Stiff penalties for illegal logging in EU … Traders in illegal timber products are probably facing hard times in the EU. …
Södra to offer FSC to its members … 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 part of a dual …
Danish companies satisfied with FSC certification … A survey conducted by FSC-Denmark among companies holding an FSC certificate or logo license confirms the FSC brand as an asset for companies which are marketing and selling FSC certified …
FSC certified gin from Belgium … Old but still developing: The Begian distillery Leukenheide, founded in1883, can now offer bottles of gin proudly carrying the FSC …
Obama invitations on FSC-certified paper … Barack Obama sends out an important signal by choosing FSC-certified materials for the one million invitations to join his inauguration as president of the …
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 …
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 …
Knowledge on FLEGT – first step to compliance … On 30 August 2016, NEPCon and our Vietnamese partner SFMI launched an online training platform on FLEGT - the EU’s programme aimed at combatting illegal logging, improving forest management and promoting …
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 …
Think ebony is black? Think again … Ebony is black, right? The blackest of all the woods. Actually, that’s not entirely true. …
Why is sustainability required in the rubber industry? … Natural rubber is a widely used commodity found in countless essential products. Since rubber is a renewable resource, it is becoming increasingly important to produce and process sustainably due to …
Join the movement: Sustainability Week 2025 … Preferred by Nature, Turtech, and Fundación Plan 21 have formed a powerful coalition to drive sustainable transformation in the tourism sector through focused, concrete, and collaborative …
The hummingbird is flying - on a guitar played by legends … Johnny Cash had one specially designed for “Man in Black.” Joni Mitchell played one for most of her career. And on the cover of his first album, Rock ‘n’ Roll from 1956, the King himself was …
LegalSource transition to the Preferred by Nature Certification … As part of our commitment to continuous improvement, Preferred by Nature is moving our LegalSource™ certification to the Preferred by Nature …
Preferred by Nature now a member of the RTRS … This membership in the Round Table on Responsible Soy Association (RTRS) positions us as one of the key players in shaping the future of responsible soy …
A regenerative farming revolution is coming to Italy … While farmers in the US, Brazil, Argentina, and Russia have already adopted practices that leave millions of hectares unploughed, many of their European counterparts continue to rely on traditional, …
FSC annoncerer nye risikovurderinger … Den 3. april 2018 godkendte FSC nye risikovurderinger for Østrig, Georgien, Tyskland, Guatemala, Italien, Sydafrika og …
Drømmen om et grønt Ukraine … Ukraines skovbrugssektor er i gang med at gennemføre vidtrækkende reformer og vil måske gå ind i fredstid på vejen til at blive grønnere og mere …
Kampen for bæredygtighed i et land i krig … I Ukraine fortsætter Preferred by Nature’s auditorer deres værdifulde arbejde. ”Det er også en måde at bekæmpe krigen på,” sagde Leonid Lunachevski, der bor med sin familie i Kharkiv tæt på den russiske …
Opdateringer til vores Politik for Samarbejde … Preferred by Nature har opdateret sin Politik for Samarbejde pr. 19. maj 2023 for at sikre, at de partnerskaber, vi indgår, er i overensstemmelse med centrale …