Search Results: 'PEFC UK'

Lead importers put ipe on hold
18 August, 2014
Following Greenpeace allegations about illegality in the timber industry in Pará, Brazil, Brooks Bros and James Latham plc have taken ipé off sale. Both have also put an FSC-only rule on all imports from Brazil.

Norbord Europe extends its certification
22 July, 2014
Norbord Europe has improved its green credentials by extending the PEFC chain of custody certification to UK sites as well as applying for group FSC certification.

Danzer UK welcomes FSC reassociation roadmap
21 April, 2014
Ken Walsh, managing director of Danzer UK, described proposals for a ‘roadmap’ for the reassociation of the international Danzer Group into the Forest Stewardship Council as a “positive and encouraging” step.

Wood Awards in major sponsorship boost
21 March, 2014
The Wood Awards have secured significant new backing, with Arnold Laver, the British Woodworking Federation, and a partnership between the Malaysian Timber Council and PEFC signing up as sponsors.

Half century of forestry recognised
13 March, 2014
Len Yull, a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Foresters, former chairman and national secretary of PEFC UK, and former chair of the Forestry & Timber Association, has received Confor’s award for distinguished service to forestry.

Abandoning certification a “retrograde” step, says FSC UK
08 March, 2014
Only one of the three options in Confor’s report on forest management certification would be workable from its perspective, says FSC UK executive director Charles Thwaites.

New system mooted to replace UK forest certification
26 February, 2014
Abandoning UK forest certification in favour of a new system that could deliver legal and sustainable forest management requirements at a cheaper cost is being mooted in a new report commissioned for Confor.

London CLT apartment block is a PEFC world first
15 January, 2014
A seven-storey apartment block on a flagship site in central London has become the first major housing development worldwide to achieve PEFC Project Certification.

Top builders increase focus on sustainability and timber
11 January, 2014
A new report shows sustainability becoming an increasingly key factor for the UK’s top construction companies, and indicates that they see using timber as one of the key routes for achieving it.