Prior to joining Preferred by Nature, Gabriel worked as a Forest Engineer at the Polytechnical University of Valencia. He had also worked in the Spanish Confederation of Woodworking Industries, from 2009 to 2013. In this role, he provided technical …

SBP proves supply-chain traceability doesn’t take a decade—or a blockchain … The Sustainable Biomass Program built a fully digital, mandatory volume-control system in just over a year. CEO Carsten Huljus explains why cost, scale and technology were never …

Anna provides the highest-quality service to Preferred by Nature clients in Poland. She is also in charge of several accounting tasks for the Polish office.  In addition, Anna coordinates translation and mass email communication for the whole …

… … Editorial by Peter Feilberg, Director of NEPCon When FSC welcomes its members to the 5th ordinary assembly in …

… clients. Monika passed Preferred by Nature’s courses for FSC, SAN/RA CoC and LegalSource auditor. She graduated from …

Alexander graduated from the Biology Department of Kharkiv National University, Ukraine. After graduating from postgraduate degree at the Ukrainian Research Institute of Forestry and Forest Melioration, he worked at the institute for more than 20 years; …

Certifying Siberia: How auditing is raising forestry standards in Russia … In the chaos that ensued the disintegration of the Soviet Union, forest monitoring and inventories were largely neglected. Decades later, the lack of reliable data is still a …

… for forestry supply chain certification services (e.g. FSC, and PEFC Chain of Custody) services, Aliaksandr …

… mohou nyní používat hodnocení rizik, která byla schválena FSC dne 8. května 2018. …

Is Chain of Custody certification a “myth”? … Doubts over timber industry Chain of Custody (CoC) certification have been raised with growing intensity over the past year. We look at the reasons why the former FSC General Director André de Freitas recently …

… executes evaluations against SBP, PEFC Forest Management, FSC Forest Management, FSC Chain-of-Custody and PEFC Chain-of-Custody standards in …

Richard Donovan - how it all began … Interview with Richard Donovan, Head of the Forestry Division of the Rainforest Alliance How did the idea of forming the Forest Stewardship Council emerge? “The idea of FSC started back in ’88-’89 leading to the first …

Lego adopts forest-friendly packaging … The world's largest construction toy maker, LEGO, yesterday announced a new policy for responsible sourcing of packaging material. Through a mixture of reduced packaging volumes, increased use of recycled material, …

… Agnese’s main responsibilities are to manage and conduct FSC/PEFC Chain of Custody (CoC) audits in Latvia, and to …

Ria has over 10 years of experience working with international environmental NGOs and research institutions, with a focus on sustainability and climate change. She holds an MSc in Rural Sociology and a BSc in Community Development and Communication …

Haryo provides agriculture certification services to farms in the Asia Pacific region.  He began his career as a GIS Specialist in consultancy firm, specifically for forestry services such as Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), Verified Carbon Standard …

… schemes including the Forest Stewardship Council TM (FSC TM ), Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI), Programme …

… certification process was conducted by NEPCon, in close collaboration with FSC Ecuador. …

… forestry and agricultural industries to international FSC certification, RSPO and ISO 14 001.   She developed and … actively involved in the drafting of national standards FSC and RSPO and was part of an early forest certification …

… in Ukraine. Georgiy has been working as a local expert with FSC certification and auditing in Ukraine since 2003.  He …