Catching up with the new agriculture standard: How Indonesia is doing … The Rainforest Alliance 2020 Sustainable Agriculture Standard has triggered several changes in agricultural operations. Stakeholders in Indonesia must improve their approach to …
World Tourism Day special: Exploring the impacts of responsible tourism … “Tourism and Jobs: A better future for all”, is the theme of this year’s World Tourism Day; and at NEPCon, we would like to commemorate it by highlighting the various impacts of …
Musim Mas and NEPCon take a leap forward in POIG verification … The Musim Mas Group (Musim Mas) has marked a milestone in their efforts as a responsible palm oil producer by becoming the first Southeast Asian company to be verified against the Palm Oil …
Near record deforestation rates in the Amazon due to the agricultural sector … “Unchecked development” in the Amazon has pushed deforestation rates to near-record levels throughout the world’s largest tropical forest, says a new report titled “ Nearing …
Palm oil verification scheme that pushes for sustainability innovations in the industry … There are a number of schemes for palm oil plantation traders and processors, as well as retailers and manufacturers to demonstrate their sustainability efforts and …
Auditing standards remain in place despite COVID-19 challenges … Never before has auditing been faced with such overwhelming challenges, but remote auditing, risk management and client goodwill are making it all …
New partnership to accelerate the uptake of ethical supply chain commitments … NEPCon, Preferred by Nature and the Accountability Framework initiative have agreed to work closely together to mainstream the Accountability Framework’s principles and …
As the COVID-19 virus is gripping the world, auditing goes online … It may never fully replace field visits, but as COVID-19 is spreading around the globe, remote auditing combined with a risk-based approach is proving invaluable, tells NEPCon Executive …
First legality certification in the Democratic Republic of Congo in eight years … Compagnie Forestière de Transformation (CFT) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) recently obtained third-party legality certification for their forest management …
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 …
… FSC™ interactive virtual training gets boost from … for accredited, intensive Forest Stewardship Council™ (FSC) Expert Courses. …
“Global pledges are failing. We should stop playing games.” … INTERVIEW: For decades nations have been signing international decrees and pledges to stop deforestation, but to little avail: Primary forests are still disappearing at an alarming rate and …
Fact check: Is logging permitted in Nature 2000 areas in Estonia? … Harvesting in parts of Natura 2000 areas is also common in other EU countries including Denmark. It can always be discussed if the protection zones are designated correctly and …
Sustainable tourism companies prove more resilient during pandemic … While COVID-19 has dealt a severe blow to the global tourism sector, the pandemic provides an opportunity to reimagine tourism and build it back with sustainability as its cornerstone, …
Lacey Act bares its teeth, but does it have a future? … On Monday 6 August 2012, a three-year investigation of Gibson Guitar Corp.under the US Lacey Act regarding imports of allegedly illegal ebony and rosewood from Madagascar came to an end, as the …
New e-training course to improve the legality of timber imported into Vietnam … To strengthen due diligence implementation in Vietnam, Preferred by Nature and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) have launched a free …
Online training is the climate friendly alternative – and it’s here to stay … The pandemic has sparked a wave of innovation in workplaces all over the world. Preferred by Nature is now offering most of its expert training courses online, benefitting both …
Klubhuset: A summerhouse with FSC™ Project Certification inspired by Danish Hygge … It is an old Danish tradition to own a summerhouse and the Danes love it. For Kent Skovgaard, he took this aged-old tradition a notch above. Besides injecting a dose of …
CMPC becomes first in Chile to achieve FSC™ Project Certification … The new CMPC ( Compañía Manufacturera de Papeles y Cartones) corporate building in Los Ángeles - the capital of the province of Bío Bío - is the first building in Chile to achieve FSC Mix …
Australian illegal logging law - soft start now over! … The Australian Illegal Logging Prohibition Act is akin to the EU Timber Regulation and the US Lacey Act. It came into force in 2012 and was reviewed in 2017. The end to the “soft start” took effect 1 …