Search Results: 'EU'

New Year must bring new resolve
28 December, 2013
We must shake off our complacency and overcome obstacles to put global forests on a different, sustainable trajectory, says Julia Young, WWF Global Forest & Trade Network UK manager

Positive talk turns to action
14 December, 2013
Economic upturns start with a feeling. It's a slow and initially barely discernible mood swing, but gradually you start to notice that not every business discussion is a gloom contest, as it seems to have been through the slump, where everyone tries to outdo each other with tales of corporate woe.

Canadian timber stymied by European regulations and 'operators'
16 November, 2013
The EUTR's requirement for due diligence is misunderstood by some operators, says John Park, manager of Canada Wood UK

EUTR enforcer goes to phase II
16 November, 2013
By all accounts, the timber trade has found Michael Kearney easy to do business with. Likewise his organisation.

Departing from convention
02 November, 2013
The prospect of attending two international timber conferences in 10 days prompted forebodings of information overload and PowerPoint fatigue. But zipping from the International Softwood Conference (ISC) in Edinburgh, to the American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) European Convention in Budapest, left a spring in the step that even the terror of landing at a gale-lashed Gatwick after the latter could not shake.

Solutions providers
02 November, 2013
The timber industry must listen to its customers’ needs, says Al Huber of LP Building Products

Industry sum is greater than its parts
21 September, 2013
The industry should pull together to actively promote timber, says Liz Richards, marketing director at Timbmet

MOs’ appointment welcomed
07 September, 2013
The appointment of the first two MOs for the EUTR is good news but now the EC has to process other applications quickly, says ETTF secretary-general André de Boer

Tropical timber purchases sustain forests
24 August, 2013
Our purchasing decisions will help to determine the future of tropical forests, says Bob Johnston, executive director of the Tropical Forest Foundation

Government lacks 2020 vision on biomass
15 June, 2013
Today's policy measures for renewable energy are just the start and there could be bigger challenges for timber in future, says Alastair Kerr, director-general of the Wood Panel Industries Federation

Constructing a comfort zone
06 May, 2013
Three new industry initiatives will help educate specifiers about timber Opinion; editorial opinion; blogs

Ensuring first impressions are good impressions
23 April, 2013
The timber industry must keep up its sustainability and legality message, says Keith Fryer

UK timber – a safe and easy option
23 February, 2013
Buying home-grown timber is a low-risk choice, says Confor chief executive Stuart Goodall

EUTR is a turning point
26 January, 2013
The EUTR will be a challenge, but AHEC European director David Venables is positive about the new law