Certification Schemes and their Implementation) and PEFC's standard setting…

Based on its recently concluded Governance Review, PEFC is establishing a new Stakeholder Forum for international forest leaders.

Due to increasing demands for FSC certified timber, the Swedish forest group Södra is preparing to provide its members with the opportunity to become FSC certified under a group scheme, either as…

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,…

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 timber.

In collaboration with the Danish Forest Contractors' Association and the Danish Forestry Extension, NEPCon is launching the project "Contractor Certification - a shortcut to certifying small scale…

The PEFC Council has approved a new standard for PEFC logo usage.

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…

The Dutch Timber Procurement Assessment Committee (TPAC) commissioned by the Dutch Ministry of Environment has accepted FSC as well as the national PEFC schemes in Germany and Finland as proof of…

A new project focusing on innovative ways of providing access to certification for small forest operations in Denmark will soon be launched.