Search Results: 'ProForest'

Certified success
10 November, 2007
Defra's Central Point of Expertise on Timber (CPET) is run by ProForest, a private company co-founded by Dr Ruth Nussbaum. Keith Fryer follows her career path

Diverse audience for Proforest certification training
23 August, 2007

Butler joins CPET team
21 August, 2007

Raising the profile
04 August, 2007
Senior technical consultant Dr John Williams of TRADA Technology reports on a feasibility study to develop Guyanese lesser-used species

Policy countdown
21 July, 2007
On July 5, Bob Andrew of Defra and Dr Ruth Nussbaum of CPET headed the launch meeting of the consultation phase on the implementation of changes to the timber procurement policy which will take place in April 2009

Consultation under way on new government timber policy
10 July, 2007
Consultation on the government’s revised timber procurement policy has been launched.

Government sets timber trade a challenging goal
14 April, 2007
The timber industry has described the government's new timber procurement policy of only allowing independently verified legal and sustainable timber from April 2009 as a “challenging” target to meet.

New policy will confuse market
14 April, 2007

New policy will confuse market
14 April, 2007

Special delivery
14 October, 2006
This year's IWSc conference focused on the importance of delivering technical information to specifiers on a just in time basis

TTF and CPET join forces
09 October, 2006
The Timber Trade Federation (TTF) and the government's Central Point of Expertise on Timber (CPET) have agreed to work together to pilot new CPET guidance in the timber trade.

CPET review results delayed
16 September, 2006
Publication of the results of the government's Central Point of Expertise on Timber (CPET) review of five forest certification schemes has been delayed.

CPET starts certification review
13 June, 2006
The government’s Central Point of Expertise on Timber (CPET) is starting a review of five forest certification schemes to ensure they are providing assurances that timber is from legal and sustainable sources.

IWSc conference programme announced
30 May, 2006
Why Wood? is the theme of this year’s Institute of Wood Science (IWSc) annual dinner and conference to be held at St Hugh’s College, Oxford on September 18-19.

CPET urged to simplify certification labelling
15 April, 2006
To simplify timber environmental certification, the government’s Central Point of Expertise on Timber (CPET) has been urged to allow use of the term “CPET-approved” alongside the logos of the certification schemes it recognises.

Possibly the perfect solution
15 April, 2006
Contrary to popular belief, the simplest ideas are not always the best. I quite often have simple ideas which my wife has no hesitation in telling me are the daftest things she’s ever heard.

Possibly the perfect solution
15 April, 2006
Contrary to popular belief, the simplest ideas are not always the best. I quite often have simple ideas which my wife has no hesitation in telling me are the daftest things she’s ever heard.

TTF puts CPET in spotlight
21 March, 2006
Timber Trade Federation (TTF) members will have a face-to-face opportunity to tell the Central Point of Expertise on Timber (CPET) exactly what they think of government timber procurement.

Expert witness
18 February, 2006
The long-awaited CPET has been a reality since last summer and is still evolving. CPET co-ordinator Kate Bottriell reports on its progress

Social impact is trade issue
06 February, 2006
The pressure is on to make social issues even more central in assessing timber sustainability. Keith Fryer reports from the International Forest Governance and Trade conference in London