Search Results: 'EU'

Climate talks yield new opportunities
19 November, 2014
Dave Hopkins, executive director of Wood for Good, says the EU’s targets for emissions reduction and energy efficiency should be welcomed by the timber industry.

Permit to Treat
19 November, 2014
Promoting product quality and the impending Industrial Emissions Directive are two important issues for the timber treatment sector. Steve Young, director of the Wood Protection Association, explains

The right side of the law
19 November, 2014
Jonathan Dale, head of employment at law firm Andrew Jackson, explains the importance of knowing employment law

Industry recovery on show
19 November, 2014
The timber industry has emerged from the recession with a new energy, says TTJ managing editor Sally Spencer

Investment and Involvement
14 October, 2014
Dougal Driver, chief executive of the Grown in Britain campaign, explains the benefits of investing in British woodlands and forest businesses

Getting industry back on track
24 September, 2014
Timber Trade Federation head of sustainability Anand Punja calls for consistency of enforcement of the EU Timber Regulation

Disappointing scores
18 August, 2014
The EC’s scorecard reveals that EUTR implementation is patchy, says TTJ editor Mike Jeffree

A call for centralised data
15 July, 2014
André de Boer, secretary-general of the European Timber Trade Federation, on the challenges of carrying out due diligence for the EUTR

The timber trail
16 June, 2014
Bob Wells, timber product director at Jewson, looks at why the merchant plays an important part in upholding environmental best practice

A matter of concern
16 June, 2014
Mark Eggleston, managing director of the WJ Group, has concerns over the Industrial Emissions Directive, which comes into force next year

EUTR impacts demand
16 June, 2014
Sheam Satkuru-Granzella, director of the Malaysian Timber Council in London, raises concerns over the EUTR’s impact on demand for tropical timber

A global tool to tackle illegality
05 May, 2014
The EU's FLEGT programme could develop wider international value, says TTJ editor Mike Jeffree

Knowledge key to unlock sales
05 April, 2014
Three new initiatives will help timber’s profile but the industry must use them, says TTJ editor Mike Jeffree

An across the board performer
08 February, 2014
First year of the EU Timber Regulation has run smoothly in the UK, says TTJ editor Mike Jeffree.

Backing the crack down
08 February, 2014
The TTF will support EUTR prosecutions to defend the UK trade’s global reputation on legality, says chief executive John White.

EUTR impact still unknown
08 February, 2014
The EUTR must be applied uniformly across the EU, says European Timber Trade Federation secretary-general André de Boer