Global sustainability organisations form alliance to share risk information … A group of organisations, including the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) , Preferred by Nature, the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) , and the Sustainable Biomass …

Preferred By Nature has accumulated an extensive collection of structured, systematic data on certification schemes and sustainability risks in production countries. However, much of this data is not currently organised in an optimal digital format, …

… 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 …

… New timber risk assessments help companies source legal wood … Today, … the biggest and most detailed collection of forest-related risk assessments that have ever been published.  …

… Corruption Index: Nine EU countries “unspecified risk” for timber legality … On 1 December 2011, Transparency … serves as an important resource for companies assessing risk when sourcing Controlled Wood for their FSC-certified …

… area vs supply chain: Decoding EUDR requirements for risk assessments … Guidance from the European Commission … has caused confusion about where stakeholders should assess risks in relation to tax, anti-corruption, trade and customs …

… Global Forest Risk Assessments: FSC announces 33 new countries in pipeline … FSC’s ambitious project to map the global risk of unacceptable forest activities has reached a new …

… Supply chain mapping – a step to mitigate risks of illegality in the Malaysian timber industry … The … and other stakeholders can use this study to mitigate the risks of illegally harvested wood entering into the …

China: Reduced risk of illegal timber in supply chains as revised forest law kicks in … A new update of the Sourcing Hub’s Risk Assessment for timber legality in China is currently in public consultation . The report shows several improvements in relation …

… Beyond the country benchmarks: What the EUDR low-risk classifications mean in practice … We recently covered …

… New controlled wood risk assessments for Czech Republic, France, Malaysia, … wood from these countries now can make use of these risk assessments which were approved by FSC on 8 May 2018. …

… of importing illegal timber … The EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) set out in 2013 to target companies importing timber … the world’s forests. In spite of noble intentions, the EUTR has created a lot of challenges within the European …

… supermarket chains importing beef from Brazilian firm JBS, risk amplifying Amazonian forest destruction … Cattle …

… on how to develop and structure your own company-specific risk assessment for Estonia.  …

… Index 2016 released: find out which countries are now high risk for timber illegality … Transparency International … have changed as to whether they are considered high or low risk for timber illegality. …

… Timber Legality Risk Assessment for China. Here you can find the full analysis of environmental and social risks related to sourcing timber products from China. …

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… (EC) has released its long-awaited first list of country risk classifications under the EU Deforestation Regulation …