Search Results: 'FSC'

A new route to certification
28 August, 2023
The goal of the US Sustainable Hardwood Coalition is a certification scheme that really works for small scale forest ownership, writes American Hardwood Export Council consultant George White

Greenpeace certification report covets headlines not consensus
19 March, 2021
It must be a burden being part of Greenpeace, being so ineffably right all the time, when everyone else is so unmitigatedly wrong.

Strict protection the way forward?
03 December, 2020
The FSC sees sustainable management as key for preserving tropical forests and aims to increase the area under its certification scheme from 18 million to 50 million ha, says director-general Kim Carstensen

Clock is ticking for tropical forest sustainability
28 January, 2020
The Fair&Precious campaign commits business to support sustainable tropical timber sourcing and communicates the multiple benefits of sustainable forest management, says Benoît Jobbé-Duval, managing director of the International Tropical Timber Technical Association (ATIBT)

Christmas cards – going out of fashion
19 December, 2019
This month we’re indulging a bit by using this December issue front cover as a giant Christmas card to all our readers in the UK and across the world.

Staying engaged with eu opportunity
17 December, 2018
Regardless of Brexit, the UK timber sector must cultivate, maintain and improve relationships with colleagues across the rest of Europe, writes Keith Fryer Buildbase forest products development manager

Have your say on controlled wood
25 September, 2018
The FSC acknowledges stakeholder concerns about the credibility of its ‘controlled wood’ standard and is inviting feedback on its review. FSC UK executive director Rosie Teasdale reports

Greenpeace signals new direction on certification
18 April, 2018
When Greenpeace International became one of the founding members of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) back in 1993 it was a landmark moment.

The Timber Trade needs diversity
29 December, 2017
Charles Taylor, a timber merchant with 20 years’ experience and sales director of wood plastic specialist Composite Prime, discusses the rise of composite materials and why the timber trade should embrace change to remain relevant in the market

Putting timber on the map
18 November, 2017
On the front cover of this issue is the timber-resplendent Hastings Pier, a worthy winner of this year’s RIBA Stirling Prize – UK architecture’s highest award. It really is a fantastic project and is great advert for the use of timber.

Positivity not passivity for tropical timber
20 October, 2017
The STTC Conference underlined an energy and breadth of ideas for promoting sustainable tropical timber and forest management, writes Mark van Benthem of independent sustainable forest products and services institute Probos

Finding answers to Certification Challenges
20 June, 2017
To continue to increase the volume of verified sustainable timber on the market, the industry cannot settle for the certification status quo, says James Latham plc chairman Peter Latham

Strengthening Bonds Post-Brexit
20 March, 2017
Brexit may mean Brexit, but in the face of global trade trends, rather than loosening ties, the UK and EU timber trades can and should reinforce bonds of cooperation and support, writes Patrizio Antonicoli, secretary general of CEI-Bois, the European Confederation of Woodworking Industries

Flegt licensing a legality assurance step change
28 December, 2016
Leading independent timber and panel products distributor James Latham is preparing for its first shipment of FLEGT-licensed timber from Indonesia early in 2017. Lathams Ltd chairman and managing director Chris Sutton sees it as a major development and licensed products as a natural complement to its proactive environmental policy

Speaking with one voice
28 December, 2016
The timber industry has been talking for years about coming together on the big issues that matter to the trade and speaking with a single powerful voice. It has always been a difficult proposition compared to some competitor material sectors because of the diversity and breadth of the timber supply chain and the sheer number of its representational bodies.

New Year’s resolutions
25 January, 2016
I’m generally not one for making new year’s resolutions. It’s usually just a matter of time before they get broken, followed by a sense of disappointment.

FSC UK fired by the global green goal
25 November, 2015
In its first 20 years, FSC UK has played a key role in taking environmental certification from an optional extra to a must have for much of the country’s timber sector. Fired by support from the industry and being part of a global body united in the aim of maintaining the world’s forest, executive director Rosie Teasdale says it will build on this achievement in its next two decades

Match Funds for Tropical Sustainability
20 October, 2015
The EU Sustainable Tropical Timber Coalition is moving to its next phase – match funding industry sustainable procurement initiatives at companies and trade federations Europe-wide. It’s in association with the European Timber Trade Federation and Secretary General André de Boer sees it as a key development

Seismic Shift
20 May, 2015
Well I said last month it was a dangerous game second guessing the voting intentions of the public. And so it turned out.

Eutr anniversary performance check
20 March, 2015
Peter Latham, chairman of James Latham plc, looks at the effectiveness of the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) two years after it was implemented